Mako Gold Limited (ASX:MKG) is pleased to advise that it has commenced a 1,500m DD drill programme at the Gogbala Prospect within the company’s flagship Napié Project in Côte d’Ivoire.
Gogbala is located on a +23km soil anomaly and coincident 30km-long Napié Fault.
Second Rig Accelerates MRE Drill-out
The DD rig will supplement the RC rig which is currently drilling double shifts at Gogbala. This will accelerate drilling for the delivery of the maiden MRE for the June quarter 2022. Select significant results from previous drilling at Gogbala include:
- 20m at 3.41g/t Au from 19m in NARC531.
- 35m at 1.72g/t Au from 43m in NARC553
- 7m at 6.70g/t Au from 6m in NARC518
- 23m at 1.81 g/t Au from 19m in NARC535
- 20m at 1.92g/t Au from 33m in NARC535
- 9m at 3.77g/t Au from 48m in NARC 579
The DD rig will drill extensional holes below positive intercepts returned from previous drilling by the Company, with the aim of extending mineralisation at depth and thereby adding ounces to the upcoming MRE.
In most cases, Mako has already drilled an RC pre-collar to the depth limit of the RC rig and will diamondtail these holes with the DD rig. An example of this is the planned DD hole which will extend NARC627 and test below 8m @ 4.29g/t Au and 20m @ 3.41g/t Au.
“We are pleased to be accelerating the drilling with the addition of a second drill rig at Gogbala. Our RC drilling to date has been relatively shallow, generally down to about 100m vertical depth,” Managing Director, Peter Ledwidge, said.
“The DD rig will allow us to test mineralisation at greater depth, in order to show the potential to add ounces to the deposit at depth.
“In addition, the oriented core samples from DD will unlock valuable structural and other geological information to better understand the deposit at Gogbala.
“We are also pleased to have recently completed over 11,000m of AC drilling on the Komboro and Tchaga North prospects with the aim of making a new discovery at Napié. We look forward to providing AC, RC and DD assays results as they are received.”
Komboro and Tchaga North
Meanwhile, Mako says 15,000m scout Aircore (AC) drilling programme at the Komboro and Tchaga North Prospects on the Napié Project is progressing well.
At the Komboro Prospect 5,712m of AC drilling has been completed which concludes the AC program. Samples are being processed and sent to the lab for assaying.
At the Tchaga North prospect 5,715m have been drilled which completes the first phase of AC drilling. The second phase is scheduled to commence in mid-April. Samples from Phase 1 are being processed for assaying.
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