Drilling results include 103.95 metres grading 1.37 g/t Au, 50.02 metres grading 1.41 g/t Au, 27.05 metres grading 2.57 g/t Au, 26.60 metres grading 2.37 g/t Au and 28.20 metres grading 1.98 g/t Au TORONTO, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Banro Corporation ("Banro" or the "Company") (AMEX - "BAA"; TSX - "BAA") is pleased to announce further results from the Company's 2006 core drilling program at its wholly-owned Lugushwa project, located on the Twangiza-Namoya gold belt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the "DRC"). Assay results have been received for an additional 39 core holes drilled at Lugushwa, which completes the 2006 core drilling program of 54 holes totalling 8,332 metres. Highlights include: - Hole LDD054 intersected 103.95 metres grading 1.37 g/t Au from 0.00 metres, 14.40 metres grading 3.18 g/t Au from 164.50 metres and 50.02 metres grading 1.41 g/t Au from 225.43 metres. - Hole LDD052 intersected 26.60 metres grading 2.37 g/t Au from 72.60 metres. - Hole LDD043 intersected 27.05 metres grading 2.57 g/t Au from 0.00 metres. - Hole LDD016 intersected 28.20 metres grading 1.98 g/t Au from 13.65 metres. These drilling results are over a total strike length of 3,000 metres from prospect Carriere A in the south of the mineralized trend to Kimbangu in the north. Drill spacing varied from 40 metres to 160 metres. Core holes were inclined at between minus 55 and 70 degrees and averaged 162 metres in depth with a maximum of 275 metres down the hole. Core recovery for these holes averaged 89% within the mineralized zones. It is estimated that the true widths of the mineralized intercepts varies from 50% to 85% of the drill hole intercepts. A locality plan of the reported drill holes is found accompanying this press release on the Company's web site at http://www.banro.com/i/pdf/2007-02-22_NRM.pdf. The geological setting of the main mineralized trend at Lugushwa consists of chloritic meta-pelites and quartzite intercalations with mineralized quartz veins and stockworks occurring as a network of interlocking conjugate sets with trends oriented from NE-SW and E-W to ESE-WNW with steep dips towards the SW and NW, and moderate dips towards the north respectively. It is now considered that the gold mineralization at Lugushwa is related to a series of stacked shoots which are found along the axes of shallowly plunging, northeast trending folds. Results from the core holes are tabulated in the following table: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLE NORTHING EASTING AZIMUTH INCL. MINERALIZATION # (de- (de- FROM TO WIDTH Au (UTM) (UTM) grees) grees) (m) (m) (m) (g/t) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- LDD016 623693.5 595671.7 270 -55 13.65 41.85 28.20 1.98 41.85 67.35 25.50 0.54 77.75 81.70 3.95 2.67 LDD017 622940.5 595604.2 315 -55 46.90 53.30 6.40 1.09 62.20 67.00 4.80 1.73 LDD018 623624.0 595640.1 270 -55 No significant intersection LDD019 622994.8 595545.9 135 -55 9.20 26.20 17.00 1.81 46.75 64.05 17.30 0.54 77.70 78.60 0.90 1.02 102.10 103.05 0.95 1.36 LDD020 623746.6 595666.4 270 -55 2.30 30.00 27.70 1.64 59.65 63.30 3.65 1.93 76.35 76.70 0.35 5.27 105.80 112.90 7.10 1.34 LDD021 624568.8 596776.3 315 -55 No significant intersection LDD022 624645.2 596698.7 135 -60 No significant intersection LDD023 623527.6 595733.8 270 -55 14.70 18.60 3.90 1.08 30.35 49.25 18.90 0.85 53.30 66.45 13.15 1.10 LDD024 624104.2 595570.5 135 -60 34.00 41.00 7.00 0.67 85.35 94.00 8.65 1.35 112.00 124.00 12.00 2.92 150.70 151.70 1.00 1.39 166.70 172.40 5.70 1.20 LDD025 623367.1 595772.3 270 -55 59.70 64.40 4.70 3.81 125.90 127.30 1.40 2.55 LDD026 624042.9 595629 135 -55 0.00 23.60 23.60 1.62 89.00 108.15 19.15 0.78 LDD027 624034.6 595531.5 315 -55 17.00 19.80 2.80 1.14 22.50 29.50 7.00 1.76 47.60 53.00 5.40 1.05 113.55 115.15 1.60 1.31 LDD028 623593.9 595821.7 270 -55 27.95 50.90 22.95 1.33 61.20 73.90 12.70 1.08 LDD029 624081.4 595527.4 315 -55 69.20 72.00 2.80 2.59 LDD030 623157.0 595681.1 135 -55 15.00 16.90 1.90 1.66 22.75 40.20 17.45 0.98 55.75 61.75 6.00 1.02 70.50 74.25 3.75 1.05 77.00 92.75 15.75 0.85 101.05 103.35 2.30 1.10 LDD031 624034.6 