Pretium Resources Inc.: Valley of the Kings Infill Drilling Concludes With More High-Grade Gold Mineralization

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 31, 2016) - Pretium Resources Inc. (PVG)(PVG) ("Pretivm" or the "Company") is pleased to report the remaining results from the underground infill drill program at the Brucejack Project's Valley of the Kings, including six intersections grading greater than 1,000 grams per tonne gold within long intervals of significant gold mineralization. (See Table 1 below for assays.) The 2015/2016 infill drill program was successful in confirming the style and grade distribution of the gold mineralization in the area that was tested. The results from the 2015/2016 infill drill program and a revised geological interpretation are being compiled and will be incorporated into an updated resource estimate for the Valley of the Kings.

Selected drill highlights include:

• Hole VU-746 intersected 149.95 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 31.0 meters, including 9,200 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.50 meters;
  
  

• Hole VU-749 intersected 69.66 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 23.3 meters, including 2,260 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.50 meters;
  
  

• Hole VU-762 intersected 70.93 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 16.0 meters, including 2,140 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.50 meters;
  
  

• Hole VU-696 intersected 50.31 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 17.0 meters, including 1,510 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.50 meters;
  
  

• Hole VU-748 intersected 30.73 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 21.37 meters, including 1,245 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.50 meters; and,
  
  

• Hole VU-756 intersected 21.07 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 33.0 meters, including 1,130 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.50 meters.
  
  

Holes VU-746 and VU-748 were drilled from the 1260-meter drill bay, holes VU-749 and VU-756 were drilled from the 1350-meter drill bay, hole VU-696 was drilled from the 1310-meter drill bay, while hole VU-762 was drilled from the 1270-meter drill bay while.

For a plan and section views of the reported drill fans please see the following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/1057055_Map.pdf.

The 2015/2016 infill drill program was designed to target the stope areas in years one through three of the current mine plan for the Valley of the Kings. An area of roughly 200 vertical meters over a strike length of 250 meters has been drilled at 7.5 to 10-meter centers. A total of 63,444 meters in 364 drill holes returned 49 intersections grading greater than 1,000 grams of gold per tonne, including the bonanza-grade intercept in hole VU-722 which encountered 37,117 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.5 meters (see news release dated May 12, 2016).

Table 1: Selected Valley of the Kings Drill Results, May 2016 (VU-664 to VU-773)^(1,2,3)

