An independent sampling program on the Itetemia property in the Victoria Lake gold district of Tanzania has confirmed that an area exposed by artisanal miners contains a significant gold-bearing zone.
Tan Range Exploration (TNX-A) reports that the program consisted of 571 samples taken from 155 artisanal pits. It was carried out by Johannesburg-based Hennie Blignault & Associates, which confirmed the existence of a 380-Metre long, northwest-striking zone of mineralization. The zone, which occurs in the far western portion of the property, consists of four sub-parallel quartz veins hosted within mineralized sheared volcanic rocks.
Gold values were encountered in the 1-Metre-Thick quartz veins, as well as in the 10-Metre-Thick shear zone. Results from surface grab samples ranged from nil (taken outside the zone) up to 46.84 grams gold per tonne. From channel sampling of pit walls, one vertical interval of 11.4 metres returned 6.6 grams gold. However, higher-grade values (up to 36 grams gold over 1 metre) were found as well.
Also, an induced-polarization survey over the workings revealed a strong metal factor anomaly underlying the area and continuing for a further 800 metres to the northwest. To the southeast, the zone is truncated by a granitic intrusion.
According to Tan Range, the similar geologic setting and the zone’s proximity to Sutton Resources’ (STT-V) Bulyanhulu deposit (several kilometres to the southeast) suggest that the structure that hosts that deposit extends on to Itetemia. Diamond drilling will test the theory.
The Itetemia property comprises 191 sq. km and adjoins the eastern and northern border of Sutton’s property. The mineral concession is 90%-owned by Tan Range, with the remainder held by a state enterprise, as required under Tanzanian mining laws.
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