Sona will focus primarily on bringing the Blackdome Gold Mine and Elizabeth Gold Property to full production by 2012, and to creating positive cash flow from these properties, which total 29,000 hectares. The Company’s immediate goal is to resume production at its permitted milling facility at the past-producing Blackdome Gold Mine.

Sona holds a 100 percent interest in two other promising properties. The Callaghan Project, a 420-hectare prospective gold exploration project in Nevada, is located within 80 kilometres of several producing mines. The more advanced Montgolfier Project, a 6,900-hectare property in Quebec, lies 40 kilometres east of the multimillion-ounce Casa Berardi Mine gold deposit, and straddles a 30-kilometre strike length along the Casa Berardi deformation zone.

Blackdome Gold Mine (BC)

The Blackdome Gold Mine is a permitted mine and milling facility located in southwestern British Columbia, approximately 230 kilometres north of Vancouver and 100 kilometres south of Williams Lake. The 18,383-hectare property is situated west of the Fraser River, near the summit of Blackdome Mountain, in the Camelsfoot Mountain Range at between 1,760 and 2,050 metres in elevation. Access to the mine is from either the town of Clinton or the city of Williams Lake, via the village of Dog Creek and then west across the Churn Creek Bridge. The Blackdome Gold Mine has excellent infrastructure, with road access to all underground portals. A well-maintained camp on the property accommodates exploration crews.

Since acquiring the mine in 1995, Sona Resources (then Claimstaker Resources) has carried out geotechnical surveys, exploration drilling and small-scale mining. The Blackdome Gold Mine is 100 percent owned by Sona with no underlying royalties and consists of 45 mineral claims, 10 Crown-granted mineral claims and two mining leases. The property has a modern, well-maintained flotation and gravity mill with a current design capacity of 200 tonnes per day. All of the project’s mining permits are in good standing.

SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. (“SRK”) has been commissioned to review and update the Blackdome resource estimate to CIMM standards as per National Instrument 43-101. The Blackdome Gold Mine has a historical resource estimate of 124,120 tonnes averaging 12.8g Au/t and 33.7g Ag/t, for an in situ total of 50,834 ounces of gold and 134,386 ounces of silver (SRK 2001).

In the fall of 2009, Sona contracted Micon International Limited (“Micon”) to complete a preliminary assessment of the Blackdome Gold Mine and the Elizabeth Gold Property, to evaluate potential underground mining operations at both sites. Having incorporated this new information, the Micon study will assess a suitable mining tonnage rate and grade, and will determine capital and operating costs for mining, ore transportation, milling, smelting, refining and site infrastructure to a level of accuracy appropriate for a preliminary assessment.

Project milestones

    * 2009 - Preliminary assessment study of Blackdome and Elizabeth contracted to Micon International Limited
    * Review of inferred resource contracted to SRK Consulting Inc.
    * 2010 - Planning under way for exploration drilling of Giant and Redbird veins

Elizabeth Gold Property (BC)

The Elizabeth Gold Property is a high-grade gold project located in southwestern British Columbia, in the Lillooet Mining District, approximately 200 kilometres north of Vancouver, 30 kilometres northeast of the historic mining town of Bralorne and 30 kilometres south of the Blackdome Gold Mine. The 10,888-hectare property is situated along a tributary of the Yalakom River in steep, glaciated terrain between 2,100 and 2,500 metres in elevation. Access to the property is from the town of Lillooet, approximately 75 kilometres up the Yalakom River forest service road. The property has good infrastructure, with several roads accessing the old mine workings and the areas proposed for exploration. A well-maintained camp on the property accommodates exploration crews.

Since acquiring the property in 2002, the Sona Resources team has conducted four diamond drilling programs totalling 8,963 metres. In June 2009, Sona reported an initial inferred resource estimate at the Elizabeth Gold Property of 522,900 tonnes, grading an average of 12.3g Au/t and using a cut-off grade of 5.0g Au/t, for a total of 206,100 oz Au. The resource estimate was prepared by SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. (“SRK”). In the fall of 2009, Sona contracted Micon International Limited to complete a preliminary assessment of the Blackdome Gold Mine and the Elizabeth Gold Property, to evaluate potential underground mining operations at both sites. Any eventual production from the Elizabeth Gold Property will be transported by road for processing at the Blackdome Gold Mine gravity and flotation mill.