Hole No.	Dip/ Azimuth	From (meters)	To (meters)	Interval (meters)	Gold (g/t)	Silver (g/t)	Comments
1310 m Drill Bay - 426,522E/6,258,139N - 204 Azimuth
VU-696	-32.5/204	105.00	122.00	17.00	21.78	20.85	1 sample cut
	or	105.00	122.00	17.00	50.31	20.85	uncut
	incl	105.88	106.38	0.50	183.00	159.00
	incl	115.34	115.84	0.50	1,510	409.00
VU-702	-27.5/204	120.00	121.00	1.00	23.80	25.40
		171.00	172.00	1.00	11.60	8.10
VU-708	-22.5/204	115.50	132.00	16.50	15.20	16.59
	incl	115.50	116.00	0.50	42.00	23.40
	incl	119.12	119.62	0.50	412.00	268.00
		182.99	183.49	0.50	19.45	19.80
VU-718	-17.5/204	120.14	120.64	0.50	62.60	37.90
		173.00	174.00	1.00	9.32	32.40
VU-723	-12.5/204	109.96	124.00	14.04	14.84	15.16
	incl	109.96	110.46	0.50	125.00	147.00
	incl	115.62	116.12	0.50	271.00	148.00
		163.78	164.28	0.50	25.90	12.80
VU-728	-7.5/204	66.50	67.00	0.50	239.00	136.00
		111.13	111.63	0.50	48.00	59.00
VU-735	-2.5/204	136.00	137.20	1.20	8.64	10.80
1260 m South Drill Bay - 426,529E/6,258,018N - 185 Azimuth
VU-729	-36/185	21.60	24.00	2.40	15.99	45.29
	incl	22.85	23.35	0.50	49.10	55.20
		87.00	96.00	9.00	31.18	10.19
	incl	87.99	88.49	0.50	541.00	106.00
VU-732	-28/185	119.00	120.00	1.00	8.77	4.80
		131.00	132.00	1.00	8.07	3.50
VU-737	-21/185	94.00	95.00	1.00	7.85	17.50
1260 m South Drill Bay - 426,529E/6,258,018N - 190 Azimuth
VU-741	-39/190	23.00	23.95	0.95	14.70	262.00
		23.95	24.45	0.50	74.70	358.00
1260 m South Drill Bay - 426,529E/6,258,018N - 195 Azimuth
VU-746	-37/195	23.00	54.00	31.00	10.28	123.70	1 sample cut
	or	23.00	54.00	31.00	149.95	123.70	uncut
	incl	29.40	29.90	0.50	9,200	5,500
	incl	41.80	43.00	1.20	6.92	15.90
	incl	52.00	53.00	1.00	6.94	663.00
		67.00	67.78	0.78	52.70	11.60
		101.00	113.00	12.00	24.12	15.43
	incl	101.00	102.00	1.00	282.00	154.00
VU-748	-29/195	20.00	41.37	21.37	14.23	38.09	1 sample cut
	or	20.00	41.37	21.37	30.73	38.09	uncut
	incl	27.00	28.00	1.00	9.02	8.10
	incl	29.52	30.02	0.50	1,245	977.00
	incl	39.00	40.00	1.00	5.21	16.40
		99.98	100.48	0.50	27.00	87.60
		140.00	141.00	1.00	22.70	17.60
VU-752	-21/195	40.11	41.20	1.09	70.80	39.10
		69.00	80.00	11.00	16.05	8.35
	incl	69.00	70.00	1.00	23.00	6.10
	incl	70.00	71.00	1.00	144.00	51.60
VU-755	-14/195	67.40	68.18	0.78	19.15	26.50
1310 m Drill Bay - 426,522E/6,258,139N - 210 Azimuth
VU-750	-30/210	3.00	4.00	1.00	21.30	7.10
		98.00	106.61	8.61	31.83	27.38	1 sample cut
	or	98.00	106.61	8.61	34.50	27.38	uncut
	incl	106.11	106.61	0.50	586.00	299.00
VU-753	-25/210	112.00	117.00	5.00	15.57	13.05
	incl	114.42	114.92	0.50	130.00	57.40
		165.40	165.90	0.50	300.00	245.00
VU-757	-20/210	91.04	91.54	0.50	10.75	7.00
		195.05	195.55	0.50	60.40	5.4
VU-760	-15/210	91.00	92.00	1.00	17.20	46.00
		99.88	100.38	0.50	19.45	30.30
		183.00	184.00	1.00	11.60	4.30
VU-763	-10/210	99.00	118.00	19.00	15.21	19.43	1 sample cut
	or	99.00	118.00	19.00	17.31	19.43	uncut
	incl	99.00	100.00	1.00	13.75	8.50
	incl	116.94	117.44	0.50	620.00	466.00
VU-765	-5/210	89.00	90.00	1.00	8.17	11.40
VU-771	5/210	43.00	47.72	4.72	6.42	8.43
	incl	47.22	47.72	0.50	44.40	53.80
1270 m Drill Bay - 426,663E/6,258,075N - 151 Azimuth
VU-743	-30/151	165.00	166.00	1.00	18.70	34.10
