Ampella backlog assays an instant success
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Ampella Mining (ASX: AMX) has received wide zone, high-grade assay results from backlogged drill samples being tested at its newly commissioned on‐site laboratory at the company’s Batie West project in Burkina Faso.
The latest assay results were conducted on samples received from a reverse circulation and diamond drill program Ampella completed in the first half of 2012 on the project’s Konkera North, Konkera Main and East and Kouglaga prospects.
Konkera drill collar plan over RTP aeromagnetic image. Red dots
represent drill hole collars associated with the latest results. Source:
Company announcement
New high‐grade gold intercepts received from infill drilling across the existing Konkera Resource include:
Konkera North
– 20 metres at 5.4 grams per tonne gold from 161 metres;
– 27m at 3.8g/t gold from 228m;
– 23m at 4.6g/t gold from 189m;
– 21m at 8.7g/t gold from 160m;
– 15m at 6.5g/t gold from 99m; and
– 14m at 5.1g/t gold from 74m.
Konkera Main
– 22.4m at 3.7g/t gold from 110.6m;
– 8m at 6.4g/t gold from 100m and 12m at 4.3g/t gold from 153m;
– 11m at 3.6g/t gold from 46m.
Kouglaga
– 31m at 3.1g/t gold from 58m;
– 16m at 4.3g/t gold from 8m;
– 23m at 2.6g/t gold from 31m;
– 7m at 6.3g/t gold from 122m.
The aim of this drill program was to assist in resource conversion of Inferred gold ounces within and adjacent to proposed pit outlines and to demonstrate gold grade continuity within the resource.
“These new gold intercepts lie within or in close proximity to the current proposed pit outlines for the Konkera Resource and will be included in the updated JORC-compliant resource as part of advanced Pre‐feasibility studies,” Ampella Mining said in its ASX announcement.
“The drill results to date continue to confirm the already high levels of confidence in the consistency and continuity of the gold grade across the Konkera Resource.”
The JORC-Compliant Mineral Resource for Konkera consists of an Indicated Resource of 30 million tonnes at 1.6 g/t gold for 1.5 million ounces gold and an Inferred Resource of 31.8 million tonnes at 1.5 g/t gold for 1.6 million ounces gold.
Ampella claims Konkera’s Resource to be Burkina Faso’s largest single undeveloped gold resource (at a 1 g/t gold cut‐off).
Ampella indicated it expects its newly-commissioned on‐site preparation laboratory will ensure a rapid turn‐around time for future geochemical results.
“The on‐site preparation laboratory has greatly assisted new field programs being undertaken during the onset of the dry season by eliminating the back‐log of geochemical assays and by providing a rapid turn‐around time for all geochemical assays,” Ampella said.
The company now has an extensive drill program underway it anticipates will further highlight the prospectively of the area.