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Re: B402 post# 10984

Friday, 10/12/2012 8:09:35 PM

Friday, October 12, 2012 8:09:35 PM

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"Indicated" from:Gold Potential of the Ekom Eya
Paul Abbot, Geologist


The most current exploration work on the site was carried out by Central African Gold Limited in 2007 when
some 3,441m of RC drilling was completed. Main targets were the ore zones below the 4th level to avoid the
old workings concentrated above the 4th level where substantial highly mineralized wallrocks and pillar
supports were left by earlier mining which followed and extracted ore shoots grading about 10g/t (Figure 5 &
Appendix 2).
Quartz veins, sheared graphitic phyllites and quartz stockworks make up the geology of the ore zones. Quartz
porphyry was also associated with mineralisation in several instances. Sulphides such as pyrite, arsenopyrite,
pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite occur with the gold and the schistose host rocks exhibit carbonate alteration.
Ore body intersections of between 2m-8m widths were encountered and grades were up to 24g/t.
Cumulative intersected widths total 67m with grades such as 8m@24g/t, 8m@10.4g/t, 6m@3.9g/ t and
12m@ 1.69g/t were encountered. More importantly, the average ore width was given as 4.79m at an
average grade of 3.86g/t (Tables 1 & 2).
CAGL estimated about 300,000 ozs oxide gold resources for the Ekom Eya concession. Eight of the holes,
each about 180m long, were drilled into the Ekom Eya property.
The drill hole plan view with intersections clearly shows the gold mineralised trend is in a north-south
direction along almost the entire 600 metre length of the permit (Figure 7).
Inputting of all available data on the concession gave indicated gold resources of about 1,380,887 tons @
6.0g/t (266,380 ozs) within the confines of the concession (Figure 7). However strike extensions remain
open at both ends and at depth.



Echo Bay (Ghana) Limited diamond drilled a total of 12 holes in early 1995. Seven holes were drilled into and
around the old Bibiani North Mine. The best results were 49.4 g/t over 2.2 meters and 19.8 g/t over 2.65
meters. These intersections clearly indicated that there are very rich gold shoots within the broad shear
zones.


The drilling indicated that there are high grade remnants left around the old workings together with the
possibility of a continuous ore body between the high grades shoots of around 5-6g/t. This could make
Bibiani North a viable prospect both as an open pit and an underground operation.


These findings encouraged AGBL to pursue a 23 hole drilling programme of 2,091 metres in March 1998. The
holes were pre-collared by 50-65 metres of RC drilling and were completed by 15-30 metres diamond drilling
(NQ). The holes were aimed at the interface of transition to sulphides, but a few deeper holes were drilled as
well. Results include 19.2g/t over 1.2 metres next to a stope which implies that the wallrocks are mineralised
in the mined out areas. Another intersection was 12.1g/t over 4.3 metres.
These results clearly indicate that substantial amounts of gold still remain within the old stoped out areas,
with the mineralisation occurring in the wallrocks. This mineralisation within the wallrocks increases the
overall width of the ore bodies, which will also increase the gold resources within this permit.


http://www.katexploration.com/Graphics/properties/Ekom%20Eya%20Gold%20Property/Ekom_%20Eya_Report_Western_Region_Bibiana_Ghana.pdf

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