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Positive Gold Assay Results Ligonha Gold Project

30 Nov 2020 07:00

RNS Number : 8430G
Premier African Minerals Limited
30 November 2020
 

Premier African Minerals Limited / Ticker: PREM / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining

For immediate release

 

30 November 2020

Premier African Minerals Limited

 

Positive Gold Assay Results from Ligonha Gold Project

Premier African Minerals Limited ("Premier" or the "Company") is pleased to report assay results from recent sampling pursuant to a site visit and preliminary geological review of the recently acquired Mozambique tenement, as set out in our RNS of 28 July 2020 and 1 September 2020.

Highlights

· Best grade of 23.7 g/t gold in Sample BE003711 (see Table 1 below), a quartz vein sample from an artisanal mining pit

· Several alluvial samples carry grades between 1.11g/t gold (Sample ID: BE003722) and 1.72 g/t gold (Sample ID: BE003728)

George Roach, Chief Executive of Premier commented, "This remains an early stage exploration and no resource conclusions may be drawn at this time. The tenement area remains small, but applications are in process to expand the area on anticipated strike. The detection of gold in many samples taken and the specific location of the higher-grade samples is encouraging and supports our plans to expand exploration in this jurisdiction. Worth noting are the elevated grades of silver in all samples and the potential commercial significance of this in any future mine development.

At the same time, Premier has proceeded with other prospecting applications in other areas in the Nampula province of Mozambique where active artisanal mining is taking place and is evaluating further similar areas of activity remote from this existing tenement but in the same administrative district of Zambezi Province. There is good reason to expect that Mozambique is likely to be one of the gold exploration districts Premier is expanding into as we mitigate historic country risk.

I am conscious that shareholders anticipate further updates and developments, and these will be forthcoming in the near future".

Geological setting and Assay ConclusionPremier's Mozambique tenement was acquired in June 2020 and comprises a 100-hectare block located within the Alto Ligonha Pegmatite Province of Mozambique, which is largely located in the NNE - SSW trending Namama Thrust Belt which extends from Mocuba in the southwest to approximately 100km northeast of Alto Molocue in the northeast in the Zambézia Province of northern Mozambique.

Artisanal workings were identified within the project area and the existing artisanal miners exploit narrow auriferous quartz veins with visible gold in a number of E-W trending pits. Host rock is mainly a banded biotite gneiss. Other miners extract small gold particles from eluvial sediments above primary, i.e. bedrock, mineralization, or, from alluvial, i.e. riverbed, sediments.

The limited analytical data to date point to free gold bearing quartz veins with small amounts of sulfides such as pyrite, chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite. All samples, including the alluvial and eluvial samples, contain elevated grades of silver, ranging from 8g/t to 45 g/t silver. No other elements of economic significance have been detected in these initial assay results.

Table 1: Assay Results

 

Assay Identity

Au (g/t)

Ag (ppm)

BE003701

0.06

12.8

BE003702

0.03

13.3

BE003703

0.22

11.8

BE003704

0.14

12.2

BE003705

0.09

12.3

BE003706

0.04

10.1

BE003707

0.04

13.4

BE003708

0.05

13.7

BE003709

0.07

14.3

BE003710

10.3

12.6

BE003711

23.7

13.4

BE003712

2.01

20.3

BE003713

0.25

8.8

BE003714

0.2

11.3

BE003715

0.29

13.9

BE003716

0.11

18.1

BE003717

0.46

15.5

BE003718

0.06

12.9

BE003719

0.06

13.2

BE003720

0.29

14.8

BE003721

0.07

21.6

BE003722

1.11

14.2

BE003723

0.31

13.5

BE003724

0.05

12.8

BE003725

0.04

16.1

BE003726

0.05

20.5

BE003727

0.06

13.2

BE003728

1.72

15.3

BE003729

1.31

20.8

BE003730

0.04

20.8

BE003731

0.04

14

BE003732

0.06

11

BE003733

0.05

18.1

BE003734

0.04

45.5

BE003735

0.04

13

BE003736

2.11

11.2

BE003737

0.06

12.9

BE003738

0.08

12

BE003739

0.06

19.5

 

Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC)

The spatial location of the samples is derived by using a Global Positioning System device within the existing and historical artisanal gold mining activity within the tenement area. All samples were analysed for gold by SGS Laboratory Services in South Africa using fire assay (SGS code FAA303). Multi-element scans (30 elements) were carried out by ICP-OS and ICP-MS after sodium peroxide fusion (SGS code ICM90A).

 

Qualified Person

Wolfgang Hampel, Senior Geologist with Premier African Minerals Limited, has reviewed and approved this release. Mr Hampel has 29 years' experience in the African, American, European and Asian exploration and mining industry and holds a Diploma in Economic Geology (Dipl.-Geol.) from the Technical University of Munich. He is a registered European Geologist (EurGeol). n° 1261 with the European Federation of Geologists.

Enquiries:

George Roach

Premier African Minerals Limited

Tel: +27 (0) 100 201 281

Michael Cornish / Roland Cornish

Beaumont Cornish Limited

(Nominated Adviser)

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396

Jerry Keen/Edward Mansfield

Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7408 4090

 

Notes to Editors:

Premier African Minerals Limited (AIM: PREM) is a multi-commodity mining and natural resource development company focused on Southern Africa with its RHA Tungsten and Zulu Lithium projects in Zimbabwe.

 

The Company has a diverse portfolio of projects, which include tungsten, rare earth elements, lithium and tantalum in Zimbabwe and lithium and gold in Mozambique, encompassing brownfield projects with near-term production potential to grass-roots exploration. The Company holds 5,010,333 shares in Circum Minerals Limited, the owners of the Danakil Potash Project in Ethiopia, which has the potential to be a world class asset.

 

In addition, the Company holds a 19% interest in MN Holdings Limited, the operator of the Otjozondu Manganese Mining Project in Namibia.

 

Glossary

 

"Ag"

Silver

"alluvial"

A placer deposit formed by the action of running water, as in a stream channel or alluvial fan; also said of the valuable mineral, e.g., gold or diamond, associated with an alluvial placer

"eluvial"

An incoherent mineral deposit, such as a placer, resulting from the decomposition or disintegration of rock in place. The material may have slumped or washed downslope for a short distance but has not been transported by a stream

"Au"

Gold

 "g/t"

Grams per tonne gold.

"ppm"

Parts per million.

 

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