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To: Goose94 who wrote (21447)9/15/2016 6:23:29 PM
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IAMGOLD (IMG-T) Sept 15, '16 today announced additional drilling results from its 100% owned Boto Gold Project in eastern Senegal, West Africa. The Company is reporting assay results from twenty-three diamond drill holes at the Malikoundi deposit totaling 2,217 metres, completed prior to the commencement of the rainy season, including five diamond drill holes that were deepened to target footwall mineralization and provide additional geotechnical information.

The assay results are provided in Tables 1 and 2 and include the following highlights:

Malikoundi Deposit:


Drill hole 2300:

9 metres grading 4.76 g/t gold


Drill Hole 2302:

12 metres grading 6.39 g/t gold



Includes: 3 metres grading 20.77 g/t gold


Drill hole 2303:

22 metres grading 4.04 g/t gold




Malikoundi Deposit (Deepened Holes):


• Drill hole 2122:

32 metres grading 5.19 g/t gold


• Drill Hole 2218:

42 metres grading 3.60 g/t gold




Craig MacDougall, Senior Vice President, Exploration for IAMGOLD, stated, "The drilling program has successfully delineated near surface, shallow mineralization extending 500 metres along strike, north of the Malikoundi deposit; and has confirmed the presence of wide intervals of high grade mineralization located in the footwall to the main deposit which was not fully tested in previous drilling programs. Further drilling is planned at the end of the rainy season to follow up these encouraging results."

BOTO PROJECT, SENEGAL

The Boto project comprises 236 square kilometres of exploration licenses located in eastern Senegal along the Senegal-Mali border. The geological setting of the project area is similar to the prolific Sadiola and Loulo gold districts in adjacent Mali, being underlain by highly prospective, Birimian-aged metasedimentary, volcanic and intrusive rocks along a seven-kilometre strike length of the Senegal-Mali Shear Zone.

The project hosts an indicated resource of 27.7 million tonnes averaging 1.8 g/t gold for 1.56 million ounces and an inferred resource of 2.9 million tonnes averaging 1.3 g/t gold for 125,000 ounces (see news release regarding reserves and resources dated February 17, 2016).

Next Steps

To date, the Company has completed 5,176 metres of diamond drilling at the Malikoundi deposit to test for extensions of mineralization at depth and along strike beyond the current resource model as well as the re-entry and deepening of selected drill holes which previously stopped in footwall mineralization. The drilling program includes 765 metres completed to provide geotechnical information to help define potential pit wall slopes. The assay results will be incorporated into an updated resource model for use in ongoing project evaluation studies. Diamond drilling is expected to resume in the fourth quarter upon completion of the rainy season.

Technical Information and Quality Control Notes

Boto Project, Senegal:

The Boto drilling results contained in this news release have been prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. The sampling of, and assay data from, drill core is monitored through the implementation of a quality assurance - quality control (QA-QC) program designed to follow industry best practice. Drill core (HQ and NQ size) samples are selected by the IAMGOLD geologists and sawn in half with a diamond saw at the project site. Half of the core is retained at the site for reference purposes. Sample intervals are generally one metre in length. Samples are prepared at the Veritas Preparation Laboratory in Bamako, Mali and analyzed using a standard fire assay with a 50 gram charge with an Atomic Absorption (AA) finish at the Veritas Analytical Laboratory in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Qualified Persons

The information in this news release was prepared under the supervision of, and reviewed and verified by, Craig MacDougall, P.Geo., Senior Vice President, Exploration for IAMGOLD. Mr. MacDougall is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

About IAMGOLD

IAMGOLD ( www.iamgold.com) is a mid-tier mining company with four operating gold mines on three continents. A solid base of strategic assets in North and South America and West Africa is complemented by development and exploration projects and continued assessment of accretive acquisition opportunities. IAMGOLD is in a strong financial position with extensive management and operational expertise.

