Metals of Africa turns trumps in Tanzania

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Metals of Africa (ASX: MTA) has achieved encouraging results from recently completed reconnaissance exploration programs carried out across the company’s portfolio of base and precious metals projects in Tanzania.

While it has been raining in Mozambique, MTA has taken the opportunity to advance exploration on three of its 100 per cent-owned Tanzanian assets, the Mukombe, Godegode and Tanga projects.

 

General location map of MTA’s six 100 per cent-owned Tanzanian projects. Source: Company announcement

 

The company conducted surface work programs comprising a combination of soil sampling, geological mapping and rock chip sampling, which have returned elevated copper and gold grades.

At the Mukombe project initial reconnaissance fieldwork has returned high-grade copper‐gold rock chip results.

Peak assay results at Mukombe included 2.34 grams per tonne gold, 37.5g/t silver, and 5.39 per cent copper.

MTA has follow‐up work planned for Mukombe including soil sampling and mapping.

At the Godegode project MTA encountered widespread copper-gold mineralisation.

Rock chip sampling returning assays up to 1.03 per cent copper and 0.73g/t gold.

At the Tanga project the company completed 1700 soil samples plus geological reconnaissance, which highlighted elevated gold and copper at the Buhuli Shear Zone.

This structure was traced for 900 metres and is open to the north and south along strike.

MTA identified the structure to warrant further exploration work.

The company said it had identified other prospects within the Tanga project to be prospective for nickel, cobalt, platinum, palladium, and copper-gold.

With the rain easing in Mozambique MTA has now refocused its attention to its Rio Mazoe project, which it indicated will be the company’s core focus for the remainder of the 2014 exploration season.

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