Tembo Gold Corp. (TSX-V: TEM; FSE: T23A) has completed the bulk of a 7,000-meter drill program to preliminarily probe three core targets within its Tembo license in Tanzania and is presenting the first 11 drill results. Around the same number of drill holes are still pending to be reported. All drill holes logged and sampled to date intersected gold mineralization and confirmed the geological continuity of structures hosting gold.
Tembo Gold Corp. (TSX-V: TEM; FSE: T23A) has completed the bulk of a 7,000-meter drill program to preliminarily probe three core targets within its Tembo license in Tanzania and is presenting the first 11 drill results. Around the same number of drill holes are still pending to be reported. All drill holes logged and sampled to date intersected gold mineralization and confirmed the geological continuity of structures hosting gold.
On the three main targets, Nyakagwe Village, Ngula 1 and Nyakagwe East, a total of 18 drill holes totaling 3,353 m have been drilled in the current campaign to date. All three targets are located within a few kilometers of Barrick Gold Corp.’s adjacent Bulyanhulu Gold Mine (Figure 1). Hole TDD0162 returned the best individual result with 12.96 g/t Au over 5.54 m from 89.01 m and 29.67 g/t Au over 2.35 m from 91.44 m at Nyakagwe Village.
{tem}The remaining 1,500 meters of drilling in the current drilling campaign is expected to be completed before the December drilling break. Tembo had selected the drill targets in conjunction with data specialist Goldspot to first gain a better understanding of the controls on the mineralization. Geologists are currently evaluating in detail the structural controls found on the mineralization in order to best prepare future drilling in 2023 to define resources.
Figure 1: Location of the Tembo license in close proximity to Barrick’s Bulyanhulu Gold Mine. Barrick now owns all of the licenses surrounding the Tembo license.
Figure 2: Following the multi-disciplinary approach to prioritizing drill targets, the Ngula 1, Nyakagwe Village and Nyakagwe East targets were selected.
Hendrik Meiring, Exploration Manager at Tembo, commented, “The first drill program this year has successfully confirmed mineralization types and key structural controls within the three targets. This new information is critical to updating our geological models and targeting the next phases of our drill program.”
David Scott, President & CEO of Tembo, stated, “Our 2022 drill program has progressed well and the results have been extremely encouraging as they support and enhance our geological understanding and confirm the presence of significant gold mineralization. This will help ensure a targeted follow-up drill program in 2023 with the goal of initial resource definition.”
Nyakagwe Village
At Nyakagwe Village, drilling was completed over a length of 667 m with four holes. The drilling follows on from the excellent intercepts achieved in the 2012-2014 drilling program. Hole TDD0071 returned 24.72 g/t Au over 1.45 m from 85.25 m; TDD0101 returned 78.10 g/t Au over 1.00 m from 294.00 m; TDD0107 returned 16.58 g/t Au over 3.55 m from 43.88 m and 27.88 g/t Au over 3.00 m from 65.90 m.
Recent drilling returned the following results: TDD0162 – 12.96g/t Au over 5.54m from 89.01m including 29.67g/t Au over 2.35m from 91.44m; TDD0163 – 5.76g/t Au over 1.22m from 105.97m and 37.43g/t Au over 0.30m from 115.72m; TDD0164 – 7.06g/t Au over 2.69m from 57.28m.
The Nyakagwe Village mineralization has a similar geological control to Ngula 1, with a dominant east-west structure, but also northeast-southwest structures providing secondary control over the enriched mineralization.
Additional drilling is planned to further test these structural controls, followed by deeper drilling to determine initial resource potential.
Figure 3: Highlights of Au drilling at Nyakagwe village.
Nyakagwe East
At Nyakagwe East, two drill holes totaling 405 m were completed. Drill results are pending and will be used to guide the next phase of drilling.
Ngula 1
At Ngula 1, 2281 m of drilling was completed with twelve holes. These follow on from the excellent results obtained at this target in 2012-2014, including: TDD0004 – 9.38 g/t Au over 6.30 m from 60.00 m; TDD0005 – 15.59 g/t Au over 2.68 m from 155.32; TDD0041 – 22.81g/t Au over 15.00 m from 299.00 m; TDD0054 – 11.85g/t Au over 8.02 m from 117.93 m; TDD0111 – 21.47 g/t Au over 2.45 m from 53.35 m. Most of the 2022 drill holes intersected multiple gold-bearing structures.
The best results of 2022 at Ngula 1 include: TDD0153 – 3.55g/t Au over 3.11m from 44.25m; TDD0156 -1.51g/t Au over 10.18m from 143.10m including 2.33g/t Au over 3.45m from 146.54m and 3.47g/t Au over 0.75m from 157.76m; TDD0157 – 4.95g/t Au over 1.67m from 120.12m; TDD0158 – 17.60g/t Au over 1.48m from 31.12m (Figure 1). Drilling continues and further drill results are expected.
Drilling at Ngula 1 has confirmed that the mineralization intersected in this target area is controlled by dominant east-west structures, with secondary NW-SE and NE-SW structures controlling the higher grade gold intercepts.
Follow-up drilling will now focus on delineating strike and dip extensions of these high-grade intercepts to define an initial resource.
In addition, new artisanal workings at Ngula 1 will be mapped and sampled to complement the interpretation of the current drill program and potentially identify new drill targets.
Figure 4: Highlights of Au intersections at Ngula 1.
Bottom line: exploration is a waiting game. No one understands this better than Tembo Gold. In fact, the new drill results are the first the company has released after an eight-year hiatus. The purpose of the drilling was to better understand the progress of baseline controls on the license area and to best prepare for resource drilling planned for the coming year. The drill holes appear to be fulfilling this purpose. They are a necessary interim step on the way to determining a future resource.
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