Project Milestones

    * 2009 - Release of initial inferred resource estimate of 206,100 oz Au at a grade of 12.3g Au/t
    * 2009 - Large-scale underground exploration program successfully permitted
    * 2009 - Preliminary assessment study of Blackdome and Elizabeth contracted to Micon International Limited
    * 2010 - Planning under way for large-scale underground exploration

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Callaghan Project (NV)

Overview

In April 2004, Sona entered into a lease/option agreement with Joe Kizis of Reno for the 10 core claims at Callaghan and subsequently located an additional 59 claims. These claims are all subject to a three percent net smelter return royalty, of which two percent can be purchased. Under the option agreement, Sona pays the annual Bureau of Land Management and county fees and makes annual advance royalty payments to Mr. Kizis.

Montgolfier Project (QC)

Overview

In January of 2004, Sona entered into an option to purchase 100 percent of 113 staked claims and 32 map-designated cells (totalling 3,552 hectares) in Montgolfier and Orvilliers townships, Quebec, with Ressources D. Villeneuve Inc. (“RDV”). The Company has since added 14 staked claims and 67 map-designated cells to the land package under the agreement with RDV, for a total of 6,887 hectares. Sona has assumed ownership of all the claims, as it fulfilled the terms of the option agreement, including total payments of $180,000 and the issuance of 50,000 shares (pre-consolidation). RDV retains a two percent net smelter royalty, of which Sona can purchase 1.5 percent for $1,500,000.

Directors

Nicholas T. Ferris, B.A. (Economics),
Vancouver, BC Executive Chairman
Director since 2000
With a strong background in economics and finance at senior managerial levels, Mr. Ferris has valuable corporate banking experience with Lloyds Bank Canada, and sales and marketing experience with the Canadian Home Income Plan.

Wayne Cahill, CA
Vancouver, BC
Chief Financial Officer since 2009
Wayne Cahill is a Certified General Accountant who has been employed by the Newport Group Chartered Accountants for the past six years. Formerly, he worked with BDO Dunwoody and Evancic Perrault Robertson, Certified General Accountants. Mr. Cahill also served as a director of the of Coquitlam , BC , Chamber of Commerce.

John P. Thompson, P.Eng.
Oakville , Ontario
President and CEO
As a geologist and geological engineer, Mr. Thompson offers a wealth of experience to Sona Resource Corp. He brings with him 35 years of experience in surface and underground exploration, mine development projects, property evaluation and acquisitions, joint venture negotiations, mineral resource estimation and project preliminary economic analysis. John has been integral to executive management teams in the international minerals industry. He has managed day-to-day operations for exchange-listed junior exploration companies. Mr. Thompson has been involved with project planning and budgeting and has supervised, evaluated and reported on a variety of programs from grassroots exploration to mine development. Thompson has worked in numerous jurisdictions, including Canada, the United States, the Dominican Republic, South America and Asia.

D'Arcy Adam
Langley BC
Director since 2000
A leading figure in British Columbia's automotive and equipment leasing industry, Mr. Adam brings to Sona Resources over 30 years of financing expertise.

Driffield Cameron, P.Geo.
Burlington, Ontario
Director since 2001
Mr. Cameron is the Vice President of Exploration for High River Gold Mines Ltd., a junior gold producer with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. A graduate of Acadia University, Mr. Cameron is a fellow of the Geological Association of Canada and has membership in the following groups: the Association of Geoscientists of Ontario; the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum; the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada; and the Society of Economic Geologists. Mr. Cameron has over 30 years of international experience in the field of exploration for precious and base metals, uranium and industrial minerals, and has a record of generating successful projects. Mr. Cameron's participation will be valuable to the Company as he has experience in all facets of exploration, from implementation to direction, and in administration and management.

Jean-Pierre Schumacher
Zurich, Switzerland
Director since 2004
Mr. Schumacher holds a degree of an "expert of business and company finance" (Betriebsoekkonom KSZ), from Zurich. He brings a wealth of experience in the capital markets and in corporate finance through employment with Marc Rich & Co. Holdings, CS First Boston Corporation, Credit Suisse, and the Union Bank of Switzerland. Currently, Mr Schumacher is the Founding Member, a Managing Partner and the Chief Executive Officer of Lion Capital Group AG of Zurich.

John D. Anderson
Vancouver, BC
Director since 2006
A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Mr. Anderson brings to Sona Resources a wealth of experience in the capital markets, corporate finance and public relations.

Officers

Nicholas T. Ferris - Executive Chairman
Wayne Cahill, CFO
John P. Thompson, President and CEO