TSX-listed Orezone Gold continues to achieve consist high grade intercepts in its A2 starter pit at the Bomboré Gold Project, located in Burkina Faso. GC drilling to-date is focused on near-surface oxide mineralization within the starter pits located in the northern portion of the mining lease. These starter pits will be the source of higher-grade oxide mill feed for the first year of production and are denoted as A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, and H3. GC results for Pit A2 are now available and similar to Pit A1, are very encouraging, the company said.
Results have returned several significant thicker high-grade intervals where localized zones of higher grades were intersected in several holes which collared or ended in mineralization. Some of these zones reported remain open in several areas.
Drilling Highlights
- 4.00 m of 22.42 g/t Au from 27.00 m
- 31.00 m of 2.30 g/t Au from 0.00 m
- 31.00 m of 2.17 g/t Au from 0.00 m
- 20.00 m of 2.43 g/t Au from 11.00 m
- 18.00 m of 2.61 g/t Au from 13.00 m
- 7.00 m of 4.76 g/t Au from 5.00 m
- 9.00 m of 3.22 g/t Au from 14.00 m
- 18.00 m of 1.53 g/t Au from 3.00 m
- 9.00 m of 2.90 g/t Au from 19.00 m
- 15.00 m of 1.74 g/t Au from 10.00 m
- 10.00 m of 2.56 g/t Au from 21.00 m
- 12.00 m of 2.07 g/t Au from 4.00 m
- 12.00 m of 2.05 g/t Au from 9.00 m
- 10.00 m of 2.40 g/t Au from 21.00 m
- 5.00 m of 4.73 g/t Au from 6.00 m
- 7.00 m of 3.19 g/t Au from 8.00 m
- 5.00 m of 3.60 g/t Au from 0.00 m
- 4.00 m of 3.51 g/t Au from 0.00 m
Patrick Downey, CEO stated, “The GC drilling results at the A2 starter pit are extremely robust and have not only confirmed but extended the higher-grade zones within our resource and reserve models for Bomboré. These higher-grade zones are up to 60 m thick with average widths of 15 m to 30 m with ore starting right at surface with several holes ending in mineralization. These zones continue up to the A3 pit and beyond towards the northeast, and we will now expand the GC program to incorporate this additional area. We expect to outline an enlarged higher-grade starter pit that will encompass all of the A1, A2, and A3 pits. The GC program is also continuing at the H1 and H2 higher-grade starter pits in the P8/P9 area located in close proximity to the process plant. Mining from all of these pits will provide better grade oxide ore feed for the first 12 to 15 months of operations. We remain on-time and on-budget for first gold in Q3 of this year and look forward to delivering strong early gold production as supported by these impressive recent and on-going GC results.”
