Thor Explorations Ltd. (CVE:THX) has announced an encouraging first set of drill results from the northern extensions of the Makosa Discovery at its Douta Project, Senegal, with mineralisation confirmed over 1,000 metres (m) of strike length in a number of parallel lodes at Makosa North.
The group noted that the drilling program was designed to test the mineralisation along strike and down dip from the mineralisation delineated from previous drill programs on Makosa. The results received to date confirm the continuation of the Makosa mineralised system along strike to the north.
The best results included 5m grading 3.37 grams per ton (g/t) gold from 32m returned from drill hole DTRC129, which is located on the northern-most section completed in this program.
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The group said there is obvious potential to extend the mineralised strike length further to the north. Ongoing exploration is planned to explore the Makosa North mineralisation both to the north and at depth.
In a statement, Segun Lawson, Thor Explorations president & CEO commented: “These drill results extend the mineralised strike length of Makosa by over a kilometre. Furthermore, the mineralisation remains open to the north and at depth. We will be extending the drill program to follow the mineralisation along strike as Makosa remains a priority for us. And continues to demonstrate its exploration potential. We are looking forward to receiving the remainder of the results from the other prospects in the coming weeks, which we intend to feed into a maiden resource statement.”
The Douta Gold Project is a gold exploration permit that covers an area of 103 square kilometres (km2) and is located within the Kéniéba inlier, eastern Senegal. The permit is an elongate polygon with dimensions of approximately 32 kilometres (km) by 3.3km, trending northeast with an area of 103 km2.
Through its wholly-owned subsidiary African Star Resources Incorporated, Thor has acquired, 70% of the licence from the permit holder International Mining Company SARL which has a 30% free carry until the announcement by Thor of a Probable reserve after which it will have to contribute or sell its stake to African Star.
The Douta licence is strategically positioned between the world-class deposits of Massawa and Sabadola to the west and the Makabingui deposit to the east. Within the licence five separate gold prospects have been identified using surface geochemical sampling. These comprise the more advanced Makosa prospect, where first-pass Reverse Circulation (RC) and diamond drilling has defined mineralisation over a near 3km strike length, and the earlier exploration stage Maka, Mansa, Samba and Makosa Tail prospects.
In late 2020, a 10,000m RC drilling program was completed across three prospects; Makosa North, Makosa Tail and Maka. A total of 50 RC drill holes were completed over the Makosa North prospects to test for strike extensions of the Makosa mineralised system. Of the 46 drill holes only 5 returned no mineralisation.
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