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The Company has undertaken extensive exploration activities at Detour Lake on the Block A property.  A multi-million dollar exploration drilling program on Block A has been on-going over the last six years up until 2007 and continuing in 2010 and 2011, utilizing up to four drill rigs.  This drilling was designed to define and extend the known areas of mineralization in the M Zone, Northwest Zone and North Walter Lake Zone structures. 

Joint Venture partners (50% Trade Winds / 50% Detour Gold) have approved a 30,000 metre drilling program for the winter of 2011 on Block A, designed to raise the confidence level and understanding of the M Zone gold deposit. This drilling program is based on recommendations proposed in the Watts, Griffis and McOuat (“WGM”) NI 43-101 Technical Report dated July 9, 2009 and results from the 2010 program.

The drilling program, beginning in January 2011, is designed to extend the western end of the proposed US$ 1,000/oz pit. Utilizing three drill rigs, a portion of the deposit will be drilled on 40 metre by 40 metre centres to increase the confidence level of the mineral resources.  The remainder of the prgram of exploration drilling will focus in the areas north of the main pit area between the main pit shell and the North Walter Lake (NWL) pit shell, and south of the main pit shell to the southern boundary of Block A to test the footwall and to determine if the Sunday Lake Deformation Zone (SLDF) extends onto the southern portion of Block A.  Both areas, between NWL and the main pit shell and south of the main pit shell, are almost completely untested and both represent areas of potential mineralization parallel to the M Zone. In addition, further metallurgical test work is planned to estimate gold recoveries.