Mako Gold Limited (ASX:MKG) has kicked off a 500m maiden RC drilling programme on the Ouangolodougou Permit which, along with the Korhogo Nord permit, constitute the company’s wholly-owned Korhogo Project in Côte d’Ivoire.
A total of 10 RC holes will be drilled to downhole depths of 50m to test for subsurface manganese mineralization on two parallel manganese-rich lithological units, both over seven km in strike length. The company recently announced results from rock chip sampling, with all samples returning manganese values averaging 22% Mn with results up to 33% Mn.
“We are pleased to be starting a maiden drilling programme at the Korhogo Project less than a month after the announcement of this very exciting manganese discovery on the Ouangolodougou Permit contained within the Korhogo Project,” Managing Director, Peter Ledwidge, said.
“The very wide-spaced drill programme is designed to test for subsurface manganese mineralization in order to assess the strike extent and grade of manganese along the two parallel seven km-long manganese-rich units discovered by our recent rock chip sampling program. Having three drills turning on our projects in Côte d’Ivoire will provide a steady stream of news flow over the coming months.
“Our focus very much remains on our flagship Napié gold project and our near-term goal of outlining a multi-million ounce gold camp at Napié”.
There are four manganese mines in Côte d’Ivoire operated by private unlisted companies. The closest mine, the Lagnonkaha Mine is situated 70km along strike to the southwest of Mako’s manganese discovery in the same lithological unit.
The total strike extent of the Lagnonkaha Mine is 1.6km. The extent of the potential strike on Mako’s permit is interpreted as significant given Mako’s two parallel manganese-rich units have a combined strike length of 14km, indicating the potential for a world class manganese resource.
The large extent of manganese mineralization discovered by mapping and rock chip sampling, prompted the decision by Mako to test the sub-surface with a maiden drilling programme on this exciting new discovery.
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