West African hits encouraging gold drilling new Tanlouka zone
THE DRILL SERGEANT: West African Resources (ASX: WAF) has received encouraging results from auger drilling carried out on a new zone at the comapny’s Tanlouka gold project in Burkina Faso.
West African said the recent auger drilling at the Tanlouka project produced high-grade results just two kilometres northwest of the M5 Mineral Resource and proposed oxide starter pit, returning assays with a peak result of 12.77 grams per tonne gold from a new zone 500m west of and parallel to the M1 prospect.
The results occur over a 1.3km mineralised trend and the company indicated a program of follow-up RC drilling is imminent.
Infill auger drilling was also completed over the M2 prospect, which is located 800m west of the southern end of the proposed starter pit.
This returned a peak result of 5.28g/t gold and follow-up RC drilling is in progress.
The company also extended auger drilling on the M1 trend to cover potential north-northwest structures intersecting the north-northeast M5 trend in the southern pit area.
This returned a peak result of 1.68g/t gold adjacent to the proposed pit, along with a number of +50ppb samples.
“Auger drilling has discovered a new zone less than two kilometres northwest from the proposed oxide starter pit,” West African Resources managing director Richard Hyde said in the company’s announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange.
“High-grade auger results up to 13 grams per tonne gold were returned, within an anomalous trend over 1.3 kilometres.
“The new zone, named M3, trends parallel to the M1 prospect.
“Follow-up RC drilling is planned to commence shortly.
“Infill auger drilling at the M2 prospect has also returned high-grade auger results up to five grams per tonne gold within a one kilometre east-west trend.
“Follow-up RC drilling is underway.
“Both of these areas are located close to the proposed starter pit, therefore any significant results from follow-up drilling has the potential to upgrade the economics of the oxide heap leach starter project.”
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