Wia Gold Limited (ASX: WIA) has delineated a new two km gold-anomalous corridor in results from 2,489 auger samples and 2,846 aircore samples, collected at its Mankono Ouest permit, located in Côte d’Ivoire.
The corridor has multiple peak gold values of +150ppb. At the same time, a maiden aircore drilling programme completed over the previously identified 1.7km auger anomaly, has returned broad mineralised zones with significant intercepts including 12m at 0.67 g/t Au (in MKAC0001) and 5m at 1.12 g/t Au.
The identification of a new two km corridor of significant gold anomalism in the southern area of Mankono Ouest, including multiple auger sample results above 150ppb Au, is a further promising development,” Chairman, Andrew Pardey, said.
“We look forward to drill testing this new zone from Q4 CY2023 onward, along with undertaking follow-up RC drilling of the previously identified 1.7km anomaly that was recently the subject of our maiden aircore programme at Mankono Ouest.
“We continue to systematically advance high-quality prospects across our impressive Côte d’Ivoire tenement portfolio. The opportunity to make another substantial gold discovery keeps us highly motivated there, in parallel with the ongoing resource expansion drilling activities at our world-class Kokoseb Gold Project in Namibia.”
Overview
Infill auger drilling continued across the broader Southern Gold Anomaly at Mankono Ouest. Some 1,424 auger holes were completed, totalling 12,418m of drilling and 2,489 samples. More recently returned auger results have defined a series of coherent in-situ gold anomalies at +50ppb which are considered attractive drill targets. The core of these anomalies includes multiple samples at +150ppb gold.
The most remarkable group of anomalies is aligned along the two km corridor which broadly lies along a contact zone between intermediate volcanic rock (andesitic composition) and basalts. Gold results from these auger anomalies also have a strong correlation with arsenic and tellurium tenors.
Reconnaissance aircore drilling programme returned large, low-grade gold zones over first significant auger anomaly identified at Mankono Ouest.
A maiden aircore drilling programme was completed at the end of Q1 CY2023, testing one of the first auger anomalies (1.7km strike) returned at Mankono Ouest.
The aircore programme included 93 holes totalling 2,846m, and representing 2,846 samples across seven lines. Broad, low-grade zones of gold mineralisation were intersected at shallow depth near contact zones between a diorite and a granitoid, on the southern side, and between basalts and a granitoid on the northern side.
Significant results included 12m at 0.67 g/t Au in hole MKAC0001, 5m at 1.12 g/t Au in hole MKAC0020, 8m at 0.53 g/t Au in hole MKAC0064 and 9m at 0.54 g/t Au in MKAC0080.
