B2Gold Announces Positive Exploration Drill Results from Near Fekola and Anaconda Area Exploration Drilling

The Company also completed additional infill drilling in order to provide sufficient definition for an updated mineral resource estimate on the Anaconda area, which the Company expects to be completed by the end of the fourth quarter of 2020.  Geological modeling and the preliminary stages of resource estimation are currently in progress.

Select results from Mamba saprolite drilling include:

Select results from the Mamba zone sulphide drilling include :

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During the remainder of 2020, the Company plans to drill approximately 5,300 metres at the Anaconda area, where the focus will remain on expanding the saprolite and sulphide mineralization in the Anaconda area, including at the Mamba and Adder zones. 

For the Fekola region, drilling at the Cardinal and FMZ zones is ongoing, with an initial Inferred Mineral Resource estimate scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2021. In addition, ongoing drilling will continue to expand the limits of known mineralization and will include step outs to the northeast, to target the projected intersection of the Cardinal and Fekola deposits at depth. 

B2Gold intends on releasing additional Fekola area exploration drill results later in 2020.

Bamako, Mali and Bureau Veritas Laboratories in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Periodically, exploration samples will be analyzed at the Fekola Mine laboratory.  At each laboratory, samples are prepared and analyzed using 50-gram fire assay with atomic absorption finish and/or gravimetric finish. Umpire assays are used to monitor lab performance monthly.

Quality assurance and quality control procedures include the systematic insertion of blanks, standards and duplicates into the core, reverse circulation and aircore drilling sample strings. The results of the control samples are evaluated on a regular basis with batches re-analyzed and/or resubmitted as needed. All results stated in this announcement have passed B2Gold’s quality assurance and quality control protocols.

Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 2007, today, B2Gold has operating gold mines in Mali, Namibia and the Philippines and numerous exploration and development projects in various countries including Mali and Colombia. B2Gold continues to forecast total consolidated gold production of between 1,000,000 and 1,055,000 ounces in 2020.

Tom Garagan, Senior Vice President of Exploration at B2Gold, a qualified person under NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved the information contained in this news release.

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