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RNS Number : 3394Z  Bezant Resources PLC  14 September 2022

 

 

 

14 September 2022

Bezant Resources Plc

("Bezant" or the "Company")

Kanye Manganese Trench Assay Results and Drill Planning

 

Bezant (AIM: BZT) is pleased to provide information on trench assay results
and preparations for a maiden drill programme at its' 100% owned high-grade
Kanye manganese project in Botswana.

 

Highlights:

 

·   Laboratory assays from trench sampling at the Loltware manganese
prospect (announced on 22/03/2022) returned in-situ chip/grab sample peak
results of 41.4% MnO, 49.23% MnO and 40.83% MnO from one metre wide zones of
siliceous manganese mineralisation within a continuously mineralised zone of
40m @ 11.53% MnO

·    At the Moshaneng Borrow Pit, excavation of shallow clays by a local
contractor for road fill has exposed further manganese-rich pods over a width
of approximately 12-15m and a strike length of 250m

·   Strongly anomalous soil geochemistry suggests that the mineralised
zone at Moshaneng may extend for more than 2km in total

·    Maiden diamond drill testing of both targets is planned - a contract
has been signed with a local drilling company, with mobilisation expected
later this month

 

 

Colin Bird, Executive Chairman of Bezant, commented:

 

"The trench results produced some very high values of manganese and provided
the impetus for this drilling programme. The Moshaneng Borrow pit gives us
more information as it progresses and upgrades our confidence in this project
area. I look forward to keeping the market advised on drilling results as they
emerge."

 

 

Loltware Trenching Results

ALS Global analytical laboratory in Johannesburg provided the assay results
for in-situ trench channel samples from three trenches at the Loltware
prospect.

 

Chip/channel samples from one metre intervals of high-grade siliceous
manganese mineralisation on the floor of trench LT-TR01 returned individual
sample assays of 41.4% MnO, 49.23% MnO and 40.83% MnO. These intervals
occurred within a wider zone of detrital manganese mineralisation of 40m
averaging 11.53% MnO, including 13m @ 16.18% MnO, including 3m @ 25.39% MnO.

 

Trench LT-TR03 returned 18m @ 9.20% MnO, with a peak value of 17.95% MnO over
1m. The trench was stopped in mineralisation to avoid cutting an access track.

 

The detrital manganese mineralisation appears to be wide and steeply-dipping,
however a shallow drilling programme is required to more accurately establish
the orientation, width and depth continuity of the zone.

 

Moshaneng Update

Excavations by a local contractor for road construction at the Borrow Pit
continue to expose more siliceous manganese pods/lenses which are too hard for
utilise for road fill. The main exposure is in the west-northwest of the pit,
where two slightly offset pods extend for about 120-125m each along strike
(250m in total) over a horizontal width of about 15-20m. Based on the geology
as currently understood in this area, the sequence appears to dip fairly
steeply to the north-northeast.

 

The manganese pods are generally massive, variably hematitic, hard (siliceous)
and brittle, tending to crumble into boulders and pebbles. Many of the blocks
appear hematite dominant, with variable manganese content, but there are some
apparently very high-grade manganese blocks.

 

Drill Planning

Initial diamond drilling programmes are proposed for both Moshaneng and
Loltware to follow-up the established manganese occurrences at both sites.

 

At Moshaneng it is proposed to test for continuity of high grade manganese
mineralisation at shallow depths on drill two profiles, while at Loltware, a
profile of three short angled holes is planned to test the full interval of
manganese mineralisation encountered in trench LT-TR01. These holes should
provide important information on the bedding orientation as well as the style,
continuity and grade of manganese mineralisation below the near-surface
detrital manganese recorded in the trenches.

 

Background on the Kanye Manganese Project (as previously announced)

 

Licences & location: The Kanye Manganese Project comprises a collection of
nine prospecting licenses ("PLs") covering a total area of 4,043km(2), located
in south-central Botswana south of the town of Jwaneng and west of the town of
Kanye and 150km by road from the capital Gaborone.

 

Geological setting: The target for manganese mineralisation is manganiferous
shale horizons located on the contact between the Taupone Group and the
underlying Black Reef Formation. This geological setting is similar to that of
the Giyani Metals Corp manganese occurrences on their Kwgakgwe Hill (K-Hill),
Otse and Lobatse projects which are located just a few kilometres off the
Kanye property. The most significant of these (K-Hill) comprises a
manganese-rich black shale formation within the lower Taupone Group containing
an Inferred Mineral Resource of 1.7 million tonnes grading 25.7% MnO at a
cut-off grade of 7.3% MnO prepared in accordance with Canadian National
Instrument 43-101 (as reported by Giyani Metals Corp. in April 2021 as part of
an updated PEA).

 

Previous exploration: Previous exploration on the Kanye property highlighted
numerous manganese prospects which had not been systematically explored. These
include the Moshaneng Borrow Pit where a number of grab samples assaying up to
71% MnO were reported from massive manganese mineralisation, and the Loltware
Prospect, approximately 4km to the southeast of Moshaneng, where historical
reports noted manganese outcrop with sample assays up to 43.6% MnO.

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 Bezant Resources Plc

+44 (0)20 3416 3695
 Colin Bird

 
 Executive Chairman

 Beaumont Cornish (Nominated Adviser)    +44 (0) 20 7628 3396

Roland Cornish

 Novum Securities Limited (Broker)

 Jon Belliss                             +44 (0) 20 7399 9400

 

 

Beaumont Cornish (Nominated Adviser)

Roland Cornish

 

+44 (0) 20 7628 3396

Novum Securities Limited (Broker)

Jon Belliss

 

 

+44 (0) 20 7399 9400

 

or visit http://www.bezantresources.com (http://www.bezantresources.com)

 

 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to
constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations
(EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK Domestic Law pursuant to the Market
Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) regulations (SI 2019/310).

 

Qualified Person:

Technical information in this announcement has been reviewed by Edward (Ed)
Slowey, BSc, PGeo, technical director of Bezant Resources Plc. Mr Slowey is a
graduate geologist with more than 40 years' relevant experience in mineral
exploration and mining, a founder member of the Institute of Geologists of
Ireland and is a Qualified Person under the AIM rules.  Mr Slowey has
reviewed and approved this announcement.

 

Glossary

 

The following is a summary of technical terms:

 

 "mineralisation"              Process of formation and concentration of elements and their chemical
                               compounds within a mass or body of rock

 "MnO"                         Manganese oxide

 "National Instrument 43-101"  A national instrument for the Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects
                               within Canada

 "PEA"                         Preliminary Economic Assessment

 "shale"                       A fine-grained laminated sediment

 

 

 

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