595531.5 135 -55 26.80 33.80 7.00 1.86 44.00 58.00 14.00 0.73 LDD032 623076.1 595587.5 135 -55 12.00 25.20 13.20 2.02 42.80 63.40 20.60 0.74 80.00 84.05 4.05 1.01 93.65 99.00 5.35 1.10 LDD033 625391.2 595995.8 325 -55 48.00 50.00 2.00 3.17 139.95 140.92 0.97 2.59 LDD034 622867.1 595409.5 135 -55 No significant intersection LDD035 625527.4 595903.4 145 -55 37.90 39.90 2.00 0.71 179.10 186.80 7.70 0.58 LDD036 623690.4 595840.6 270 -55 17.20 31.00 13.80 0.91 37.40 38.10 0.70 8.17 45.20 50.20 5.00 0.67 56.30 66.15 9.85 0.71 78.10 85.70 7.60 0.93 90.10 94.60 4.50 0.57 129.50 143.40 13.90 0.63 LDD037 623040.2 595499.6 135 -55 No significant intersection LDD038 622803.3 595467.3 315 -70 No significant intersection LDD039 623598.8 595917.1 270 -55 36.25 39.20 2.95 0.82 46.10 49.65 3.55 1.36 77.10 78.35 1.25 1.19 93.70 95.30 1.60 2.97 LDD040 622702.8 595395.7 315 -55 105.50 109.00 3.50 1.45 LDD041 623744.8 595805.3 270 -60 3.00 5.20 2.20 1.16 7.40 10.00 2.60 1.11 25.75 26.60 0.85 1.72 45.90 47.70 1.80 2.04 99.20 100.00 0.80 5.73 LDD042 622887.1 595545.9 315 -60 30.61 32.08 1.47 2.32 108.65 109.45 0.80 2.59 LDD043 623819.2 595759.7 270 -55 0.00 27.05 27.05 2.57 37.35 67.06 29.71 1.31 LDD044 622898.3 595634.7 315 -55 No significant intersection LDD045 623076.1 595587.5 135 -70 33.60 44.95 11.35 1.04 51.10 70.15 19.05 1.00 131.05 137.00 5.95 1.38 LDD046 624622.6 596737.3 65 -65 No significant intersection LDD047 622345.2 595088.5 135 -55 28.60 34.00 5.40 1.71 37.00 45.70 8.70 1.13 LDD048 623508.4 596123.1 135 -55 68.60 69.40 0.80 1.95 133.90 135.60 1.70 1.30 LDD049 623216.6 595741.8 315 -55 40.00 46.65 6.65 0.91 70.58 71.83 1.25 1.38 LDD050 622843.7 595128.2 90 -55 No significant intersection LDD051 622109.4 595210.6 315 -55 20.64 21.64 1.00 13.90 LDD052 622657.8 595212.9 90 -55 35.78 36.80 1.02 1.36 55.17 58.91 3.74 2.50 72.60 99.20 26.60 2.37 166.20 171.00 4.80 2.78 LDD053 622644.9 595108.5 90 -55 70.56 73.80 3.24 1.13 76.20 80.20 4.00 3.26 82.70 92.25 9.55 1.30 97.00 100.05 3.05 1.29 104.64 110.62 5.98 3.33 LDD054 624075.0 595736.9 133 -65 0.00 103.95 103.95 1.37 164.50 178.90 14.40 3.18 225.43 275.45 50.02 1.41 Above gold assays are uncut. Drill cores for assaying were taken at a maximum of one metre intervals and were cut with a diamond saw with one-half of the core placed in sealed bags and sent to the Company's sample preparation facility in Bukavu, DRC. The core samples were then crushed down to minus 2 mm, split with half of the sample then being pulverised down to 75 microns. A portion of the pulverised sample was then shipped to the SGS Laboratory (which is independent of the Company) at Mwanza in Tanzania where the samples were analysed for gold by fire assay using a 50 g sample. As part of the Company's QA/QC procedures, internationally recognised standards, duplicates and blanks were inserted into the sample batches. In addition to the drilling program, ongoing exploration continued to assess the full extent of the main mineralized trend at Lugushwa. Historical data indicates that there is potential to find further prospects along and to the northeast of the currently known prospects between Carriere A and Kimbangu. A regional stream sediment sampling program is planned to test the extension of mineralization to the northeast. In light of the new understanding on the controls of mineralization, all soil anomalies defined in the soil geochemical program during 2005 and 2006 will be re-evaluated. Commenting on these results at Lugushwa, Peter Cowley, President and C.E.O. of the Company, said: "It has taken the exploration team time to determine the complex geological controls for the gold mineralisation at Lugushwa, but we now have a good working model to focus our future drilling. The last hole (LDD054) of our 2006 drill program confirmed this geological model with significant widths intersected at the G20 prospect." A previous study prepared for Banro by independent geological consultants Steffen, Robertson and Kirsten (UK) Ltd. on historic data at Lugushwa outlined an Inferred Mineral Resource of 37,000,000 tonnes grading 2.3 g/t Au, equivalent to 2,735,000 ounces of gold. Additional information