Volta Resources acquires two new gold exploration permits in Burkina Faso, West Africa

TORONTO, June 11 /CNW/ - Volta Resources Inc. ("Volta" or the "Company") (TSX: VTR.TO) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Wentworth Gold SARL, has been granted two (2) new exclusive exploration permits in Burkina Faso (see Figure 1 below) known as the Barga II and Dahisma permits.

The Barga II permit covers 114 km(2) and flanks the western boundaries of the Company's Titao I and Titao Sud group of properties. Cumulatively, the Titao gold project now covers 548 km(2) in three contiguous permits. The Titao gold project area occurs within an individual segment of the NNE trending Hounde Greenstone Belt, in the ENE inflection of the belt and near the junction with the Boromo-Goren belt. Recent mapping and reconnaissance surveys carried out over the area have shown that the Titao permits are underlain in their central part by volcanic and volcano-sedimentary formations, intruded by several plutons, and are traversed by a major NE trending shear zone (the "Djibo deformation zone"). The properties are host to numerous gold occurrences, many of which have been worked by artisanal miners. The gold occurrences occur preferentially along two main mineralization trends: ENE and N-S and have associated quartz vein populations. The NE and ENE trending shears, visible in ASTER (a satellite-borne imaging process) and airborne geophysical imagery, are dominant within the area. The granting of the Barga II permit will allow the Company to track the extent of the known mineralized structures further westward. An airborne magnetic and radiometric survey is planned to be completed by the end of July over the Titao area, including part of the Barga II permit.

The Dahisma property (123.5km(2)) is situated 90km northeast of Ouagadougou, in the Goren greenstone belt, close to the regional NNE trending Markoye fault. The Markoye fault is an important regional structure in West Africa which extends for several hundred kilometers and hosts associated subsidiary structures that are associated with abundant gold occurrences. The Goren greenstone belt is an emerging gold camp in Burkina Faso, with several deposits currently being developed and includes one operational mine, namely the Taparko gold mine (proven and probable reserves 8.6 Mt @ 3.0 g/t Au or 827,000 oz Au). The Dahisma property is underlain by volcanics and volcano-sediments which surround a granitic intrusive, occupying the southern part of the permit. A reconnaissance soil and rock chip sampling program is being planned.

Under the guidelines of National Instrument 43-101, the qualified person for the Gaoua project is Mr. Guy Franceschi, Vice President, Exploration of Volta. Mr. Franceschi is a member of the European Federation of Geologists and has reviewed and approved the contents of this news release.

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