Reno, NV, March 22, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

Dakota Territory Resource Corp (OTCQB: DTRC) ("Dakota Territory" or the "Company"), a gold exploration company with a portfolio of properties near the legendary Homestake Mine in the Black Hills of South Dakota, is pleased to announce that the Company intends to continue its sampling program along trend of the zone of high grade gold mineralization identified by the first pass surface sampling program conducted on its 100% owned Blind Gold Property.  The program identified a zone of high-grade gold mineralization in the Mississippian-age Pahasapa Limestone on the surface, with a peak gold assay value of 9.44 grams per tonne.

The Company’s first pass surface sampling program was focused on tertiary-aged gold mineralization in the younger sedimentary and intrusive formations that cover Dakota Territory’s primary targets at the Blind Gold Property, which are hosted in the underlying Homestake Iron-Formation.  A total of 37 grab and pick samples were collected across the Blind Gold Property, with the most notable results returned from 14 samples taken in close proximity to historic workings located to the east of the Tetro Rock Promontory at the center of the property:

 “Based upon the decades experience mining in this prolific gold region and the robust amount of historic exploration data that our team possesses, it is not a tremendous surprise to us that grab sample assays showed gold grades up to 9.44 grams per tonne,” commented Richard Bachman, Chief Executive Officer at Dakota Territory Resources.  “We expected to see high-grade results and believe we are only scratching the surface of the potential resources and gold grades at Blind Gold.”

The historic workings in the Tetro Rock area include numerous pits, trenches and shallow adits excavated over a horizontal distance extending approximately 540 meters along the indicated North - South trend of mineralization.  Samples collected by Dakota Territory were taken from the outcrop and dumps created by the historic mining activity over the entire length of the trend.  Gold mineralization in the Tetro Rock area appears to be hosted in flat lying, silicified layers of Pahasapa Limestone that have been cut by vertical fissure veins proximal to a Tertiary-aged Phonolite laccolith. 

Nearly 5 million ounces of gold has been produced from Tertiary-aged gold deposits in the Homestake District.  Such deposits are most commonly hosted in the Deadwood Formation; however, significant historic gold production has been realized from similar deposits hosted in the Pahasapa Limestone at Carbonate Camp, located approximately 5 kilometers to the west of the Blind Gold Property.

All program samples collected are point or grab samples from in situ rock outcrop, dumps from historic workings, or float.  Sample size averaged 2 kilograms (“kg”) in weight, with none being less than 1.3 kg.  Samples were bagged and tagged in the field then retained in secure storage at the Company’s local field office until shipment.  Shipment was by Fedex to Sparks, Nevada.

All sample preparation and fire assaying work has been performed by American Assay Laboratories Inc. (“American Assay”) in Sparks, Nevada.  American Assay is an ISO 17025:2005 accredited laboratory.  Samples were fire assayed with a 1 assay ton (30 gram) aliquot with induced coupled plasma (“ICP”) finish.  Internal laboratory quality controls were relied upon for these reconnaissance-style samples.  These controls included re-runs and the insertion of both blank and Standardized Reference samples.

In conjunction with this press release, we encourage investors to read our recent announcements about our properties and drill program planned for 2016 to further delineate resources:

http://www.dakotatrc.com/news/groundbreaking-insight-into-the-gold-potential-at-dakota-territory-resources-homestake-paleoplacer-project/

http://www.dakotatrc.com/news/dakota-territory-selects-homestake-paleoplacer-properties-as-target-for-drill-program-target-one-mile-north-of-lode-source-that-produced-approximately-40-million-ounces-of-gold/

About Dakota Territory Resource Corp

Dakota Territory Resource Corp. is a Nevada Corporation with offices located at Reno, Nevada.  Dakota Territory is committed to creating shareholder value through the acquisition and responsible exploration and development of high caliber gold properties in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

In terms of total historic US gold production, the Black Hills ranks second only to the Carlin District of northeast Nevada, with the gold production of the Black Hills concentrated in a 100 square mile area known as the Homestake District.  Dakota Territory maintains 100% ownership of three mineral properties including the Blind Gold, City Creek and Homestake Paleoplacer Properties, all of which are located in the heart of the Homestake District and cover a total of approximately 3,057 acres. The Blind Gold Property is located approximately 4 miles northwest and on structural trend with the historic Homestake Gold Mine. Through its 125-year production history, the Homestake Gold Mine produced approximately 40 million ounces of gold and is the largest iron-formation-hosted gold deposit in the world.

In the 1980′s and 1990′s Homestake Mining Company undertook a $70 million exploration program managed by Richard Bachman, President and CEO of Dakota Territory that was focused primarily on the search for a repeat of the Homestake Mine. This program successfully discovered significant new gold mineralization beyond the confines of the producing mine, demonstrating repeatability and the potential for additional gold deposits in the Homestake iron-formation host.  This program also proved the continuous extension of the Homestake iron-formation to a distance of approximately 4 miles from the producing mine and under the Blind Gold Property.

Dakota Territory Resource Corp is uniquely positioned to leverage Management’s extensive exploration and mining experience in the Black Hills of South Dakota with Homestake Mining Company.   For more information on Dakota Territory, please visit the Company's website at http://DakotaTRC.com/.

Investor Relations

Investor Relations Contact: For more information, please contact Dakota Territory Resource Corp (775) 747-0667

Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) limits disclosure for U.S. reporting purposes to mineral deposits that a company can economically and legally extract or produce.  Our property currently does not contain any known proven or probable ore reserves under SEC reporting standards.  Our reference above to the various formations and mineralization believed to exist in our property as compared to historical results and estimates from other property in the district is illustrative only for comparative purposes and is no indication that similar results will be obtained with respect to our property.  U.S. investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in our latest reports filed with the SEC.  You can review and obtain copies of these filings at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml.

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