RE: JORC10 Oct 2022 08:48
Highlights
· Independent consultant Forge International Limited ('Forge') delivers a maiden JORC-compliant Exploration Target for the Bakassi Zone 1 prospect of between six million tonnes and eight million tonnes at grades ranging from 1.50 to 1.70 grammes per tonne ('g/t') Au for between 290,000 and 440,000 Troy ounces ('oz) of gold ('Au')[1]. The potential quantity and grade of the Exploration Target is conceptual in nature;
· The Exploration Target has been modelled over a strike length of 1,200 metres ('m') and to a depth of 200m below surface, using a cut-off grade of 0.30 g/t Au and a top-cut of 20 g/t Au;
· Following the confirmation of a gold-mineralised sub-horizontal vein component within the shear system, the model includes mineralised zones with a true width of up to 36m;
· The remaining activities required in order to define a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate for Bakassi Zone 1 include data verification, which will be completed by Forge in the upcoming field season, and by undertaking a pit optimisation exercise to define blocks with reasonable prospects of economic extraction in accordance with JORC guidelines;
· The Bakassi Zone 1 Exploration Target remains open along strike to the north-east and at depth and is just one of four prospects on the licence where drilling has confirmed sub-surface gold mineralisation.