Birim plans further drilling after first resource estimate at Tinga Far East

Birim Goldfields (BGI-T) has increased its resource estimate on its Tinga property in Ghana by 62% for a total of 232,000 oz. gold.

This is the first National Instrument 43-101 resource ever defined on the Bui Belt a relatively under-explored gold belt in Ghana where Birim has 13 separate prospecting licenses.

Indicated resources total 1.34 million tonnes grading 3.61 grams gold per tonne or 155,000 oz. gold while inferred resources total 717,000 tonnes grading 3.33 grams gold per tonne, or 77,000 oz. gold.

Birim drilled on the Far East deposit to validate drilling done by the last owner Semafo (SMF-T) and also tested structure along strike and down dip to extend mineralization.

Birim president and CEO Vic King says the company will focus on further increasing resources.

We are encouraged by the potential of parallel mineralized structures within 2 km of the current resources, King said in a statement.

The company also plans to define more targets and start resource definition drilling at its Chert Ridge and Tombe prospects, which are located further south on the Bui Belt.

The current resource model is based on drilling done over a strike length of 2,000 metres reaching an average depth of 100 metres to a maximum depth of 190 metres below surface.

Birim intersected a new zone in the footwall of the Main zone where one drill hole returned 7 metres grading 2.07 grams gold per tonne. Drill results from around the footwall were not included in the resource estimate.

The mineralization at the Far East deposit is associated with shear zone-hosted, mesothermal, auriferous pyrite and intense silicification, which the company says is typical in West Africa.