Oklo Resources Ltd (ASX:OKU) has received further highly encouraging results from several resource growth targets recently drill-tested at Seko, Koko and Bembala, which form part of the Seko mineral resource at the company’s flagship Dandoko Project in West Mali.
The project is located within the Kenieba Inlier, around 30 kilometres east of B2Gold Corp’s 7.1-million-ounce Fekola Project and 50 kilometres south-southeast of Barrick Gold Corp's 18-million-ounce Loulo/Gounkoto complex.
Oklo has a 505-square-kilometre holding within this emerging world-class gold region.
Seko SK2 and SK3 prospects
High-grade primary gold mineralisation was intersected 60 metres below the SK2 resource pit shell, further confirming the depth potential of the system.
The results include 5 metres at 5.46 g/t gold from 235 metres, including 1 metre at 22.00 g/t gold from 238 metres.
Reconnaissance aircore (AC) drilling testing a blind geophysical target 240 metres north of SK3 intersected a significant interval of shallow gold mineralisation.
Geochemical analysis of the intersection using a hand-held XRF showed a similar gold-copper response to SK3, providing strong indication that this represents the northern strike extension, with highlights such as 19 metres at 0.94 g/t gold from 56 metres including 8 metres at 1.57 g/t gold from 65 metres.
Koko prospect
Reconnaissance aircore drilling along the 4.5-kilometre SK1–Koko–Bembala trend intersected further wide zones of gold mineralisation confirming this structure as a significant mineralised trend:
➢ 6 metres at 1.27 g/t gold from 27 metres within 36 metres at 0.61 g/t from 6 metres;
➢ 12 metres at 1.43 g/t from 21 metres within 39 metres at 0.79 g/t from 3 metres; and
➢ 3 metres at 2.02 g/t from 9 metres within 12 metres at 0.79 g/t from 6 metres.
Planning next phase of drilling
Managing director Simon Taylor said: “These results mark a successful conclusion to the first phase of resource growth drilling as part of the company’s 2022 field season.
“Significant potential to grow the Seko resource base has already been confirmed from the exceptional high-grade intersections returned to date from Disse.
“The new results from SK2 highlight excellent potential to extend this significant lode at depth, which exhibits similar geological attributes to the other large gold systems in the region including the Yalea/Gounkoto deposits within Barrick Gold’s 18 million ounce Loulo/Gounkoto complex located around 50 kilometres the northwest.
“Importantly the discovery and development of these deposits started as a series of oxide open pits before developing into significant underground systems in the primary zone.
“Our team is currently planning the next phase of drilling, which in addition to the Seko targets, will follow up on the recent satellite discoveries at Sari and Kandiole. We look forward to providing further details on our plans in the near future.”
Resource growth opportunities
Since announcing an initial mineral resource estimate (MRE) in late March last year, the company has remained focused on evaluating resource growth opportunities in close proximity to Seko and other targets along the 15-kilometre Dandoko gold corridor, and within Oklo’s adjoining projects.