VU-747	-24/151	98.00	99.00	1.00	7.97	9.40
		149.00	150.00	1.00	6.41	29.80
VU-751	-18/151	118.00	126.38	8.38	17.30	42.96
	incl	125.88	126.38	0.50	221.00	332.00
		164.74	184.00	19.26	15.43	24.01
	incl	165.24	165.74	0.50	19.05	30.20
	incl	178.20	178.70	0.50	522.00	251.00
VU-754	-12/151	157.00	157.90	0.90	7.78	22.50
VU-759	-6/151	15.00	16.00	1.00	8.99	8.70
VU-762	0/151	151.00	167.00	16.00	20.93	84.37	1 sample cut
	or	151.00	167.00	16.00	70.93	84.37	uncut
	incl	153.60	154.10	0.50	42.50	69.90
	incl	164.22	164.72	0.50	2,140	2,200
VU-766	5/151	111.15	127.00	15.85	12.41	52.74
	incl	117.20	118.32	1.12	49.00	128.00
	incl	125.76	126.26	0.50	245.00	90.20
		138.00	143.00	5.00	10.16	12.16
	incl	141.00	142.00	1.00	15.60	22.20
VU-770	12.5/151	96.00	104.80	8.80	7.83	9.23	EOH
	incl	102.00	102.94	0.94	64.00	37.90
VU-773	27.5/151	94.21	104.30	10.09	10.02	24.19	EOH
	incl	94.21	94.71	0.50	26.80	10.40
	incl	103.10	104.30	1.20	52.80	23.30	EOH
1350 m East Drill Bay - 426,706E/6,258,050N - 114 Azimuth
VU-740	4.5/114	127.00	128.00	1.00	21.30	78.10
		161.20	184.70	23.50	7.42	369.70
	incl	164.25	164.75	0.50	27.90	1,690.00
	incl	164.75	165.25	0.50	20.60	993.00
	incl	173.70	174.20	0.50	43.10	2,250.00
	incl	174.20	174.70	0.50	46.10	2,230.00
	incl	181.70	182.20	0.50	52.10	2,930.00
	incl	182.20	182.70	0.50	42.20	2,030.00
	incl	182.70	183.20	0.50	15.00	922.00
	incl	183.70	184.20	0.50	20.70	1,210.00
VU-744	11.5/114	143.25	143.75	0.50	18.20	24.30
VU-749	18.5/114	14.00	15.00	1.00	9.85	148.00
		124.00	147.30	23.30	32.75	40.52	1 sample cut
	or	124.00	147.30	23.30	69.66	40.52	uncut
	incl	138.00	139.00	1.00	31.30	16.50
	incl	142.00	143.00	1.00	112.50	37.90
	incl	144.70	145.20	0.50	202.00	173.00
	incl	145.70	146.20	0.50	2,260	873.00
	incl	146.20	146.70	0.50	473.00	366.00
1350 m West Drill Bay - 426,680E/6,258,063N - 290 Azimuth
VU-756	51/290	61.00	94.00	33.00	12.13	30.59	1 sample cut
	or	61.00	94.00	33.00	21.07	30.59	uncut
	incl	62.53	63.03	0.50	31.00	23.30
	incl	65.00	66.00	1.00	19.70	12.30
	incl	74.00	75.00	1.00	18.00	127.00
	incl	88.80	89.30	0.50	1,130	619.00
VU-758	40/290	60.00	86.00	26.00	14.22	18.74
	incl	62.85	63.35	0.50	182.00	154.00
	incl	67.00	68.00	1.00	40.50	18.50
	incl	71.00	72.00	1.00	60.10	36.40
	incl	72.00	72.65	0.65	38.30	37.20
	incl	73.65	74.15	0.50	19.25	29.50
	incl	74.15	74.65	0.50	41.00	33.70
	incl	77.00	77.70	0.70	61.70	36.70
	incl	78.96	79.46	0.50	37.80	52.60
VU-761	28/290	97.35	108.56	11.21	6.50	8.37
	incl	97.35	97.85	0.50	115.00	79.30
VU-764	65/290	34.00	38.00	4.00	20.56	44.63
	incl	36.43	36.93	0.50	60.60	83.00
	incl	36.93	38.00	1.07	47.10	98.40
		63.00	76.66	13.66	5.50	60.54
	incl	63.00	64.00	1.00	39.60	23.90
	incl	67.00	68.00	1.00	9.57	13.50
	incl	76.16	76.66	0.50	9.19	28.60
		91.49	91.99	0.50	9.06	41.50
1350 m West Drill Bay - 426,680E/6,258,063N - 272 Azimuth
VU-767	28/272	45.00	48.00	3.00	6.91	29.55
	incl	46.00	46.53	0.53	32.00	24.40
VU-769	41/272	46.00	46.60	0.60	10.15	249.00
		53.00	54.00	1.00	5.58	7.90
		56.00	57.00	1.00	6.91	5.70
		58.00	59.00	1.00	11.55	7.70
VU-772	54/272	59.25	59.75	0.50	9.83	6.70
		60.31	60.81	0.50	5.39	13.00
1260 m East Drill Bay - 426,537E/6,258,032N - 21 Azimuth
