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Sarama Resources Ltd. (“Sarama” or the “Company”) (ASX:SRR, TSX‐ V:SWA) is pleased to announce that exploration drilling at its 100%-owned(4), multi-million-ounce Sanutura Project (the “Project”) has confirmed the presence of high-grade mineralisation within the central area of the Tankoro Deposit, with new downhole intersections from recent drilling including 23m @ 4.26g/t Au, 18m @ 3.63g/t Au and 11m @ 4.33g/t Au being returned.
Notably, the new results confirm the presence of a high-grade mineralised zone extending for 700m along strike and high-grade oblique mineralisation within the central area of the Tankoro Deposit. This area accounts for approximately 80% of the Mineral Resource for the deposit and is currently the economic focal point of the Project.
The reported drilling totals approximately 5,400m and reflects the balance of unreported assays of a multi-purpose drill program completed in H2 2022 which was primarily focussed on testing for new, near-surface mineralisation within the Tankoro Deposit. The successful program has delivered numerous high-grade discoveries which are anticipated to grow the oxide component of the Project’s 0.6Moz Au (Indicated) plus 2.3Moz Au (Inferred)(1) mining shape constrained Mineral Resource.
Highlights
- Extensive zones of high-grade mineralisation continue to be intersected within the Tankoro Deposit
- Highlighted downhole intersections from new assays include:
- 23m @ 4.26g/t Au from 30m in TAR044;
- 18m @ 3.63g/t Au from 24m in TAR043;
- 11m @ 4.33g/t Au from 30m in TAA320;
- 26m @ 2.09g/t Au from 2m in TAA318;
- 15m @ 2.37g/t Au from 7m in TAA321;
- 18m @ 2.02g/t Au from 21m in TAA362; and
- 22m @ 1.74g/t Au from 25m in TAA413.
- Significant zone of high-grade mineralisation delineated over a strike length of 700m
- Oblique lodes continue to demonstrate enriched grade, highlighting value potential
- Drill results support strike extensions for several mineralised lodes
- Intersections are in near-surface oxide material with potential to provide early feed in any mine development
- Intersections enhance confidence level of the near-surface oxide and transition component of the Mineral Resource, currently standing at a substantial 0.2Moz Au (Indicated) plus 0.8Moz Au (Inferred)(2)
- 2023 exploration to focus on the Bondi Deposit, located in the north of the Sanutura Project
Sarama’s President, CEO & MD, Andrew Dinning commented:
“We are excited that we continue to make new, near-surface discoveries and extend areas outside of the modelled mineralization. The central area of the Tankoro Deposit hosts almost 80% of its contained metal and remains the economic focus of the Project and the drill results received from the 20,000m of drilling completed in the current campaign support management’s view that abundant exploration potential remains. We have made multiple new high- grade discoveries proximal to but outside of the Mineral Resource and also developed a new exploration target model reminiscent of Endeavour Mining’s flat, high-grade Kari Pump Deposit which lies 80km away. The recent discoveries are expected to add to the current Mineral Resource which we plan to update after the completion and follow up of the current +50,000m program, a majority of which is shallow, cost-effective aircore drilling.”
Figure 1 - Tankoro Deposit Location Plan – Continual Success in CY2022 Drilling Program
Drilling Delineates High-Grade Zones in Oxide Material within the Central Area of Tankoro Deposit
Results are reported (refer Appendix A) for approximately 1,200m (20 holes) of aircore (“AC”) and reverse-circulation (“RC”) drilling undertaken in Q2/Q3 2022 within the central area of the Tankoro Deposit at the MC and MM Prospects which targeted high-grade zones of mineralisation close to surface. These prospects are the economic focal points of the deposit and the targeted areas would notionally provide early feed for a potential oxide open pit mine development.
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TEM | Yalgoo Update - Further Excellent Iron Results
Key Points
- Additional high-grade magnetite iron intercepted in RC drilling
- Consistent intercepts over >2 km of drilled strike length
- Identical outcropping geology mapped over a 5 km total strike length
- Potential for a large-scale iron ore deposit nearby other world-class processing facilities
Remorse Target
High-grade iron
In addition to the lab results for the first drillhole previously reported 1, the Company is pleased to announce the completion of drilling and that follow-up results in subsequent drillholes confirm the presence of high-grade iron at the Remorse Target. New results include:
WARDH00180 16m @ 32.6% Fe from 93m (pXRF)
WARDH00169 20m @ 32.3% Fe from 120m (pXRF)
and 11m @ 30.8% Fe from 182m (pXRF)
WARDH00166 7m @ 32.8% Fe from 96m (Lab)
WARDH00171 8m @ 30.1% Fe from 130m (pXRF)
* Portable XRF (pxrf) results are not comparable in reliability to authorised laboratory results and should be not relied on for quantitative purposes outside indicative demonstrations of potential order of magnitude of enrichments.
Background
TEM has completed the first phase of RC drilling at the Remorse Target of its flagship Yalgoo Project. In total, 21 RC holes were drilled for 4,005m. Samples have been Boxscanned (pXRF) and submitted to the lab and final assay results are expected in December 2024.
The previously reported iron intercept from the first hole drilled at Remorse was WARDH00160 of 32m @ 30.0% Fe from 96m (including 7m @ 37% Fe) (Lab).
The Remorse Target is part of Tempest's broader Yalgoo Project which spans over 1,000 square kilometres of prospective terrain for base metals, precious metals and iron ore.
Figure 01: Section through iron mineralisation WARDH00180
Figure 02: Section through iron mineralisation WARDH00169 and WARDH00163-165.
All samples collected have been analysed using a Boxscan unit which includes a mounted portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF). Although not as accurate as laboratory analysis, pXRF data when collected in a quality and consistent manner can also exhibit high accuracy and precision. The pXRF data has been compared with assays received to date (>800 samples) and has an average variance of -4.2% and a median of -4.3%. The results indicate the accuracy is considered acceptable for current exploration reporting purposes (and potentially an overall slight underestimation by pXRF).
Remaining assay results are due in December and are expected to correlate strongly with the pxrf results announced.
As previously advised, the drill program design was focused on the strong base metal geochemical anomaly exhibited at the Remorse Target 2. The planned holes were focused strongly on testing the 'hanging wall' stratigraphy at Remorse and were not initially focused on the newly identified iron layer. However, the program did result in the 4 most northerly drill holes intercepting the main magnetite layer and numerous holes intercepting adjacent magnetite-rich layers.
The widely spaced drilling shows continuity and consistency over more than 2 kilometres and identical iron-rich stratigraphy outcrops can be traced over an extensive 5-kilometre zone correlating with the original Remorse Target footprint.
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