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SASKATOON, SK, Nov. 12, 2015 /CNW/ - Shore Gold Inc. ("Shore" or the "Company") reports that the unaudited results of Shore's operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 will be filed today on SEDAR and may be viewed at www.sedar.com once posted. A summary of key financial and operating results for the quarter is as follows:



Highlights


Announced Revised Mineral Resources for the Star and Orion South Kimberlites;
Announced an updated valuation of the diamond parcels from the Star - Orion South Diamond Project ("Project");
Announced drilling results of the core and large diameter drilling ("LDD") programs on the Orion South Kimberlite;
Continued to seek opportunities for Project development capital;
Working capital of $1.9 million at September 30, 2015;
Issued and outstanding shares of 258,066,348 at September 30, 2015





Overview



The Company recently announced Revised Mineral Resource estimates for the Star and Orion South Kimberlites (see SGF News Release dated November 9, 2015). These Revised Mineral Resource estimates resulted in substantial increases in tonnes, grade and carats in the Indicated Resource category. Indicated Mineral Resource on Star has increased 38 percent to 28.2 million carats and the grade has increased 11 percent to 15 carats per hundred tonnes ("cpht"). Indicated Mineral Resource on Orion South has increased 134 percent to 27.1 million carats and the grade has increased 1 percent to 14 cpht.



The Company also recently announced an updated valuation of the diamond parcels from the Project (see SGF News Release dated October 21, 2015). This updated diamond valuation was required for the Revised Mineral Resource estimates for the Star and Orion South Kimberlites. The Parcel Prices show increases between 31 and 125 percent above the March 2008 prices. Model Prices ranging between $161 and $333 per carat have been determined for the diamond populations of the major kimberlite units that make up the Star and Orion South Kimberlites. The decline in the value of the Canadian dollar against the US dollar since January 2013 works in favour of Project economics and the increase in Model Prices is even greater in Canadian dollar terms.



During the nine months ended September 30, 2015 the Company announced that core and LDD drilling programs on the Orion South Kimberlite has been successfully completed (see SGF News Release dated June 15, 2015). The core drilling was required to accurately document the internal stratigraphy of the Orion South Kimberlite prior to the commencement of the LDD program. The LDD drilling program aimed to provide diamond grade information at new grid locations and this additional diamond grade information was used in the revised Mineral Resource estimates. The original evaluation of the Orion South Kimberlite, using underground bulk sampling and LDD mini-bulk sampling, was curtailed by the world financial crisis of late 2008.



The LDD program included twelve 24 inch holes totaling 2,560.5 metres that sampled a total of 1,028.53 metres of kimberlite units within the Orion South Kimberlite (see SGF News Release dated September 2, 2015). The samples were processed at Rio Tinto Canada Diamond Exploration Inc's Thunder Bay Mineral Processing Laboratory.



The core drilling program included 18 vertical NQ (48 millimetre) diamond drill holes totaling 3,617 metres that intersected 1,208 metres of Early Joli Fou ("EJF") and Pense kimberlite, confirming significant new intersections of kimberlite on the western flank and southern part of the Orion South Kimberlite. These significant new kimberlite intersections (up to 112 metres) extend the existing 100 metre grid drilling program already completed on Orion South.



During the second quarter the Company completed a private placement of 10,000,000 Units at a price of $0.20 per Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of $2.0 million (see SGF News Release dated June 12, 2015). Each Unit consisted of one Common Share and one Common Share purchase warrant. Each warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share at a price of $0.25 for a period of 18 months from the date of issuance.



Quarterly Results
For the quarter ended September 30, 2015, the Company recorded a net loss of $2.0 million or $0.01 per share compared to a net loss of $0.8 million or $0.00 per share for the same period in 2014. The losses during these quarters were due to operating costs and exploration and evaluation expenditures incurred by the Company exceeding interest income earned on cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments.



Year to Date Results
For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company recorded a net loss of $7.7 million or $0.03 per share compared to a net loss of $2.6 million or $0.01 per share for the same period in 2014. The losses were primarily due to ongoing operating costs and exploration and evaluation expenditures incurred by the Company exceeding interest income earned on cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments. Losses during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 were higher than the same period in the previous year as a result of higher exploration and evaluation expenditures incurred primarily relating to the drilling programs.