On September 16, 2010, Pelangio announced a second discovery on the Manfo Property at Pokukrom West, where drilling intersected near-surface, high-grade results on the first two holes at the Pokukrom West target including 8.0 g/t gold over 12 metres in SPDD-083 and 8.6 g/t gold over 12 metres in SPDD-084. Follow-up drilling continues to define a high-grade zone on a strike of over 100 metres that is open at depth.
Significant intersections encountered at the target to date are as follows:
| Area |
DHID |
From
(metre)
|
To
(metre)
|
Interval
(m)¹
|
Au
(g/t)
|
Hole Length
(m)
|
| Pokukrom West |
SPDD-083 |
16 |
44 |
28 |
4.18 |
96 |
| |
including |
31 |
43 |
12 |
8.00 |
|
| |
SPDD-084 |
27 |
39 |
12 |
8.60 |
90 |
| |
and |
60 |
61 |
1 |
3.35 |
|
| |
SPDD-090 |
14 |
23 |
9 |
36.21² |
51.5³ |
| |
and |
37 |
51 |
14 |
0.44 |
|
| |
SPDD-091 |
140 |
148 |
8 |
2.27 |
218 |
| |
SPDD-092 |
11 |
20 |
9 |
8.68 |
77 |
| |
and |
36 |
51 |
15 |
0.67 |
|
| |
SPDD-130 |
66 |
85 |
19 |
2.604 |
146 |
| |
including |
69 |
77 |
8 |
5.795 |
|
| |
SPDD-131 |
131 |
138 |
7 |
14.10 |
173 |
| |
SPDD-132 |
90 |
112 |
22 |
0.99 |
176 |
| |
including |
92 |
98 |
6 |
2.95 |
|
| |
SPDD-136 |
10 |
60 |
50 |
1.00 |
108 |
| |
including |
34 |
45 |
11 |
2.52 |
|
| |
including |
39 |
44 |
5 |
4.1 |
|
| |
SPDD-138 |
1 |
24 |
23 |
1.12 |
140 |
| |
including |
13 |
20 |
7 |
2.53 |
|
| |
SPDD-139 |
129 |
146 |
17 |
1.85 |
216 |
| |
including |
136 |
140 |
4 |
7.00 |
|
- Intervals are core length. The true widths of intersections drilled at azimuth 117° and -45° dip are estimated to be 70-75% of core length, while intersections drilled at azimuth 297° and -45° dip are estimated to be approximately true width.
- 19.54 g/t over 9 metres if high-grade intervals are cut to 30 g/t.
- Abandoned at 51.5 metres due to poor drilling conditions.
- 2.84 g/t gold if higher grade assays cut to 30 g/t.
- 5.50 g/t gold if higher grade assays cut to 30 g/t.
Click here for a complete table of mineralized intersections encountered to date.
The Pokukrom West target is approximately five kilometres northeast of the Nfante West target. Drilling at Pokukrom West encountered saprolite from surface to depths of up to 35 metres and a transitional oxidized zone between approximately 40-50 metres depth. Below the saprolite and transitional oxidized zone, drilling encountered quartz-pyrite-sericite schists with quartz-pyrite veinlets. Gold mineralization is hosted in sericite altered granitoid with 1-3% pyrite, in what is interpreted as a steep east-dipping, northeasterly striking shear zone.
SPDD-083 and -084 intersected a high grade zone of mineralization on section 49450. The holes were scissored at azimuth 117° and azimuth 297°, respectively, to test the dip of the mineralization at the anomaly. SPDD-091 and -132 were drilled as 50-metre step-backs from each of these holes to test the mineralization at depth.
Holes SPDD-090 and -092 at Pokukrom West were spotted as 50-metre step-outs to the south of holes SPDD-083 and -084 on section 49400. SPDD-092 was collared approximately nine metres from -090 after -090 was abandoned due to poor drilling conditions. Drilling below these holes (SPDD-116 and -117) intersected anomalous mineralization, which may represent the periphery of the northeasterly plunging zone.
SPDD-130 and -131 were drilled on section 49500 to test the northerly strike and plunge of the zone. Both holes intersected a significant zone of high grade mineralization. Importantly, SPDD-131 was the deepest intersection of the high grade zone to date and was made in fresh, or unoxidized, rock, indicating the potential for a significant high grade zone at the target. SPDD-136 and -139 confirmed the steep east-dip of the high-grade zone, which remains open at depth.
SPDD-138 was drilled on section 49550 and intersected a zone of moderate grade gold mineralization from surface (1.12 g/t gold over 23 metres including 2.53 g/t gold over 7 metres) that was not intersected by SPDD-140 and -141 at depth.