Dalaroo Metals (ASX:DAL) has defined a 2.5km long gold corridor at the Goldridge prospect within the Bondoukou Project in Côte d’Ivoire from geological mapping and reconnaissance rock chip sampling.
The corridor is described as ‘large’ and ‘structurally controlled’, hosting a width of 400m and forming part of a broader 9.5km long gold anomalous zone. The gold anomalous zone was identified in aeromagnetic imagery and regional structural analysis.
Dalaroo says the corridor represents a “high-priority drill target” which will undergo systematic soil geochemical sampling to identify northwest and southeast extensions, as well as structural mapping and trenching across higher grade zones ahead of drilling.
The company collected 56 rock and saprolite samples from the project, with eight samples returning over 0.5 grams per tonne gold and a peak assay of 17.95g/t gold.
Mineralisation is associated with quartz veining along the northwest-southeast corridor.
Exploration Manager Frank Twum-Berima Bosompem says the initial reconnaissance program at Bondoukou highlights the project’s prospectivity with “strong geological validation”.
“The spatial relationship between high-grade rock chip results, quartz vein systems, and extensive artisanal gold workings clearly highlights a structurally controlled gold system that extends over several kilometres,” Bosompem says.
“Field mapping indicates that mineralisation is concentrated along a fold-limb structure proximal to a regional hinge zone, a setting commonly associated with significant orogenic gold deposits within the Birimian terrane of West Africa.
“With systematic soil geochemistry currently underway and drilling planned, we believe Bondoukou has the geological ingredients required to deliver a significant gold discovery.”
Dalaroo Metals is focused on building a diversified exploration portfolio for gold and critical minerals across Western Australia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Greenland.
Write to Maddison Elliott at Mining.com.au
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