Tajiri Resources (TSX-V:TAJ) has completed an expanded 3D induced polarisation (IP) survey at its Yono Gold Project in Guyana, ahead of its maiden drilling program.
The survey was expanded last month to include infill lines spaced 50m apart, following preliminary chargeability responses from the initial survey conducted at 100m line spacings.
According to Tajiri, the completed survey represents the final major exploration activity before drilling begins at Yono.
The company plans to use the results to refine drill targets and assess the potential scale, continuity, and geometry of gold mineralisation identified through previous surface exploration.
Survey builds on trenching results
The geophysical survey follows earlier trenching that identified multiple zones of gold mineralisation across the property.
At the northernmost trench cluster, previous sampling returned 32m @ 1.1 grams per tonne gold (Au), 12m @ 2.4g/t Au, 4m @ 1.8g/t Au, and 4m @ 5.5g/t Au.
Trenching approximately 400m further south along strike also returned 19m @ 4.6g/t Au, including a higher-grade interval of 2m @ 41.3g/t Au.
According to Tajiri, the results indicate both broad zones of gold mineralisation and locally higher-grade intervals across multiple trenches.
The IP survey was designed to improve the company’s understanding of subsurface geological structures and identify potential extensions of the mineralised zones.
Tajiri also aims to locate possible mineralised shoots that could be tested during its inaugural drilling campaign.
Yono neighbours Oko gold deposits
Tajiri notes that its exploration results so far are “strongly comparable” with early trenching results reported by Reunion Gold at the neighbouring Oko West deposit, now part of G Mining Ventures’ (TSX:GMIN) broader Oko development.
According to Tajiri, Yono lies within around 200m of the planned open pit mines at the Oko West and Ghanie deposits, with the Oko Main deposit situated to the north.
The company plans to use the completed IP survey alongside its trenching and other exploration datasets to identify priority targets for its first drilling program at Yono.
The forthcoming campaign will provide the first direct subsurface tests of targets identified through Tajiri’s surface exploration and geophysical surveys.
Tajiri Resources is a junior gold exploration and development company with assets in two of the world’s least-explored greenstone belts in Guyana.
Write to Jackson Chen at Mining.com.au
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