AFRICA SPECIAL — Drilling to size up Jean-Gobele

Drilling on the Jean-Gobele gold property in Guinea continues to return positive results for West African Mining Exploration (SMF-M) and Emerging Africa Gold (EAG-C).

The 50-50 partners released results from six holes drilled on the Gobele, one of the property’s two known vein systems.

Highlights include: 14 metres (from 47.5 to 61.5 metres) of 1.26 grams gold per tonne in hole 32; 9 metres (from 46 to 55 metres) of 2.62 grams in hole 40; and 10 metres (from 22 to 32 metres) of 1.66 grams in hole 42.

Hole 42 also intersected several smaller zones, including 5 metres (from 68 to 73) of 3.43 grams gold and 1 metre (from 104 metres) of 8.15 grams. The remaining two holes returned similar grades and widths, with hole 39 returning 1 metre (from 33 metres) of 9.1 grams gold.

To date, 58 holes, spanning 4,600 metres, have tested the Gobele vein over a strike length of 700 metres and to a maximum depth of 50 metres. The presence of a strong geochemical anomaly indicates that the system trends in a north-south direction along strike for at least 1,400 metres.

Based on the weighted averages of 76 intersections from 42 holes, the Gobele system is estimated to contain 5.05 grams gold over a true width of 9 metres in vertically dipping veins. Fourteen trench intersections over the same strike are reported to average 3.93 grams gold over a horizontal width of 13.92 metres.

Two drill rigs on site are testing the strike extension of the Gobele vein, as well as the Jean vein, 600 metres to the west.

A total of 37 shallow holes will test the Jean, which has a strike length of 600 metres and extends to a depth of 50 metres. Several additional targets near the veins will also be tested.