Metals of Africa hits big lead-zinc grades at Kroussou

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Metals of Africa (ASX: MTA) has confirmed high-grade lead and zinc mineralisation from an ongoing exploration program at the company’s Kroussou project in Gabon.

The company has encountered grades of up to 9.69 per cent zinc and 33.1 per cent lead with elevated copper and silver hits from the first batch of rock samples taken from a rock chip sampling program of surface outcrop at the project.

MTA claims the results to be the highest known lead and zinc grades ever reported in Gabon.

The company reported the discovery of additional outcropping zinc and lead prospects, over
50 kilometres, and expects laboratory assay results from this work to be available in May 2015.

MTA considers the laboratory results to have confirmed the Kroussou project to be a highly-prospective lead‐zinc mineralised system.

The company explained the rocks were sourced from outcrops at the Kroussou and Dikaki prospects, which outcrop for 3km and 1km respectively with flat lying mineralised beds ranging in thickness and outcrops up to five metres thick.

Metals of Africa indicated it has now completed a detailed mapping program at the Kroussou project.
“The company’s works program remains on schedule and it is currently compiling field results from this work, which will include another batch of outcropping rock samples for laboratory analysis,” the company said in its ASX announcement.

“The mapping program has targeted identification of the Cretaceous geological contact over the 85 kilometre length of the Kroussou license.

“It aimed at identifying additional prospective lead‐ zinc mineralised prospects within the project area, and to provide an indication of lead‐zinc grades where outcropping for historically defined prospects.

“Additional mineralisation prospects have been confirmed over a distance spanning more than 50 kilometres, along strike of the Dikaki prospect, and will be reported on in due course.”

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