Helio Commences Drill Programme at Kenge Resource Area, SMP Gold Project, Tanzania

1. High-grade shoots exist within the resource blocks;
2. There is good continuity to the high-grade shoots;
3. There is sufficient tonnage within the high-grade shoots to assess the potential for underground mining

The assessment has identified 5 high-grade shoots within the Kenge resource area - see long section above.  Some very encouraging features have been identified:

• All five high-grade shoots have the same orientation - i.e. plunging at a shallow angle to the northwest;
• Three of the high-grade shoots are open to depth;
• The grades and widths of the intercepts within the shoots indicate promising potential for underground resource ounces.

About Helio Resource Corp.

Helio Resource Corp. is an exploration company focused on increasing the size of the NI 43-101 compliant resource at its 100% owned SMP Gold Project in Tanzania and outlining the resource potential at the DGP Gold Project in Namibia.

In February 2012, SRK Consulting (Australia) Pty. Ltd. provided an updated NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate for the SMP.  The estimate at a 0.5g/t Au cut-off reports 1,020,000 ounces (24.1MT grading 1.32g/t Au) in the Measured and Indicated category, plus 240,000 ounces (7.3MT grading 1.05g/t Au) in the Inferred category.

Qualified Person

Chris MacKenzie, M.Sc., C.Geol., Helio's COO and a Qualified Person as designated by NI 43-101, is based in Africa and supervises the exploration at Helio's projects, including the sampling and quality assurance / quality control (QA-QC) programmes, and has reviewed and approved the contents of this news release.

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SOURCE Helio Resource Corp.

Image with caption: "Long section of the Kenge resource area showing the 5 high-grade shoots. Section looking northeast (CNW Group/Helio Resource Corp.)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20131018_C4895_PHOTO_EN_32204.jpg