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Replacement: Bougouni Project update

15 Nov 2018 10:53

RNS Number : 4919H
Kodal Minerals PLC
15 November 2018
 

 

This announcement replaces the Bougouni Project Update announcement released today at 09:22 under RNS number 4670H as the title was incorrect. The title has been corrected in the announcement below and all other details remain unchanged.

 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 ("MAR")

 

Kodal Minerals Plc / Index: AIM / Epic: KOD / Sector: Mining

 

15 November 2018

 

Kodal Minerals plc ('Kodal Minerals' or the 'Company')

Bougouni Project update - high grade Diamond Core drill results from Sogola-Baoule Prospect and Boumou Prospect

 

Kodal Minerals, the mineral exploration and development company focused on the Bougouni Lithium Project, is pleased to report further assay results for the diamond drill holes completed during the wet season at the Sogola-Baoule prospect ("Sogola-Baoule") and Boumou prospect ("Boumou") located on the Company's 450km2 Bougouni Lithium Project in Southern Mali ("Bougouni").

 

Highlights

· At Sogola-Baoule, diamond core intersections include:

o 18m at 1.35% Li2O from 74.75m in drill hole MDDH005;

o 16.5m at 1.32% Li2O from 153.5m in drill hole MDDH004;

 (Note all depths are downhole depth, and true vertical depth will be shallower or closer to surface)

· First diamond core intersections at Boumou prospect return multiple mineralised pegmatite intersections including:

o 6m at 1.39% Li2O from 65.55m;

5m at 1.32% Li2O from 80.5m; and

9.5m at 1.41% Li2O from 93.3m in drill hole KLDH007; and

o 7m at 1.43% Li2O from 43.49m in drill hole KLD008;

 (Note all depths are downhole depth, and true vertical depth will be shallower or closer to surface)

· Diamond drilling recommencing at Sogola-Baoule today

 

 

Bernard Aylward, CEO of Kodal Minerals, said: "These continued high-grade results for Sogola-Baoule are very pleasing. The main pegmatite zone is proving to be very consistent and we are planning our drill holes to infill the prospect for updating our mineral resource estimate and continuing to extend the prospect to the northeast. At Boumou we are adding definition to our multiple pegmatite veins and we will be looking to extend these zones where we have veins in close proximity that will improve our potential mining optimisations."

 

"Our new drilling season is commencing today, and this is a very important stage for us as we look to move rapidly to development. Our programme will commence with two drill rigs at Sogola-Baoule and then following with extension drilling at Boumou and Ngoualana."

 

 

Further Information

 

Bougouni Lithium Project - Drilling Update

This announcement updates the drilling results for Sogola-Boule with additional results for three diamond drill holes and the first three holes for the Boumou prospect. We are pending results for the remaining three core holes at Boumou. Following a site visit and review of the core, additional sampling is being completed for the Sogola-Baoule core. Significant intersections calculated using a 1% Li2O lower cut-off, maximum 2m internal dilution are tabled below:

 

Prospect

Hole Id

Northing

Easting

Hole Depth

m

From

m

To

m

Thickness

m

Li2O %

Baoule

MDDH003

1253718

653445

102.2

70.45

73.95

3.5

1.61

MDDH003

 

 

70.45

76.45

6

1.30

MDDH003

 

 

81.23

90.23

9

1.62

Baoule

MDDH004

1253627

653184

234.5

116.44

120.94

4.5

1.16

MDDH004

 

 

153.50

170.00

16.5

1.32

MDDH004

 

 

227.45

232.45

5

1.28

Baoule

MDDH005

1253784

653603

135.21

74.75

92.75

18

1.35

Boumou

KLDH007

1255574

655328

108.4

65.55

71.55

6

1.39

KLDH007

 

 

80.50

85.50

5

1.32

KLDH007

 

 

93.30

102.80

9.5

1.41

Boumou

KLDH008

1255792

655401

174.5

36.99

43.99

7

1.43

KLDH008

89.19

92.19

3

1.32

KLDH008

103.78

106.28

2.5

1.42

Notes: Drill holes are diamond core drill holes with core at HQ diameter. Drill holes have been sampled on a 0.5m basis, with core cut along an orientation line, and subsequent quarter core collected for assay test work. Drill hole collars are surveyed using a differential GPS with sub 1-metre accuracy, coordinate system WGS84 - Zone 29N, and all holes are survey down-hole for dip and azimuth on approximately 30m intervals. All drill holes are geologically logged, and sampling for analysis in based on geological boundaries. Samples analysed by ALS Global. Assay results are reported as Li% and converted to Li2O% by a factor of 2.153. Intersections are reported using a 1%Li2O lower-cut-off, and allowing for a maximum of 2m internal dilution.