Please note:

This entire news release may be accessed via fax, e-mail, IAMGOLD's website at www.iamgold.com and through CNW Group's website at www.newswire.ca. All material information on IAMGOLD can be found at www.sedar.com or at www.sec.gov.

Si vous désirez obtenir la version française de ce communiqué, veuillez consulter le http://www.iamgold.com/French/accueil/default.aspx.

Table 1: Boto Project Drilling Results – Malikoundi Deposit

Hole No.

UTM (WGS84Zone29N)

AZ

DIP

EOH

From

To

Length

Grade


Easting

Northing

Elevation

(degrees)

(degrees)

(m)

(m)

(m)

(m)

(g/t Au)

2298

241959

1380551

158

113

-60

105

69

74

5

3.31

2299

241956

1380498

159

115

-60

110

80

82

2

1.88

2300

241999

1380478

160

115

-60

60

16

25

9

4.76

2301

241953

1380445

160

115

-60

115

65

73

8

1.93

2302

241998

1380424

161

115

-60

65

13

25

12

6.39

includes







17

20

3

20.77

2303

241951

1380390

161

115

-60

115

65

87

22

4.04

includes







83

85

2

21.50

2304

241996

1380370

161

115

-60

65

20

31

11

2.71

2305

241947

1380281

162

115

-60

115

22

26

4

1.15








75

88

13

3.29

2306

241992

1380261

162

121

-60

65

19

27

8

2.12

2307

241945

1380227

162

115

-60

115

69

83

14

1.25

2308

241991

1380206

162

115

-60

67

27

31

4

1.89

2309

241943

1380175

162

120

-60

110

69

91

22

0.69

2310

241988

1380154

163

115

-60

60

12

20

8

1.74

2311

241941

1380123

163

115

-60

105

80

88

8

1.34

2312

241986

1380102

163

115

-60

55

25

36

11

4.03

2317

242076

1378829

158

103

-60

200

131

134

3

1.05

2318

242122

1378808

158

111

-60

200

64

72

8

1.12








89

92

3

1.49

2319

242167

1378787

154

124

-60

180

15

33

18

0.69






Total

1907







Notes:

Drill hole intercepts are calculated using a minimum down-hole length of 2 metres, a cut-off grade of 0.5 g/t gold, a global assay cap of 25 g/t gold and may include up to 5 metres of internal dilution.

The true widths of intersections are interpreted to approximate the reported downhole lengths.



Table 2: Boto Project Drilling Results – Deepened Drill Holes (EXT), Malikoundi Deposit

Hole No.

UTM (WGS84Zone29N)

AZ

DIP

EOH

From

To

Length

Grade


Easting

Northing

Elevation

(degrees)

(degrees)

(m)

(m)

(m)

(m)

(g/t Au)

2117 Ext

241865

1379093

165

115

-60

380

372

374

2

1.20

2122*

241866

1379204

165

115

-60

275

259

272

13

7.94

2122 EXT

241866

1379204

165

115

-60

325

259

291

32

5.19

includes







289

291

2

10.65

2125*

241815

1379338

166

115

-60

300

274

299

25

1.64

2125 Ext

241815

1379338

166

115

-60

335

274

324

50

1.57

2218*

241774

1379187

166

116

-60

365

335

365

30

3.82

2218 Ext

241774

1379187

166

116

-60

431

335

377

42

3.60








413

431

18

2.44

2220*

241867

1379149

165

116

-60

350

294

300

6

4.18

2220 Ext

241867

1379149

165

116

-60

350

294

321

27

2.03






Total Ext

310







Notes:

Drill hole intercepts are calculated using a minimum down-hole length of 2 metres, a cut-off grade of 0.5 g/t gold, a global assay cap of 25 g/t gold and may include up to 5 metres of internal dilution.

The true widths of intersections are interpreted to approximate the reported downhole lengths.

* - previously reported footwall intercept (see news releases dated November 5, 2012; May 21, 2013 and February 3, 2015)