Kefi Minerals
KEFI Minerals owns exploration licences in Turkey and Bulgaria as well as an extensive database containing information about numerous prospective sites in the region, providing a pipeline of exploration targets. Since listing Kefi has focused on identifying projects that have the potential to contain large gold deposits.
KEFI Minerals and Centerra Gold enter JV agreement over Bakir Tepe project
Turkey and Saudi Arabia operating gold explorer KEFI Minerals (AIM: KEF) has extended its relationship with Centerra Gold (TSX: CG), establishing a joint venture (JV) over its 100% owned Bakir Tepe project in southwestern Turkey.
Under the terms of the letter of intent signed by the two companies, Centerra will earn a 51% interest in the Bakir Tepe project upon contributing US$750,000 to the JV over two years with a minimum expenditure of US$350,000 in the first year. Upon Centerra’s earnings its 51% interest, each party will fund their respective percentage interests. If either party’s interest is diluted to less than 10%, it will be converted into a 2% net smelter return royalty.
KEFI will manage the project, while Centerra will have the right to take over as manager upon meeting certain milestones.
The two companies previously signed a JV agreement over the Artvin project, also in Turkey.
“This approach not only spreads risk and is cost effective, but also enables the complementary skills from both companies to increase the opportunities of a successful exploration effort...the high gold and copper grades in our initial sampling, combined with the conductivity anomalies and alteration sequences already observed, suggest the presence of copper-zinc-gold-silver in a nearby massive sulphide body,” said Managing Director of KEFI Minerals Jeff Rayner.
The Bakir Tepe licenses, which cover a 78 sq km (square kilometre) area, were granted to KEFI in June last year. Initial surface grab and channel samples have returned values of up to 3.6% Cu (copper), 4/6 g/t (grammes per tonne) Au (gold), 67 g/t Ag (silver) and 1,070 g/t zinc from mineralised alteration zones at Bakir Tepe. A geophysical survey has defined two moderately strong induced polarisation chargeability anomalies indicative of massive sulphides.
Shares in KEFI rallied 11% on the news.
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Other Kefi Minerals news
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22/01/10 KEFI Minerals completes latest financing round, raising further £150,000
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08/01/10 KEFI Minerals raises £515,000 in equity placing
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06/01/10 KEFI Minerals starts drilling at Bakir Tepe copper-gold project in Turkey
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24/12/09 KEFI Minerals and Centerra Gold finalise Bakir Tepe JV agreement
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05/11/09 KEFI Minerals starts drilling program at Artvin gold project in Turkey
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29/09/09 KEFI posts H1 losses of £767,000, exploration progress in Turkey and Saudi Arabia remains steady
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23/07/09 Harry Norman speaks to Jeff Rayner, Managing Director of KEFI Minerals
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15/06/09 KEFI Minerals raises £450,000 in placing, EMED and Fox-Davies plan to subscribe for more shares
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10/06/09 KEFI Minerals sees busy 2009 as it plans quick progress on Turkey, Saudi projects
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30/04/09 KEFI Minerals names Fox Davies as sole broker, WH Ireland to remain Nomad
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