West African gold explorer Golden Rim Resources Ltd (ASX:GMR) has continued to identify shallow, broad zones of gold mineralisation within the Bereko prospect at its flagship Kada Gold Project in Guinea.
The company recently received gold assay results for 15 reverse circulation (RC) holes totalling 1,518 metres from Bereko, which lies nine kilometres north of the mineral resource estimate area at Massan.
Notable gold intersections include:
- 12 metres at 1 gram per tonne gold from 54 metres, including 5 metres at 1.9g/t from 60 metres;
- 25 metres at 1.3g/t from 72 metres, including 6 metres at 3.6g/t from 87 metres;
- 14 metres at 1.8g/t from 23 metres, including 5 metres at 3g/t from 41 metres; and
- 11 metres at 1.3g/t from 29 metres.
RC drilling is now complete at Bereko, with assays pending for a further 37 holes (3,452 metres).
At Massan, the first of eight drillholes testing cross-cutting east-northeast-trending veining returned wide oxide gold intersections, including 12 metres at 2.3g/t gold within 57 metres at 1.0g/t gold from surface.
Broad zones of strong quartz-limonite vein mineralisation were also observed in trenching at Massan, which is now complete and assays expected in the coming weeks.
3,500 metres of diamond drilling is scheduled at both the Bereko and Massan prospects, set to begin in mid-February.
Golden Rim Chief Executive Officer Tim Strong said: “Drilling at Bereko continues to intercept significant gold mineralisation.
“Every new assay is helping us further our understanding of the mineralisation style and geology and improving our interpretations of the deposit.
“The first of eight holes at Massan drilled to test the influence of high-grade cross-cutting ENE vein sets has yielded significant gold intersections, and we await the assays for the remaining holes as well as the upcoming diamond drilling information.
“We see the potential for a series of deposits along the 15 kilometres long Kada mineralised trend and these new results from Bereko support that thesis.
“As drilling progresses, we intend to target further areas of potential along the belt.”