VU-655	-62.5/21	8.00	11.00	3.00	20.14	14.27
		10.00	11.00	1.00	57.40	22.40
		97.00	112.10	15.10	15.38	23.27
	incl	97.00	98.00	1.00	31.50	18.90
	incl	111.10	111.60	0.50	123.50	55.40
	incl	111.60	112.10	0.50	249.00	293.00
		265.00	266.00	1.00	19.80	11.60
1260 m East Drill Bay - 426,537E/6,258,032N - 6 Azimuth
VU-664	-60/6	22.03	22.53	0.50	9.83	3.10
		63.00	68.00	5.00	12.94	9.62
	incl	64.00	65.00	1.00	51.70	24.80
		93.95	96.00	2.05	10.16	5.58
	incl	93.95	94.45	0.50	29.70	3.90
		238.00	253.00	15.00	13.82	14.06
	incl	244.75	245.25	0.50	365.00	276.00
1260 m East Drill Bay - 426,537E/6,258,032N - 351 Azimuth
VU-669	-65/351	78.00	83.00	5.00	8.47	10.89
	incl	81.82	82.32	0.50	80.60	93.00
VU-673	-73/351	21.00	22.00	1.00	18.80	9.50
		40.00	44.24	4.24	6.91	40.12
	incl	40.00	41.00	1.00	21.40	82.20
VU-692	-67/351	20.00	21.00	1.00	8.95	44.40
		64.00	71.00	7.00	23.24	22.54
	incl	66.00	67.00	1.00	158.5	138.00
		256.60	257.10	0.50	20.50	11.10
1260 m East Drill Bay - 426,537E/6,258,032N - 29 Azimuth
VU-687	-33/29	74.00	77.00	3.00	92.70	74.53	1 sample cut
	or	74.00	77.00	3.00	102.04	74.53	uncut
	incl	75.88	76.38	0.50	596.00	428.00
1260 m East Drill Bay - 426,537E/6,258,032N - 44 Azimuth
VU-699	24/44	68.24	68.74	0.50	128.50	153.00
VU-703	-15/44	20.00	21.55	1.55	8.54	9.46
VU-706	-33/44	5.00	34.74	29.74	20.06	20.85
	incl	6.94	7.44	0.50	62.80	34.00
	incl	12.14	12.64	0.50	373.00	139.00
	incl	17.00	18.00	1.00	225.00	149.00
	incl	22.46	22.96	0.50	388.00	140.00
		66.00	67.00	1.00	60.10	36.80
1260 m East Drill Bay - 426,537E/6,258,032N - 55 Azimuth
VU-711	-15/55	25.32	33.00	7.68	8.80	16.90
		88.00	90.00	2.00	18.89	10.30
	incl	89.00	90.00	1.00	32.10	16.00
VU-714	-33/55	31.00	39.55	8.55	8.35	34.08
	incl	35.67	36.17	0.50	113.00	85.60

(1)	True thickness to be determined.
(2)	Unless otherwise indicated as uncut, all gold assays over 540 g/t were cut to 540 g/t.
(3)	All samples were submitted for preparation and analysis by ALS Chemex at its facilities in Terrace, B.C. All samples were analyzed using multi-digestion with ICP finish and fire assay with AA finish for gold. Samples over 100 ppm silver were reanalyzed using four acid digestion with an ore grade AA finish. Samples over 1,500 ppm silver were fire assayed with a gravimetric finish. Samples with over 10 ppm gold were fire assayed with a gravimetric finish. One in 20 samples was blank, one in 20 was a standard sample, and one in 20 samples had a sample cut from assay rejects assayed as a field duplicate at ALS Chemex in North Vancouver, B.C. Whole core (core not split) is being assayed as part of the underground infill drill program.

Kenneth C. McNaughton, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., Chief Exploration Officer, Pretium Resources Inc. is the Qualified Person (QP) responsible for the Brucejack Project exploration program.

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Pretivm is constructing a high-grade underground gold mine at its Brucejack Project in northern British Columbia with commercial production targeted for 2017.

(SEDAR filings: Pretium Resources Inc.)

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