 

Sogola-Baoule Prospect

The results at Sogola-Baoule prospect continue to have a very high correlation with the Company's current geological model and increase our confidence in the interpretation. The current drilling programme is designed to infill the geological model and is focussed on providing data to upgrade our mineral resource estimate. The reverse circulation ("RC") drilling will focus on extension of the main pegmatite zone as well as delineating the parallel veins.

 

Kodal Minerals is undertaking some further sampling of the diamond core and completing detailed geological logging.

 

Boumou Prospect

Diamond core drilling at the Boumou prospect targeted both the 'northern' and 'southern' zones for the prospect. The Boumou prospect is characterised by multiple lithium mineralised pegmatite veins with an overall strike trending east-northeast/south-southwest and dipping to the north. The geological interpretation from our initial RC drilling highlighted the separate 'northern' and 'southern' zones that formed the initial minerals resource estimate. This announcement details assay results received for the first three diamond core holes that targeted the southern zone. Geological logging and assay results for the prospect received so far confirm our geological model.

 

The Boumou prospect will be targeted by RC drilling in the next campaign with a focus on continuing to expand the mineralised zone and define mineralisation with potential to support open pit mining.

 

The exploration results and activity reported in this announcement have been reviewed by Mr Bernard Aylward who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Aylward has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Qualified Person as defined in the AIM Note for Mining and Oil & Gas Companies dated June 2009. Mr Aylward consents to the inclusion in this announcement of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

 

**ENDS**

 

For further information, please visit www.kodalminerals.com or contact the following:

 

Kodal Minerals plc

Bernard Aylward, CEO

 

Tel: +61 418 943 345

 

Allenby Capital Limited, Nominated Adviser

Jeremy Porter/Nick Harriss

 

 

Tel: 020 3328 5656

SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP, Financial Adviser & Broker

John Mackay

 

 

Tel: 020 3470 0470

St Brides Partners Ltd, Financial PR

Susie Geliher/Cosima Akerman

 

 

Tel: 020 7236 1177

 

About Kodal Minerals

Kodal Minerals' primary focus is on the rapid advancement of its flagship Bougouni Lithium Project in Southern Mali towards production. The recently completed Maiden JORC Resource Estimate placed the Bougouni Project in the top 15 hard rock lithium projects globally and was calculated using only three of the eight currently recognised prospects demonstrating the significant exploration upside potential remaining across the 450km2 project area. The Mineral Resource estimate for the Ngoualana, Sogola-Baoule and Boumou prospects are tabulated below. These mineral resources are reported in accordance with the JORC Code:

 

Tonnes

(Mt)

Li2O%

Grade

Contained Li2O

 (kt)

Sogola_Baoule

10.4

1.18

122.2

Ngoualana

4.7

1.34

62.8

Boumou

2.2

1.04

22.9

Total

17.3

1.20

207.9

 

Notes: Mineral resources are reported using a 0.5%Li2O cut-off. Figures may not sum due to rounding. The contained metal is determined by the estimated tonnage and grade.

 

The Bougouni Project is located in an emerging lithium province that is already attracting the attention of investors and off-take partners interested in securing a long-term supply of lithium. With the support of its strategic investor and off-take partner Suay Chin International Pte, a Singapore-based lithium and chemical trader, Kodal Minerals is well funded to continue its ambitious development programme at Bougouni.

 

Further to this, Kodal Minerals is the manager of additional lithium and gold projects that are undergoing low cost exploration programmes in addition to JV funded gold properties in Cote d'Ivoire that offer potentially significant long-term value.

 

 

 

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