Bassari drills while awaiting Resource upgrade

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Melbourne-based gold explorer Bassari Resources has commenced reverse circulation (RC) drilling at the company’s Bennajiggi prospect, situated within its Moura permit in Senegal, West Africa.

The company is awaiting results for a resource upgrade at its Makabingui gold project, which it said is on track to be released before the end of the year.

The Bennajiggi prospect is one of 13 quality gold prospects Bassari has identified along 80 kilometres of strike within its permits on the Birimian gold belt in eastern Senegal.

 

Moura permit – Prospect Location Map. Source: Company announcement

The company said it had undertaken the new drilling campaign as a result if previous exploration at Bennajiggi, which included trenching and pitting, that had returned encouraging results that the company considered warranted following up with drilling.

“Now that we have completed our first stage drilling program at Konkouto and have assays pending, Bennajiggi is our next high quality target to advance.” Bassari Resources managing director Jozsef Patarica said in the company’s announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange.
 
“Drilling has now commenced targeting mineralisation associated with a zone of multiple east-west trending and steeply south dipping quartz lodes.

“The main controlling structure appears to be a major north to north east trending shear zone. The drill program is designed to follow up this model to determine potential for a significant mineralised system.

“There are extensive artisanal workings concentrated around the Bennajiggi prospect which is typical of the region.”

The Bennajiggi prospect is located 38km north east of Bassari’s most advanced gold discovery, the Makabingui project.

Previous exploration undertaken at Bennajiggi has included trenching and pitting and an initial phase of shallow RC drilling.