Mine-scale exploration by Centerra Gold (CG-T) at the Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan is finding new mineralization both on extensions of the known deposit and on the Sarytor prospect southwest of the mine.
Three holes drilled on the SB zone to the south of the orebody intersected the Kumtor mineralized horizon over core lengths of 20 to 44 metres. The best intersection was a 44.2-metre interval that graded an average 12.2 grams gold per tonne, in a hole that intersected multiple mineralized zones. More typical gold grades of 2 grams to 6 grams per tonne were encountered in all the holes.
Nine drill holes on the NB zone, north of the pit, cut lengths of 10 to 44 metres of mineralized rock, including a 38-metre interval that graded 5.9 grams per tonne and an 11.9-metre interval that ran 5.1 grams.
Both the NB and SB zones remain open down-dip and the SB zone is open along strike to the south. A resource figure for the SB zone should be complete by the end of the year.
At Sarytor, 5 km southwest of the Kumtor mill site, a 2,552-metre drilling program to provide infill data on the Sarytor deposit confirmed the continuity of the mineralized zones between earlier drill holes. Drilling also closed off the zone to the west and north.
The Sarytor intersections were mainly 14 to 37 metres long, with grades between 2 and 4 grams gold per tonne.
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