Kasbah drilling extends tin mineralisation

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Kasbah Resources (ASX: KAS) has completed an extensional drilling program at the Western Zone Shallow (WZS) of the company’s Achmmach tin project in Morocco.

The drilling program was carried out with the aim of extending the footprint of the Mineral Resource for the WZS Kasbah announced in February 2014 by testing the down dip extent of the existing resource.

The company said three reported drill holes have extended the tin mineralisation outside the current resource model.

Highlights from the recent program:

3 metres at 2.53 per cent tin from 127.5m;

9.4m at 0.93 per cent tin from 164.8m, including 4m at 1.41 per cent tin from 168m;

2.2m at 1.23 per cent tin from 120.8m; and

3.4m at 0.93 per cent tin from 42.2m.

The WZS target is on the western edge of the Sidi Addi Trend, which sits 500m to the north of the well-defined, 1.6 kilometre long Meknes Trend at Achmmach.

The company explained these WZS drill holes are the first it has conducted to test the potential for deeper stacked tin lodes within the Sidi Addi Trend.

 

Achmmach tin project – Meknes Trend and Sidi Addi Trend location plan
(WZS and Northern Zone drilling locations depicted and tourmalinised
outcrops shown in blue). Source: Company announcement

 

“These latest results confirm the persistence of tin mineralisation systems outside the currently defined shallow resource model for the WZS,” Kasbah Resources managing director Wayne Bramwell said in the company’s announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange.

“Importantly, they also provide more perspective to the deeper, under-explored Sidi Addi Trend and the potential for upside to the base case Achmmach DFS via mine life extensions from this parallel tin system.”

According to Kasbah, the International Tin Research Institute (ITRI) reported on 2 October 2014 the average of all undeveloped tin resources in the world is approximately 0.4 per cent tin.

Kasbah claims its WZS resource, as reported on 6 February 2014, is in excess of double this average grade and is classified to JORC 2012 Indicated status.

The company indicated a new resource estimate and mine design for the WZS will commence on receipt of all outstanding assays.

Seven holes directed to test the down dip extent of the current resource are still pending.

A new resource estimate and mine design will commence once these results have been received.

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