Indigo Exploration has reported the assay results from the remaining 16 holes of the 50-hole Phase I reverse circulation (RC) drilling campaign on its Lati gold permit located in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
The whole drilling campaign was a prospecting attempt and investigated a 7-km long anomalous strike length. The drilling program focused on two major gold soil anomalies with extensive artisanal workings. In the past 9 months, the collective surface region of artisanal workings on the Lati gold permit has increased from 0.58 km2 to 2.0 km2.
The main highlights of the drill results are related to four drill transects evaluating the anomalous strike length’s southernmost segment, wherein gold mineralization on each line has been detected. The mineralized segments’ north trending alignment is exposed along strike to the south and north. Moreover, among the four drill transects, three transects indicate that the mineralization remains exposed to the west. This system is partially covered with huge artisanal workings, enclosing a 850 x 500 m area. Most of this area is yet to be tested. Similarly, the granite contact is believed to be mineralized and remains untested. A plan map revealing the drill lines relative to the extensive artisanal workings, soil anomalies and geology is available at the company’s website.
The drilling results are related to 16 holes on four transects. The mineralized segments are located in quartz veined diorite, andesite and granodiorite with distributed pyrite.
According to Keir Reynolds, Indigo Exploration's Interim President, the extension observed across the broadly spaced drill lines and the large number of targets to be tested denotes that this could be a potential gold system. These results require a follow-up reverse circulation drill campaign to advance this latest discovery.
Artisanal work is intercepting coarse grained gold, which indicates a proximal source.
Source: http://www.indigoexploration.com/