The 2015 exploration and engineering program will include diamond drilling and associated geotechnical, metallurgical and environmental studies.

The company will use two drills to test targets that include the Western BRX Zone, focusing on expanding the resource below the currently modeled depth of 320m down-dip of surface.

Rockhaven said the Western Klaza Zone hosts the highest gold equivalent grade part of the resource and has strong potential for expansion.

Drilling at the Central and Eastern BRX zones has returned both high-grade and bulk-tonnage style targets. At the Central Klaza Zone, holes will explore along strike from and below hole DDH-12-133.

The company will extend the program after favourable exploration results and financing options.

Rockhaven Resources CEO Matt Turner said: "We are excited to begin our fully-funded 2015 program which we expect will significantly expand the current high-grade gold and silver resources outlined within two of the nine main zones on the Klaza property.

"The drilling will also assess the potential at some of the seven other sub-parallel zones at which only broadly spaced drilling and trenching have been done."