Gold Exploration in West Africa

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WestAfrican Res.(Sydney:WAF) also hits big in Burkina Faso

from: http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page674?oid=123273&sn=Detail&pid=674

West African Resources: New High-Grade Gold Discovery 28m at 9.22g/t Au in RAB drilling

Monday , 21 Mar 2011

HIGHLIGHTS:
* 1.6km long, high-grade oxide mineralised zone intercepted from surface in first pass RAB drilling at Moktedu Prospect
* Significant results include (* denotes ended in mineralisation):

RESULTS

MKRAB0178: 28m at 9.22 g/t Au from surface; including 8m at 31.67 g/t Au

MKRAB0069: 13m at 4.60 g/t Au from 20m*; including 5m at 11.66 g/t Au

MKRAB0217: 13m at 3.16 g/t Au from 4m*; including in 4m at 9.91 g/t Au

MKRAB0200: 16m at 2.02 g/t Au from 16m*

MKRAB0169: 23m at 0.99 g/t Au from Surface*

MKRAB0144: 4m at 2.63 g/t Au from 24m

MKRAB0030: 4m at 2.38 g/t Au from 20m
* Mineralisation open in all directions - along strike to the northeast, southwest and at depth
* Drilling from surface to an average vertical depth of only 30m with a number of holes ending in gold mineralisation
* Drilling on-going to the northeast, along strike following coincident auger and magnetic trend for a further 4km
* Two RC rigs commissioned and drill manager employed to manage the Company's drillingprograms and to advance Moktedu to resource status
* Continuous +100,000m Auger, RAB and RC drilling program on-going through to July 2011

West African Resources Limited (ASX: WAF) is pleased to report that first pass RAB drilling at its Moketdu Prospect has returned a high-grade gold discovery. West African Managing Director Richard Hyde said the results at Moktedu were massive for the Company."The results have the potential to lift us from a junior explorer to resource developer with further exploration success," Mr Hyde said.

Moketdu is located in the southwest corner of the Company's 100%-owned Boulsa Gold Project, only 4km northeast of Orezone Gold Corp's 3.5Moz Au Bombore deposit, in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

Significant mineralisation has been intercepted over a strike length of 1.6km at the time of this release. RAB drilling is continuing along the strike of the mineralised structure to the northeast, where some 4km of auger anomaly remains to be tested.

The Company's geologists note that there is a strong correlation between anomalous auger results and significant RAB drilling results. Currently, the Company has RAB drilled less than 30% of the strike at the Moktedu auger anomaly, to an average depth of only 30 vertical metres.

Mineralisation at Moktedu has been discovered by West African through first principles exploration methods combining mapping, geochemistry, geophysics and drilling as mineralisation does not outcrop. Further there is no active artisanal mining on the site therefore making this a trueexploration discovery from the application of modern exploration methods.

There is a high demand for RC drills in Burkina Faso, notwithstanding the Company is in discussions with RC drilling contractors to secure a contract to test mineralisation at depth (+100m vertical depth). West African has also commissioned two RC rigs which will have the capacity to drill to at least 80 vertical metres. West African will own and operate these rigs which will allow the Company to advance the Moktedu Prospect to resource status, while still negotiating with contractors for the deeper +100m drill requirements. The Company is aiming to have the new RC rigs in Burkina and drilling before the wet season (July - September 2011). Gold mineralisation at Moktedu is hosted by quartz veins and zones of shearing that appear to be coincident with the contacts between deformed mafic, felsic and volcanics and volcaniclastics. All mineralisation has been intercepted within highly weathered lithologies, and geology of the prospect will become clearer when we drill beyond the oxidised zone.

Background Information on the Boulsa Gold Project

The Boulsa Gold Project in Burkina Faso covers 5,345km2 and 170km of strike length of early Proterozoic Birimian greenstone belts which are highly prospective for gold mineralisation. Significant results have already been returned from the Project, which is located immediately along strike from the emergent 3.5Moz Au Bomboré Deposit.

Recent auger geochemical sampling also completed by West African Resources tested 25km of greenstone belt strike in the southwest portion of the project, representing less than 10% of the current project area. This work has delineated 25 robust targets, many coincident with artisanal mining activity at the Moktedu Trend and Meguet Trend target areas. These targets total 30km strike of anomalies and will be rapidly advanced in 2010 and 2011.

Competent Person's Statement

Information in this announcement that relates to exploration results or mineral resources is based on information compiled by Mr Richard Hyde, a Director, who is a Member of The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Hyde has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the JORC Code). Mr Hyde consents to the inclusion in this announcement of the statements based on his information in the form and context in which they appear.
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