IAMGOLD Reports Further High Grade Drill Intersections at Project in Mali

IAMGOLD Corporation (TSX:IMG) provided results from its 2018 drilling program at the Diakha deposit on its wholly owned Siribaya project in Western Mali.  In 2018, the company completed a combined diamond and reverse circulation (RC) drilling program designed to infill and increase confidence in the current resource as well as target expansions of the Diakha deposit to support an updated resource estimate.  Assay results are reported herein for 100 drill holes totalling 14,634 metres.

Highlights are as follows:

nfill Drill Holes:
•	SRD18-241: 8.0 metres grading 8.31 g/t Au
	o	Includes 5.0 metres grading 11.93 g/t Au
	and 6.0 metres grading 10.15 g/t Au
	o	Includes 3.0 metres grading 19.80 g/t Au
•	SRD18-249: 13.0 metres grading 6.05 g/t Au
	o	Includes 5.0 metres grading 10.04 g/t Au
•	SRC18-753: 8.0 metres grading 6.05 g/t Au
	and 4.0 metres grading 6.77 g/t Au
•	SRC18-762: 52.0 metres grading 1.61 g/t Au
	o	Includes 6.0 metres grading 7.16 g/t Au
•	SRC18-783: 22.0 metres grading 2.96 g/t Au
	o	Includes 8.0 metres grading 4.66 g/t Au
Expansion Drill Holes:
•	SRD18-244: 7.0 metres grading 12.46 g/t Au
	o	Includes 5.0 metres grading 17.22 g/t Au
•	SRC18-728: 13.0 metres grading 11.60 g/t Au
	o	Includes 5.0 metres grading 22.37 g/t Au
•	SRC18-756: 17.0 metres grading 1.39 g/t Au
	and 47.0 metres grading 1.28 g/t Au
	o	Including: 11.0 metres grading 2.17 g/t Au

Craig MacDougall, senior vice president, exploration, commented:

We continue to be very pleased with the results of our delineation drilling programs, which confirm not only wide zones of mineralization and locally high grades from infill holes within the existing resource, but also well mineralized intervals beyond the original resource limits.  The deposit now extends for nearly 3 kilometres along strike, which we believe will positively impact an updated resource estimate due for completion by year end.