25 May 2010 07:00
25 May 2010 AIM: CLF / TSX: CFG
Cluff Gold plc
("Cluff Gold" or the "Company")
Baomahun Gold Project and Preliminary Assessment (Scoping Study) Update
Cluff Gold, the dual AIM/TSX listed West African-focused gold mining company announces that following the receipt of positive additional assay results it is in the process of updating the resource position of the Baomahun project, located in Sierra Leone. The resource update will include additional data from recent holes which have confirmed continuity of known mineralisation in all directions, as well as intersecting a new zone outside the current optimised pit outlines.
Highlights:
·; Encouraging assay results received since the announcement made on 9th April 2010;
·; Hole DDH 316 intersected 38 metres at 5.43 g/t Au including 10 metres at 10.5 g/t Au; and
·; Resource update currently underway to be completed in Q2 2010.
Douglas Chikohora, Technical Director of Cluff Gold commented:
"We are delighted by the positive assay results. We are firmly on course for achieving our timetable to prove up our Baomahun asset. We expect to announce the revised resource estimation in the next couple of weeks and the Preliminary Assessment (Scoping Study) in June. At present, our belief is that Baomahun could become a much larger deposit and as a consequence, our priority is to focus our attention on this project. The airborne survey commenced at the beginning of May and preliminary results from this are encouraging."
As announced on 9th April 2010, the Company is now updating the Baomahun resource following receipt of additional assays results from the on going drilling programme, which are summarised in the table below:
| Hole ID | Dip(0) | Azimuth (Mag0) | Intercept | From (m) | Zone | Comments |
| DDH309 | -60 | 217 | 2m @ 2.37 g/t | 78 | EZ |
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| 31m @ 3.88 g/t | 237 |
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| 2m @ 2.05 g/t | 281 |
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| 9m @ 4.38 g/t | 286 |
| Includes 4m @ 8.22 g/t from 290m |
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| 2m @ 5.99 g/t | 315 |
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| DDH315 | -56 | 68 | 18m @ 4.2 g/t | 436 | CZ | Includes 3m @ 11.0g/t from 438m |
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| 12m @ 1.78 g/t | 466 |
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| 3m @ 3.25 g/t | 484 |
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| 8m @ 2.00 g/t | 550 |
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| 3m @ 5.20 g/t | 588 |
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| DDH316 | -52 | 73 | 9m @ 1.23 g/t | 359 | CZ |
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| 3m @2.71g/t | 474 |
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| 38m @ 5.43g/t | 492 |
| Includes 10m @ 10.5 g/t from 505m and 2m @ 12.1 g/t from 522m |
| DDH317 | -48 | 65 | 8m @ 1.89 g/t | 276 | CZ |
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| 6m @ 2.61 g/t | 289 |
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| DDH318 | -55 | 42 | 3m @ 6.43 g/t | 194 | CZ |
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The true thickness of the mineralisation may vary from 40% to 70% of the intersected widths.
Drill cores for assaying were taken at a maximum of one metre intervals and were cut with a diamond saw. One half of the core was placed in sealed bags and sent to the Company's sample preparation facility at Baomahun, Sierra Leone. The core samples were then crushed to minus 4mm and split, with approximately 1.5kgs of sample pulverised down to 95% passing 106 microns. Approximately 120 grams of the pulverised sample were then shipped to the SGS Laboratories (which are independent of the Company) in Siguiri, Guinea, and Tarkwa, Ghana, where the samples were analysed for gold by fire assay using a 50g charge. As part of the Company's QA/QC procedures, internationally recognised standards and blanks were inserted into the sample batches.
Baomahun Airborne Versatile Time-Domain Electromagnetic (VTEM) Survey:
The VTEM survey has now commenced as announced on 9th April 2010. This system is capable of detecting the sulphides, pyrrhotite and arsenopyrite, at depth. These sulphides are known to be associated with high gold concentration in the areas which have been drilled to date. The survey is being conducted in order to identify potential drill targets along the rest of the prospective trend and north of the resource area.
Baomahun Preliminary Assessment (Scoping Study):
Operating and capital costs have now been received from the consultants. The updated resource model will be used to generate new mine schedules. The Company is on course to complete the preliminary assessment in Q2 2010 as previously announced.
About Cluff Gold
Cluff Gold is focused on the identification, acquisition and development of gold deposits in West Africa that are amenable to open-pit mining and low cost production techniques. The Company has assembled a portfolio of mineral interests at various stages of development in Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone. Cluff Gold progressed from being an explorer to a producer in Q1 2008 and is expected to produce a total of 100,000 ounces of gold in 2010 from its Angovia Gold Mine in Côte d'Ivoire and its Kalsaka Gold Mine in Burkina Faso. Cluff Gold is actively evaluating known satellite deposits to expand the resource base at both mines. The Company is also pushing forward with the pre-feasibility study at its wholly-owned Baomahun project in Sierra Leone where a measured and indicated resource estimated to contain over 1.0 million ounces of gold, in accordance with NI 43-101, has been announced to date (380,000ozs at 3.0g/t measured; 723,000ozs at 2.8 g/t indicated; plus an additional 957,000ozs at 3.2g/t inferred).
| Cluff Gold plc J.G. Cluff - Chairman and Chief Executive Douglas Chikohora - Technical Director Tel: +44 (0) 20 7340 9790 | Evolution Securities Limited Rob Collins Tim Redfern Tel: +44 (0) 20 7071 4300 |
| Pelham Bell Pottinger
Investor Relations (Global) Charles Vivian Klara Kaczmarek Tel: +44 (0) 20 7337 1500 | Farm Street Communications Limited
Press Relations (U.K.) Simon Robinson +44 (0) 7593 340 107 simon.robinson@farmstreetmedia.com |
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NO REGULATORY AUTHORITY HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THE CONTENT OF THIS PRESS RELEASE.
This News Release includes certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements other than statements of historical fact, included in this release, including, without limitation, the positioning of the Company for future success, statements regarding potential future production at Angovia and Kalsaka, exploration and drilling results at Baomahun, and future capital plans and objectives of Cluff Gold, are forward-looking information that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from Cluff Gold's expectations include, among others, risks related to international operations, the actual results of current exploration and drilling activities, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined as well as future price of gold. Although Cluff Gold has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Cluff Gold does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that are included herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
Douglas D Chikohora has reviewed and approved the information contained within this announcement. Mr Chikohora (MSc., MIMMM., CEng) is the Technical Director of the Company.
A technical report prepared by SRK Consulting (UK) Limited entitled "Technical Review of the Baomahun Gold Exploration Project, Sierra Leone," was filed on 17 February 2009 at www.sedar.com.
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