SONA
APPOINTS MICHAEL WILLIAMS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
VANCOUVER, March 31, 2011 � Sona
Resources Corp. (the �Company� or �Sona�; TSX-V:SYS,
Frankfurt-QS7) is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Williams
of Vancouver, British Columbia, to the Company�s Board of Directors.
�Mr. Williams has a
successful track record in the industry,� says Nick Ferris, Sona�s Executive Chairman. �His expertise in finance
and marketing will prove invaluable as we move toward production at our Blackdome and Elizabeth gold properties.�
Mr. Williams is currently
the president of Full Metal Minerals, and a director and an adviser to
several mining exploration companies, including serving as Chairman of
Underworld Resources, Minaurum Gold and
Revolution Resources. In March 2010, Kinross Gold Corporation acquired
Underworld for $138 million after an initial resource estimate of over
one million ounces of gold. He has established relationships with retail
and institutional investors as well as an extensive investment banking
network.
He previously served as
vice-president of Atna Resources, a TSX-listed
company, where he developed and implemented corporate communications and
investor relations programs between 1996 and 2004. Before joining Atna Resources, he provided public relations counsel
to various sectors, including mining, manufacturing, financial services
and government.
About Sona Resources Corp.
Since its inception in 1990, Sona has engaged
in exploration activities at its mineral properties in Canada and the
United States, as well as small-scale gold production at its flagship
property, the 100 percent owned Blackdome Gold
Mine (�Blackdome�), in south-central British
Columbia, 250 kilometres north of Vancouver. At
Blackdome, the indicated mineral resources are
estimated to be 144,500 tonnes, grading 11.29g
Au/t and containing 52,600 ounces of gold; and the inferred resource is
estimated to be 90,600 tonnes, grading 8.79g
Au/t (news release dated May 4, 2010). At its 100 percent owned Elizabeth
Gold Deposit Property, 30 kilometres south of
the Blackdome Gold Mine, Sona
has outlined an inferred gold resource of 522,900 tonnes,
grading 12.3g Au/t and containing 206,100 ounces of gold (news release
dated June 8, 2009).
Sona aims to bring its permitted Blackdome
mill back into production over the next two years at a rate of 200 tonnes per day, with feed from the former-producing Blackdome Gold Mine and the Elizabeth Gold Deposit
Property. A positive Preliminary Economic Assessment by Micon International Ltd. (news release dated May 28,
2010) � at a gold price of $950 per ounce over an eight-year period � has
estimated a cash cost of $208 per tonne milled,
or $686 per ounce of gold recovered.
Sona also holds a 100 percent interest in the
Montgolfier Project, located in Quebec, 40 kilometres
east of the multimillion-ounce Casa Berardi
Mine gold deposit.
This news release
contains certain forward-looking statements, and such statements involve
risks and uncertainties. The results or events predicted may differ
materially from actual results or events. Any forward-looking statement
speaks only as of the date of this news release. Except as may be
required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent
or obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a
result of new information, future events or results, or any other
occurrence.
Neither the TSX Venture
Exchange nor its regulation services provider (as that term is defined in
the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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