The next focusIR Investor Webinar takes places on 14th May with guest speakers from Blue Whale Growth Fund, Taseko Mines, Kavango Resources and CQS Natural Resources fund. Please register here.

Less Ads, More Data, More Tools Register for FREE

Pin to quick picksGalileo Resourc Regulatory News (GLR)

Share Price Information for Galileo Resourc (GLR)

London Stock Exchange
Share Price is delayed by 15 minutes
Get Live Data
Share Price: 1.20
Bid: 0.00
Ask: 0.00
Change: 0.00 (0.00%)
Spread: 0.10 (8.696%)
Open: 0.00
High: 0.00
Low: 0.00
Prev. Close: 1.20
GLR Live PriceLast checked at -

Watchlists are a member only feature

Login to your account

Alerts are a premium feature

Login to your account

Star Zinc Drilling Results

2 Mar 2018 07:00

RNS Number : 4619G
Galileo Resources PLC
02 March 2018
 

 

 

For immediate release

 

2 March 2018

Galileo Resources Plc

("Galileo" or "the Company")

Star Zinc Drilling Results

Galileo is pleased to announce positive results from three of its first four drill holes on its current drilling programme at its Zambian Star Zinc project ("Star Zinc"), in which the Company has an 85% interest.

Highlights

 

· More than 1,100 metres (m) of diamond core drilling (24 holes) completed to date on Star Zinc to depths of up to 80m

 

· Drilling results for three of the first four drill holes showed significant intersections of extremely high-grade zinc over good down-hole lengths from surface (see table 1).

 

· Hole 002 showed a weighted average assay of 38.15% Zn over 16m (downhole), Hole 004 showed 25.12% Zn over 6m and Hole 6 showed 20.12% Zn over 20m (all 0.4% Zn cut off)

 

· Significant germanium (Ge) values, up to 63 ppm (g/t) Ge associated with high grade Zn mineralisation, and silver (Ag) recorded in intersections of: Germanium has been trading at over $2000/kg ($2/g) (28 February 2018 source http://www.kitco.com/strategic-metals/)

 

· Now drilling in eastern ore body and strike continuation evident with mineralisation, subject to independent assay: 11m downhole @ 13% Zn and 9m @ 11% Zn in two holesa

 

· Strike length of high-grade mineralisation increased by further 30m in the eastern ore body to estimated aggregate 220m length (W-E) and width between 50 m (West) and 90m (East)

· Mineralisation remains open to the east and several other peripheral and outlying geophysical and geochemical anomalies remati be explored in untested

 

· Internal rock mass calculations indicate that the resource tonnage could exceed that historically reported

a  average of regular spaced 3 point readings over the mineralised intersection . Whole length core samples are submitted for independent assay by Intertek Genalysis Laboratory Services

 

Colin Bird, Chief Executive Officer, said: "We are very pleased with these drilling results. This drilling program has yielded very high value zinc assay intersections with significant germanium and silver The presence of germanium and silver constitutes potentially valuable by-products and possible revenue. Once we have fully modelled the programme data, we will embark on another programme to explore other anomailes in the area using ground geophysics as our guide. This ore body shows the potential for significant quantities of high grade willemite zine mineralisation; a postulated feeder source for this mineralisation could be sulphides and we will be seeking external expert advice to assist to locate this possible source."

 

Table 1 Drilling results for boreholes drilled in the ore body  b

 

 

Hole ID SZD

From

(downhole)

m

To

(downhole

m

Intersection

downhole

m

Zn

(zinc)

(weighted ave.

%

Ge (germanium)

weighted

ave.

ppm

Ag

(silver)

weighted ave.

ppm

002

0.0

46.0

47.0

15.61

17

11

Inc.

0.0

36.0

16.0

38.15

38 *

13

Inc.

38.7

41.0

2.3

22.32

30

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

004

8

18.0

10.0

13.47

14.8

10

Inc.

8.0

14.0

6.0

25.12

18.9

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

006

12.00

21.0

9.0

14.10

8.2

na

Inc.

14.00

20.0

6.0

20.12

11.7

na

* the individual assays comprising the weighted average ranged from 17 to 63 ppm Ge

na = not assayed

 

b Analysis by Accredited Intertek Genalysis Laboratory Services: Zn and Ge by Peroxide fusion Afinish with ICP-OES/MS; Ag by 4-Acid digestion with MS. Analyses subject QA/QC quality assurance/checks

 

Table 2 - Result for Hole 5, which was drilled on the fringes of the ore body b

 

Hole ID SZD

From

(downhole)

 

 

m

To

(downhole)

 

 

m

Intersection

length (downhole)

 

m

Zn

(zinc)

(weighted ave.

