Metals of Africa commences maiden Mozambique drilling
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Metals of Africa (ASX: MTA) has started the first drilling program on the Rulio prospect, situated within the company’s 100 per cent-owned Rio Mazoe project located in the Tete province of Mozambique.
The drilling at the Rulio prospect will comprise four to five holes for approximately 1,500 metres of diamond (NQ) core drilling, with the aim of identifying Broken Hill Type (BHT) mineralisation, which is typically comprised of lead, zinc and silver.
The drilling will also test a high-grade lead vein and multi element geochemical‐geophysical anomaly previously reported at the Rulio prospect.
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Actual cross section of proposed drill holes targeting BHT base
metal mineralisation at Rulio. The conceptual BHT lead-zinc-silver
target is shaded in pink. Source: Company announcement
The company explained the program will test all three targets at the prospect.
Planned drill depths will range from 200m to 375m, with a planned average end‐of‐hole depth of 300m.
The exploration program will also include down‐ hole electromagnetic (EM) geophysics and is expected to be completed in mid‐December 2013.
Downhole EM surveying will be conducted in existing drill holes at the Cocodeza zinc anomaly and high-grade Meque lead-zinc-silver mineralisation.
The company said although mapping at Cocodeza has been inhibited by extensive colluvium, it considers the use of EM may facilitate the identification of potential conductive bodies in the area, which in turn could present additional drill targets.
Metals of Africa has completed reconnaissance exploration at the Rulio prospect, which the company said has identified extensive alteration and associated high‐grade mineralisation, coincident with a regionally significant geophysical anomaly.
The main Rulio vein boasts high-grade lead and silver results at surface, of up to 75.7 per cent lead and 229 grams per tonne silver, with average grades of 59.6 per cent lead and 115g/t silver.
The maiden Rulio drill program is designed to explore for the source of this mineralisation, which has been observed at surface within six mineralised veins in the area.
Cherie Leeden executive director: cherie@metalsofafrica.com.au