RE: Morning all29 Dec 2023 09:50
Commenting on the 40% increase in Bougouni's MRE, Bernard Aylward, CEO of Kodal Minerals, stated: "The significant increase in Bougouni's lithium endowment is a further step towards becoming a West African spodumene producer of substance and scale. With the results from the latest drilling campaign delivering over 10Mt of resource, we are looking forward to bringing Bougouni into production at the end of 2024, as well as ramping up the drilling programme to include infill and extension definition drilling, and uncovering additional discoveries within our extensive mining licence.
"The drilling campaign completed by Kodal between January and May this year was the first programme conducted at the Bougouni Lithium Project since 2019. The results of the drilling programme confirm our positive view of the prospectivity within our project area, while the updated MRE highlights the potential for further resource growth at the project through continued drilling of our priority targets. The Boumou prospect has been significantly expanded by this recent drilling programme, and we will be returning in November 2023 to seek to extend the resource area further as well as undertaking infill and definition drilling to support future mine planning.
"The Ngoualana prospect resource has confirmed and expanded the 2019 resource estimate, and the new model has been prepared with a focus on the bulk commodity mining opportunity. This new model seeks to maximise the recovery of the pegmatite mineralisation during the mining process rather than attempting to selectively mine higher grade ore that may result in leaving mineralisation behind.
"We are currently planning the next phases of extension and definition drilling at the Bougouni Lithium Project with the Boumou prospect being a clear priority. However, the Sogola-Baoulé prospect is also a key expansion target as we look to build a major resource base to support the development of the phase 2 flotation plant. The aim of the programme is to demonstrate the potential to bring forward the development of the flotation plant as soon as possible after the DMS plant has been fully commissioned and maximise the opportunity we have at the Bougouni Lithium project."