• PROJECTS AND EXPLORATION including 2.4 g / t Au over 24m from 35m and in the adjacent section 1.5 g / t Au over 21m from 26m ( up dip from 2.0 g / t Au over 16m ). The Parallel Zone is currently 120m long and remains open along strike and at depth .
ALTUS DRILLING CONFIRMS GOLD ZONE
• Location : Mali
• Phase : Exploration
• Resource : Gold
London-listed Altus Strategies has confirmed the discovery of a significant new parallel zone of gold mineralisation from its Joint Venture ( JV ) at the Tabakorole Gold Project in southern Mali .
Altus holds a 49 % equity interest and a 2.5 % Net Smelter Return ( NSR ) royalty on the project . Exploration activities at Tabakorole are being funded by Marvel Gold under its JV with Altus . The current drilling programme is designed to test the potential to expand the Tabakorole deposit on which a Mineral Resource Estimate ( MRE ) has been modelled .
MRE to be updated A total of 4 140m of DD and 5 400m of RC drilling has been undertaken by Marvel in 2021 . The results of these programmes will feed into an updated resource statement ( in accordance with the JORC code ), which is expected to be completed in late September 2021 . Key highlights from the 2021 drilling programmes are :
• Northwest Zone : Potential increase in strike length by 150m with potential improvement of grade in this zone ;
• Parallel Zone : Discovery of shallow , high-grade mineralisation outside of the existing deposit ;
• Central Zone : Discovery of further mineralisation outside of the existing deposit with potential improvement of grade in this zone ; and
• Southeast Zone : Potential increase in strike length by 150m .
With the strike length of the deposit increased by a total of 300m ( to 3.2km ) to the southeast and northwest , and with multiple shallow intercepts having been made outside of the previously modelled deposit , the updated MRE is expected to see enhancements to both the volume and grade of the deposit .
According to Steven Poulton , CEO at Altus the discovery of this parallel , shallow , and high-grade gold zone has significant implications for the potential of Tabakorole .
“ Drilling results of 2.4 grams per tonne of gold ( g / t Au ) over 24m from 35m depth in the Parallel Zone and 3.6 g / t Au over 16.5m from 3.2m depth from the Northwest Zone are excellent .
“ Marvel Gold , our ASX-listed JV partner , has been aggressively advancing Tabakorole through its drilling programmes in 2021 . These programmes have successfully extended the deposit ’ s strike length to the northwest and southeast and intersected new shallow and high-grade mineralisation outside of the current deposit model .
The results are anticipated to contribute to an updated Mineral Resource Estimate , expected later this month ,” says Poulton .
Results from drilling programmes Marvel Gold has recently completed 3 240m of diamond drilling ( DD ) designed to expand the current MRE in the Northwest Zone , define the Parallel Zone and infill the Central Zone .
The targets in the Northwest Zone were designed to follow up on Reverse Circulation ( RC ) drill results from earlier in the year , which included 2.0 g / t Au over 16m from 75m and 5.8 g / t Au over 6m from 61m . The best new intersection from the current DD programme in the Northwest Zone is 3.6 g / t Au over 16.5m from 3.2m .
Previous drilling in the Northwest Zone indicated the likelihood that the Parallel Zone existed . Drilling in the current programme has confirmed the presence of this new zone with results
12 • African Mining • November 2021
RAMP-UP AT KAMOA IN FULL SWING
• Location : DRC
• Phase : Production
• Resource : Copper
The hot commissioning and ramp-up of Ivanhoe Mines ’ s Kamoa- Kakula ’ s Phase 1 , 3.8 million-tonne-per-annum ( Mtpa ) concentrator plant is progressing well and approaching nameplate steady-statedesign performance .
During August , the plant achieved an average milling rate of more than 9,000 tonnes per day at an average feed grade of more than 6.0 % copper . On August 29 , the Phase 1 concentrator plant produced in excess of 600 tonnes of copper in filtered concentrate , which is the plant ' s steady-state-design daily production rate .
During August , the concentrator plant produced concentrate containing 14 815 tonnes of copper . As of August 31 , a total of 36 712 tonnes of copper had been produced year-to-date for delivery to either the Lualaba Copper Smelter near Kolwezi , or to international markets . All concentrate produced to date has been
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