RE: Orr24 Nov 2021 17:47
From the Oriole website:
Diamond and reverse circulation (RC) drilling at the Faré South anaomly has, to date, returned best intersections of:
20m grading 31.13 g/t Au including 10m grading 60.98 g/t Au (FARC-00007),
59.60m grading 2.20 g/t Au and
49.50m grading 1.75 g/t Au (FADD-00004) and
70.00m grading 1.46 g/t Au including 31.00m grading 2.72 g/t Au (FADD21-031C).
IAMGOLD is currently in Year 4 of its investment period with a planned exploration budget of at least US$1.672 million before 28 February 2022 and has this year completed more than 80% of a two-phase exploration programme. Phase 1 of the programme has focussed on Faré and included 689.50m diamond drilling in two holes, planned to test the depth extension of the main mineralised zone at Faré South, where historic drilling delivered best intersections of:
20.00m grading 31.13 g/t Au including 10.00m grading 60.98 g/t Au from RC drilling and
59.60m grading 2.20 g/t Au and
49.50m grading 1.75 g/t Au from diamond drilling.
Recently reported results from the 2021 Phase 1 diamond drilling have confirmed that the orogenic gold system at Faré South continues to at least 350m below surface and remains open at depth. The widest zones of mineralisation, associated with quartz-tourmaline veining and albite alteration within intercalated diorite, granodiorite and metasedimentary units, were returned from the near-surface oxide zone, with a best intersection of:
70.00m grading 1.46 g/t Au including 31.00m grading 2.72 g/t Au.