Dalaroo fires up diamond drill hunt for African gold riches

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Dalaroo Metals is set to drill its high-grade Bondoukou gold discovery in Côte d’Ivoire, with a rig now mobilising to site to test extensions of an 18m hit grading 7.31 g/t gold.

Dalaroo Metals is about to fire up the diamond rigs at its Bondoukou Gold Ridge project in Côte d’Ivoire, chasing up a substantial high-grade gold discovery made at the project last month.

The company says an initial five-hole, 1750-metre program will test the down-dip and along-strike extensions of mineralisation at its Wilfred target, where fresh results have since reinforced the maiden discovery and confirmed its high-grade hits as no flash in the pan.

The initial discovery came from two opposing maiden holes drilled to more than 200m. One returned a standout 18m at 7.31 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from 63m, including a second zone of 16m at 1.46g/t, while the other delivered a solid 23m at 2.14g/t gold from surface.

The new diamond holes will test for mineralisation down to 350m, pushing well beyond the depths reached by earlier reverse-circulation (RC) drilling.

Adding to the excitement, Dalaroo has also hit a second, significant shallow zone of mineralisation 1.25km north of the original Wilfred discovery, pointing to the potential for a much bigger system emerging at Bondoukou.

The company says it is planning a staged approach to the new round of exploration, with initial step-out holes staged in 80m strike extensions from known mineralisation. If a step-out hole is successful, another will be drilled 80m further out to define the limits of the gold-bearing structure.

A second diamond rig is expected on site by the end of this month to begin follow-up drilling at the northern discovery zone, with Dalaroo hopeful it can connect the two discoveries across a major structural ridge.

The company says after completing its current RC orientation program, it will use diamond rigs for all subsequent drilling. Core from diamond drilling will then provide crucial structural information on the geometry and orientation of its mineralisation to guide all future drilling.

Dalaroo has linked up with experienced drilling contractor Easy Drill for an estimated 20,000m of diamond…

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