Amani (ASX:ANL) shows visible gold at Kebigada
October 31, 2022Amani Gold diamond drilling is promising extensive down-dipping gold mineralisation supported by speckles of the precious metal visible from panning at the highly prospective 4.1Moz Kebigada deposit, part of the Giro Gold Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa.
Diamond drilling and the visible gold observed in six RC samples at the northern plunge of the Kebigada ore body returned long runs of mineralisation at solid grades from GRDD042 and GRDD043 including 70.02m @ 0.81g/t Au from 298.98m including and 16.13m @ 1.26g/t from 309.04 and 2.42m @ 2.31g/t from 355.75m.
The Company said the final two diamond drill holes intended to target high-grade gold mineralisation within the existing resource area and to test for depth extensions of the Kebigada central and eastern ore zones.
“In drill hole GRDD042, the interval hosting the highest and most consistent gold mineralisation begins at 298.98m and extends for 70.02m @ 0.81g/t (incl. 16.13m @ 1.22g/t from 309.04m),” The Company said.
“It is associated with quartz veins, sulphide-rich agglomerate, mineralised felsic tuff and narrow mafic volcanic units with adjacent Kebigada East Ore Body (EOB) lithologies.
“The intersection confirms the continuity of significant Au mineralisation at depth, correlating with that recorded in the previously drilled RC drill holes.
“In hole GRDD043, the interval hosting the highest and most consistent gold mineralisation is related to a wide quartz- and sulphide-rich agglomerate unit of the Kebigada Central Ore Body (COB).
“These results reported from GRDD043 have confirmed the down dip extension, consistency and continuity of significant Au mineralisation intersected in diamond drill hole GRDD019.
“They have also confirmed the correlation, consistency and continuity of significant Au mineralisation above diamond drill hole GRDD020.”
About Giro Gold Project
The Giro Gold Project comprises two exploration permits covering a surface area of 497km2 and lies within the Kilo-Moto Belt of the DRC. This significant under-explored greenstone belt hosts Randgold Resources’ 17 million-ounce Kibali group of deposits within 35km of Giro. The nearby Kibali Gold Project produces more than 600,000oz of gold per annum.
Highly prospective volcano-sedimentary lithologies underlie the Giro Gold Project area in a similar structural and lithological setting as the Kibali gold deposits. Both primary and alluvial gold was mined from two main areas, the Giro and Tora, during Belgian rule and today. Giro Gold Project global resource for Kebigada and Douze Match deposits exceeds 4.4Moz contained gold; with a total Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 132Mt @ 1.04g/t Au, for 4.4Moz gold (0.5g/t Au cut-off grade). The Kebigada resource followed diamond core drilling results which successfully targeted deeper high-grade sulphide-associated gold mineralisation within the central core of the Kebigada deposit. Drill holes GRDD034 and GRDD035 are 240m apart, and both outlined high-grade gold mineralisation deeper than previously intersected at the Kebigada deposit. These gold assay results and the current Kebigada MRE indicate the potential for the Kebigada deposit to grow substantially via targeted deeper drilling along the entire strike of the orebody.
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