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Avnel Gold Mining announced infill drill results from its Kalana project in Southwestern Mali. The Kalana project is a past-producing, small-scale underground operation that was run by a Soviet company in the late 1980s.
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Avnel Gold Mining (TSX:AVK)
Price: $0.27
Market cap: $82 million
Cash estimate: $15 million
Project: Kalana
Country: Mali
Ownership: 80 percent
Resources: Indicated:14.5 million tonnes at 4.52 g/t gold
Project status: Feasibility
- Avnel Gold Mining Ltd. announced infill drilling results from its Kalana project in southwestern Mali. The Kalana project is a former past producing small scale underground operation by a Soviet company in the late 1980’s. The licence is held by SOMIKA (Societe des Mines d’Or De Kalana) which is in turn, held 80% by Avnel. The Malian government holds the remaining 20% free-carry interest, as well as a 3% royalty. As the project is a past producer, Kalana holds a 30 year exploitation licence to mine subject to an approved ESIA policy (Employment Support and Income Assistance). In 2013 after spending $32.5 million on the project over three years, IAMGOLD dropped their joint venture on the project.
- Highlights from the infill drilling include 10.0 metres grading 100.3 g/t Au including a high-grade interval of 844 g/t (uncut) over 1.0 metre. The pyrite and arsenopyrite mineralization associated with the gold occurs as shallow-dipping, high-grade quartz packages which are variably over printed by later steeply dipping lower-grade veins. While the cross cutting veins do not add significant grade they tend to bulk out the deposit in these areas potentially lowering the relatively high stripping ratio of 8.5:1.
- Also potentially improving the strip ratio is the extension drilling on the south-western margin of the deposit. Near surface drilling in the oxidized saprolite intersected what is believed to be the up-dip extension of Vein 1. Highlights include 3.0 metres grading 43.0 g/t Au from 28 metres depth and 4.0 metres of 22.5 g/t Au from 40 metres. True width is unknown. This drilling also has the potential to upgrade some near surface inferred resource to indicate.
- In March 2015, the Company increased the resource to 15.2 million tonnes at a diluted grade of 4.40 g/t Au with an additional 2.18 million tonnes at 5.33 g/t Au in the inferred class both using a 0.9 g/t Au cut-off and a $1,100 per ounce gold price. The March 2014 PEA indicated an after-tax 100% project basis NPV (5%) of $289 million with an IRR of 59%. Initial capital costs including a $15 million pre-strip cost is estimated at $147 million with an additional $31 million in sustaining capital. Total life of mine cash costs are estimated at $589 per ounce Au.
Previous Development: Small-scale soviet mine in mid-1980’s. Closed on break-up of Soviet Union in 1992
Current Infill Drilling: 10 meters @at 100.3 g/t gold
Current oxide drilling: 3 metres @ 43.0 g/t Au and 4 metres @ 22.5 g/t Au
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