West African recommences Burkina drilling

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: West African Resources has resumed exploration following the recent wet season in Burkina Faso.

The company’s 2011-12 field season program will include an extensive 200,000 metre drilling campaign, targeting further mineralisation at its 100 per cent-owned Boulsa gold project.

Once the wet season ended in October, West African embarked upon its 2011-12 field season drilling program by commencing drilling at the Meguet prospect with one RAB rig in progress following up previous results that included:

–    10m at 7.67 grams per tonne gold from 0m, ended in mineralisation; and

–    10m at 2.77 g/t gold from 0m, ended in mineralisation.

 

Drilling at  Meguet prospect. Source: Company website

The company has also commenced RC drilling at the Moktedu prospect with two rigs targeting mineralisation intercepted in RAB drilling during the 2010-11 field season.

Mineralisation was intercepted during the previous campaign over a strike length of 1.6 kilometres at Moktedu with high-grade results from RAB drilling including:

–    28m at 9.22 g/t gold from surface, including 8m at 31.67 g/t gold; and

–    8m at 10.67 g/t gold from 12m, including 4m at 17.79 g/t gold.

West African will use the 2011-12 auger drilling programs to test new areas acquired by the company in June.

These new landholdings include permits adjoining Orezone Gold Corporation’s 3.5 million ounce Bomboré deposit.

The company has also commenced infill auger drilling with two rigs at the Sartenga prospect, which it also acquired in June.

Prior to the onset of the wet season the company defined a large anomaly on a broad 200m by 800m grid, some 6.2km in strike length and up to 1.4km wide, with a peak result of 609 parts per billion gold.

Further results from Sartenga are expected in late December 2011.

West African managing director Richard Hyde said the company had worked hard during the recent wet season to prepare for the upcoming work programs, including shipping and field testing new drill rigs in preparation for the aggressive 200,000m campaign.

“With an extensive exploration program planned for the 2011-12 field season, we are targeting a maiden resource by June 2012,” Hyde said in the company’s announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange.

“We are looking forward to a busy year and updating the market on our progress.”