%

Ge (germanium)

weighted

ave.

ppm

Ag

(silver)

weighted ave.

ppm

005

0.0

19.0

19.0

3.22

5.4

na

na = not assayed

 

b Analysis by Accredited Intertek Genalysis Laboratory Services: Zn and Ge by Peroxide fusion finish with ICP-OES/MS; Ag by 4-Acid digestion with MS. Analyses subject QA/QC quality assurance/checks

 

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.

Technical Sign-Off

Andrew Sarosi, Director of Galileo, who holds a B.Sc. Metallurgy and M.Sc. Engineering, University of Witwatersrand and is a member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, is a "qualified person" as defined under the AIM Rules for Companies and a competent person under the reporting standards. The technical parts of this announcement have been prepared under Andrew's supervision and he has approved the release of this announcement.

 

 

You can also follow Galileo on Twitter: @GalileoResource

For further information, please contact:

Galileo Resources PLC

Colin Bird, Chairman

Andrew Sarosi, Executive Director

Tel +44 (0) 20 7581 4477 

 

Tel +44 (0) 1752 221937

 

 

Beaumont Cornish Limited - Nomad 

Roland Cornish/James Biddle

Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396

 

 

Beaufort Securities Limited - Broker

Jon Bellis/Elliot Hance

Tel +44 (0) 20 7382 8416

 

The Star Zinc Project

The Star Zinc project is a historical small-scale open pit mine from where, reportedly, low tonnage, but high grade willemite (a zinc silicate mineral) was extracted intermittently in the 1950s to 1990s.

 

 The Star Zinc project is located approximately 18km NNW of Lusaka (see Figure 3.1 below), and is accessible via the tarred "Great North Road" and a good all weather graded road, with the journey time from central Lusaka of approximately 30 minutes (traffic allowing).

 

There is adequate power, water, rail & telecommunications, with the International Airport at Lusaka, less than 45 minutes away.

 

The Mines and Minerals Development Act No. 7 of 2008, which grants a Large Scale Prospecting Licence for a maximum of 7 years, governs the mineral tenement. Recent changes to the Act now provides for an initial 4 years with a furhter two 3-year extensions totalling 10 years, with a mandatory 50% reduction of licence area at the completion of the 1st grant and 2nd grant periods respectively. The first renewal period initially expired 13 August 2016 but was extended to 13 August 2018. 

 

The Star Zinc Willemite project was mapped in the 1960s by several geologists of the Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) Geological Survey.

 

At Star Zinc, two main fracture trends are present, one E - W, and another N - S. Both sets of fractures are nearly vertical and are irregularly mineralised. Willemite generally replaces the host rock marbles in the form of massive ore bodies, but it occurs also in veins

 

In addition, karstic (pertaining to landscape underlain by limestone which has been eroded by dissolution, producing ridges, fissures, sinkholes and other characteristic landforms) mineralisation and red soils (terra rossa) are locally heavily mineralised with detrital willemite and supergene zinc minerals. Zinc values measured in soils at Star Zinc reach up to 15,600 ppm and are accompanied by the pathfinder elements Ag (silver), Pb (lead) , Ba (barium), Sb (antimony) and Cd (cadmium). The karst infill has a zinc (Zn) content up to 45wt.% Zn, up to 35wt.% Fe and up to 5g/t Ag.

 

The mineralogical assemblage of Zn nonsulphides includes a whole number of minerals, but the main economic phases present are Zn-silicates (willemite, hemimorphite, Zn-bearing clays), Zn- Pb carbonates (smithsonite, cerussite), hydrated Zn- Pbcarbonates (hydrozincite, hydrocerussite) and Zn- Mn- Fe- oxides (zincite, franklinite, gahnite).

 

Limited independent metallurgical testwork by others has clearly shown that the willemite present at Star Zinc is amenable to acid leaching with positive results for two samples tested. Zinc leaching efficiencies obtained ranged from 89% and 92%. The testwork indicated polymerisation of dissolved silica in the leachate.

 

An independent competent person's report commissioned by BMR concluded. In summary, the Star Zinc project has good potential to become a viable project.

 

Note: the information about Star Zinc is sourced primarily from Competent Person's Report for the Star Zinc Project , Zambia; Wardell Armstrong, January 2016

 

Glossary

 

Detrital loose fragments or grains that have been worn away from rock

Calcite mineral of calcium carbonate

Dolomite mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate

Dolomitic pertaining to dolomite  

Floats pieces of rock that have been removed and transported from their original outcrop

Hematite reddish-black mineral consisting of ferric oxide. It is an important ore of iron.

