- Desert Gold (DAU) commences follow-up drill program at the Gourbassi West North gold discovery, located in the Senegal Mali Shear Zone
- Desert Gold plans to test Gourbassi West North area for 1,500 metres
- Follow-up drilling to expansion program in 2020 resulted in the widest gold system on the Senegal Mali Shear Zone
- Desert Gold (DAU) is down 4.16 per cent at C$0.11 per share at 4:20 PM EST
Desert Gold (DAU) has begun a follow-up drill program at the Gourbassi West North gold discovery, located in the Senegal Mali Shear Zone.
The discovery comprises three closely spaced gold-bearing lenses totalling an estimated combined true thickness of 90 metres with a weighted average grade of 0.96g/t Au.
Desert Gold plans to test the Gourbassi West North target area for 1,500 metres along strike with nine air-core fences comprising 66 holes totalling 3,300 metres.
President and CEO, Jared Scharf, commented on the program.
“This target is an exciting one as it appears to be the widest gold zone we’ve seen anywhere on the property package. This initial program should wrap up quickly with results released as soon as they are available.”
After the drilling at Gourbassi West North has been completed, Mogoyafara South and Linnguekoto West Zone are next.
Desert Gold’s exploration program over Gourbassi West was designed to complete a model validation and resource expansion drill program that commenced in 2020, which included some follow-up drilling based on results.
Follow-up drilling resulted in the discovery of the Gourbassi West North gold mineralization which seems to be the widest gold system on the Senegal Mali Shear Zone.
The Gourbassi West North Zone area is located approximately from 800 to 1,400 metres north of the modelled Gourbassi West Zone.
The northern fence comprised seven holes that have intersected three gold-bearing lenses across a 125-metre-wide area with a best intercept of 1.13 g/t gold over 42 metres, including 1.62 g/t gold over 13 metres.
In the Gourbassi West Zone area, the sandstone is interpreted to be ‘Tarkwa-like’ sediments. Tarkwa rocks are an important host to several large gold mines in Ghana.
Desert Gold is a gold exploration and development company that holds two gold exploration permits in Western Mali and one project in Ghana, and Rwanda.
Desert Gold (DAU) is down 4.16 per cent at C$0.11 per share at 4:20 PM EST.