Australian-based North Ltd. intends to acquire up to a 70% interest in the Tanda gold project in eastern Ivory Coast.
The company can earn an initial 60% stake in the 832-sq.-km property from Golden Star Resources (GSR-X) by spending at least
US$3 million on exploration over three years, including US$400,000 within the first year. An additional 10% can be acquired in return for funding a feasibility study and, if warranted, development work.
Golden Star began exploring the property, one of six it holds in the country, in mid-1997. Mapping and sampling outlined several broad zones anomalous in gold, and these appear to be coincident with low-angle thrust contacts between Tarkwaian sediments and Birimian volcanics. The zones are 10 km long on average and are characterized by silicification and quartz veining. Channel samples from a roadcut averaged 1.1 grams gold per tonne over 120 metres.
North plans to conduct infill soil sampling, along with further mapping, in an effort to define the gold anomalies before drilling can begin.
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