Tietto Minerals Ltd (ASX:TIE) has been granted a trading halt by the ASX with an announcement pending in relation to the pre-feasibility study (PFS) at the Abujar Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire.
The halt will be in place until the start of regular trading on Tuesday, April 6, or when an announcement is released to the market, whichever occurs earliest.
Price target of A$0.70
The company has retained a Speculative Buy rating and a price target of around A$0.70 from Euroz Hartley off the back of high-grade results from step-out and regional drilling at the Abujar Project.
The aim of the current drill program of 70,000 metres is to increase resource confidence and grow resources, with the total 3.02-million-ounce resource including 49.6 million tonnes at 1.5 g/t gold for 2.3 million ounces from AG deposit.
The next resource update is planned for the end of May - which will feed into a DFS scheduled for release in Q3 of 2021.
Analyst Mike Millikan said: “Exploration upside cannot be understated with the current 3 million ounces expected to grow, with ongoing drilling improving resource confidence for optimised mine plans feeding into development studies.
“News flow from drilling will be strong and the PFS delivery a key milestone for the ultimate project development.”
The Abujar PFS is investigating a potential 3.5 million tonnes per annum open pit operation and will include a maiden ore reserve estimate.