with respect to the Lugushwa property is set out in the technical report of Michael B. Skead (who is the Company's Vice President of Exploration) dated March 30, 2006, and entitled "NI 43-101 Technical Report, Lugushwa Project, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo". Copies of both of these reports can be obtained from SEDAR at http://www.sedar.com/. Banro is a Canadian-based gold exploration company focused on the development of four major, wholly-owned gold projects along the 210 kilometre-long Twangiza-Namoya gold belt in the South Kivu and Maniema provinces of the DRC. Led by a proven management team with extensive gold and African experience, Banro's strategy is to unlock shareholder value by increasing and developing its significant gold assets in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. Qualified Person ---------------- The exploration results disclosed by this press release have been reviewed, verified (including sampling, analytical and test data) and compiled by the Company's geological staff based in Bukavu, DRC, under the supervision of Michael B. Skead (Aus.I.M.M), the Company's Vice President, Exploration and a "qualified person" (as such term is defined in National Instrument 43-101). Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors: The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") permits U.S. mining companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only those mineral deposits that a company can economically and legally extract or produce. Certain terms are used by the Company, such as "measured", "indicated", and "inferred" "resources", that the SEC guidelines strictly prohibit U.S. registered companies from including in their filings with the SEC. U.S. Investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in the Company's Form 40-F Registration Statement, File # 001-32399, which may be secured from the Company, or from the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml. Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that the Company believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future (including, without limitation, statements regarding mineral resources, exploration results, potential mineralization and future plans and objectives of the Company) are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect the current expectations or beliefs of the Company based on information currently available to the Company. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results of the Company to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements, and even if such actual results are realized or substantially realized, there can be no assurance that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on the Company. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, failure to establish estimated mineral resources (the mineral resource figures referred to in this press release are estimates and no assurance can be given that the indicated levels of gold will be produced), changes in world gold markets and equity markets, political developments in the DRC, changes to regulations affecting the Company's activities, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, the uncertainties involved in interpreting drilling results and other ecological data and the other risks involved in the gold exploration and development industry. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made and, except as may be required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise. Although the Company believes that the assumptions inherent in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and accordingly undue reliance should not be put on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein. DATASOURCE: Banro Corporation CONTACT: please visit our website at http://www.banro.com/, or contact: Peter Cowley, President and C.E.O., United Kingdom, Tel: (44) 790-454-0856; Arnold T. Kondrat, Executive Vice-President, Toronto, Ontario, or Martin Jones, Vice-President, Corporate Development, Toronto, Ontario, Tel: (416) 366-2221 or 1-800-714-7938

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