ICP-OES/MS inductively coupled plasma - optical emission spectrometery/mass spectrometery

Karstic pertaining to landscape underlain by limestone (calcium carbonate), which has been eroded by dissolution, producing ridges, fissures and so on

 

Leaching chemical process of solubilising metals in rock into solution

ppm parts per million

XRF Spectrometer analytical instrument for determining chemical composition using x-ray fluorescence

 

Supergene pertaining to processes or enrichment that occurs relatively near surface 

Willemite zinc silicate ore mineral

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
END
 
 
DRLSSMFWFFASEED
Date   Source Headline
4th Feb 20212:03 pmRNSExercise of Warrants
2nd Feb 20214:41 pmRNSSecond Price Monitoring Extn
2nd Feb 20214:36 pmRNSPrice Monitoring Extension
1st Feb 20214:40 pmRNSSecond Price Monitoring Extn
1st Feb 20214:35 pmRNSPrice Monitoring Extension
1st Feb 20212:06 pmRNSSecond Price Monitoring Extn
1st Feb 20212:00 pmRNSPrice Monitoring Extension
29th Jan 202112:03 pmRNSHalf-year Report
29th Jan 20217:00 amRNSExercise of Warrants
26th Jan 20219:05 amRNSSecond Price Monitoring Extn
26th Jan 20219:00 amRNSPrice Monitoring Extension
26th Jan 20217:00 amRNSSale of 9 Licences for US$3m & Subscription
25th Jan 20217:55 amRNSExercise of Warrants
18th Jan 20212:06 pmRNSSecond Price Monitoring Extn
18th Jan 20212:00 pmRNSPrice Monitoring Extension
13th Jan 20217:00 amRNSIssue of Equity
7th Jan 20213:33 pmRNSIssue of Equity
5th Jan 20211:09 pmRNSUpdate on Exercise of Warrants
24th Dec 20207:00 amRNSAudited Results for the year ended 31 March 2020
23rd Dec 20203:08 pmRNSIssue of Equity and Total Voting Rights
14th Dec 20202:01 pmRNSExercise of Warrants
7th Dec 202010:59 amRNSExercise of Warrants
1st Dec 20204:41 pmRNSSecond Price Monitoring Extn
1st Dec 20204:36 pmRNSPrice Monitoring Extension
27th Nov 20203:29 pmRNSExercise of Warrants
25th Nov 20209:50 amRNSStar Zinc Marketing Agreement
23rd Nov 20207:00 amRNSExploration Progress Update on Kalahari Project
18th Nov 20203:38 pmRNSExercise of Options
13th Nov 20202:05 pmRNSSecond Price Monitoring Extn
13th Nov 20202:00 pmRNSPrice Monitoring Extension
4th Nov 20207:00 amRNSIssue of Options
30th Oct 20204:17 pmRNSHolding(s) in Company
28th Oct 20204:31 pmRNSHolding(s) in Company
23rd Oct 202011:41 amRNSHolding(s) in Company
16th Oct 20207:00 amRNSCompletion of Acquisition of 100% of Africibum Co
7th Oct 20207:00 amRNSBoard Appointment
30th Sep 20206:03 pmRNSTotal Voting Rights
30th Sep 20204:19 pmRNSTrading Update
28th Sep 202011:24 amRNSResult of AGM
17th Sep 202011:00 amRNSEM Survey commences on Kalahari Copper Belt tenure
17th Sep 20207:00 amRNSExercise of Warrants
15th Sep 20208:30 amRNSAcquisition of Kalahari Copper Belt project
8th Sep 202012:55 pmRNSExercise of Warrants
4th Sep 202010:17 amRNSBoard changes, AGM & Publication of Results
1st Sep 202011:20 amRNSTotal Voting Rights
26th Aug 20204:36 pmRNSExercise of Warrants - Issue of Equity
12th Aug 20207:00 amRNSCommencement of Exploration: Kalahari Copper Belt
15th Jul 20207:00 amRNSAppointment of Senior Management team
18th Jun 20205:59 pmRNSDirector Dealing
18th Jun 202012:56 pmRNSResults of General Meeting

Due to London Stock Exchange licensing terms, we stipulate that you must be a private investor. We apologise for the inconvenience.

To access our Live RNS you must confirm you are a private investor by using the button below.

Login to your account

Don't have an account? Click here to register.

Quickpicks are a member only feature

Login to your account

Don't have an account? Click here to register.