Sona Updates 4,500-Metre Underground Drill Program at Its Elizabeth Gold Deposit Property

Sona Resources Corp. (the "Company" or "Sona") (TSX VENTURE:SYS)(FRANKFURT:QS7)
is pleased to report that it has completed 20 holes, totalling 1,717 metres, of
its 4,500-metre underground diamond drill program at its 100 percent owned
Elizabeth Gold Deposit Property ("Elizabeth"), located in the Lillooet Mining
District of southern British Columbia.


All drill holes targeted the West Vein gold mineralization via a drill bay cut
into the Upper Adit's east wall, with the hole collars located approximately 80
metres to the southeast of the West Vein. The program is testing an area along
strike and down dip from the West Vein mineralization, between the Jewellery Box
surface outcrop and the Upper Adit drift along the West Vein approximately 60
metres below. In 2010, 10 uncut chip samples from trenching along the Jewellery
Box zone (so called for the rich assay values and abundant visible gold found in
its quartz veins) returned composite assays of 45.9g Au/t over an average width
of 0.35 metres and a strike length of 47.7 metres. The 2010 West Vein Upper
drift sampling returned a composite assay of 17 uncut chip samples that averaged
68.8g Au/t over a width of 1.0 metre and a strike length of 24.5 metres.


The deepest holes drilled during this program tested the West Vein approximately
80 metres below the West Vein underground Upper Adit drift. All holes have
intersected the targeted West Vein, and visible gold was noted in the core of
hole E11-U84 at 91 metres.


The Company will also drill to verify the Southwest Vein's position along strike
to the northeast of the known gold mineralization, via a drill bay at the
intersection of the Upper Adit and the existing drifting along the West Vein.


A total of 331 samples from the first 15 holes have recently been sent in for assay.

Material samples for analysis and assay are being cut in half using a diamond
saw. Half of the core will be sent to the lab for analysis, and the remaining
half preserved for future reference. The samples are being analyzed for gold by
standard fire assay atomic absorption finish techniques, as well as
multi-element ICP on most samples. A strict QA/QC program is being followed;
this includes the use of certified pulp standards and blanks at Acme Labs in
Vancouver, and verification analyses in a second laboratory.


The content of this news release has been reviewed by John P. Thompson, a
Qualified Person for the purposes of NI 43-101, with the ability and authority
to verify the authenticity and validity of the data herein.


To view accompanying maps, visit the following link:
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About Sona Resources Corp.

Since its inception in 1990, Sona has engaged in exploration activities at its
mineral properties in Canada and the United States, as well as small-scale gold
production at its flagship property, the 100 percent owned Blackdome Gold Mine,
in south-central British Columbia, 250 kilometres north of Vancouver. At
Blackdome, the indicated mineral resources are estimated at 144,500 tonnes,
grading 11.29g Au/t and containing 52,600 ounces of gold; and the inferred
resource is estimated at 90,600 tonnes, grading 8.79g Au/t (news release dated
May 4, 2010). At its 100 percent owned Elizabeth Gold Deposit Property, 30
kilometres south of the Blackdome Gold Mine, Sona has outlined an inferred gold
resource of 522,900 tonnes, grading 12.3g Au/t and containing 206,100 ounces of
gold (news release dated June 8, 2009).


Sona aims to bring its permitted Blackdome mill back into production over the
next two years at a rate of 200 tonnes per day, with feed from the formerly
producing Blackdome Gold Mine and the Elizabeth Gold Deposit Property. A
positive Preliminary Economic Assessment by Micon International Ltd. (news
release dated May 28, 2010), based on a gold price of $950 per ounce over eight
years, has estimated a cash cost of $208 per tonne milled, or $686 per gold
ounce recovered.


Sona also holds a 100 percent interest in the Montgolfier Project, located in
Quebec, 40 kilometres east of the multimillion-ounce Casa Berardi Mine gold
deposit.


This news release contains certain forward-looking statements, and such
statements involve risks and uncertainties. The results or events predicted may
differ materially from actual results or events. Any forward-looking statement
speaks only as of the date of this news release. Except as may be required by
applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to
update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future events or results or any other occurrence.
Sona Resources Corp. (TSXV:SYS)
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