REG - Caracal Gold PLC - High Grade Zone on Kilimapesa Hill

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21/03/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 5866T  Caracal Gold PLC  21 March 2023

21 March 2023

 

Caracal Gold PLC

('Caracal' or the 'Company')

High Grade Zone on Kilimapesa Hill

Caracal Gold PLC, the expanding East African gold producer with over
1,300,000oz of JORC compliant gold resources, is pleased to announce the
discovery of a new high-grade zone above the current underground workings and
above  the areas drilled as part of the Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) on
the Kilimapesa Hill deposit.

Highlights

·      360tpd of high-grade material with average grades from 3.31g/t to
4.74g/t being processed,

·      A mining plan confirming 90 days of high-grade material has been
prepared and is being actioned,

·      Exploration to define the full potential of the high-grade zone
underway.

The area is being accessed from the current open pit, and with exploration
drilling on hold at present, a decision was made to bulk sample the area and
process the material through the milling plant.

Mining commenced on the zone on the 9(th) March 2023 and 360tpd is being
processed through the milling plant. Current recoveries are 75% and plant
availability over 85%.

At present 6 zones have been mapped, sampled and a bulk samples processed -
these zones are numbered  1A, 1B, 2A, 2B and 3A, 3B. Each of these areas has
then intensively sampled and the resulting information put into a mining plan
which supports throughput of high-grade ore through the milling plant for the
rest of March and for the 2(nd) quarter of 2023 (April, May and June).

The exploration team is now extending the work on the high-grade zone to
define the full extent of the strike, this will be followed by trenching and
sampling and ultimately drilling with the goal of defining high grade ore for
long-term processing through the milling plant and to include the ounces into
the Kilimapesa Hill MRE.

A map of the Kilimapesa Hill high-grade zone is attached at the end of the
RNS.

The average grades for the period from 9(th) March to 18(th) March 2023 are
detailed below:

 

Hourly belt cuts are taken on the mill feed conveyor and the daily summary
sampling sheets for samples are attached. These samples are assayed in the
Kilimapesa laboratory. Sampling and analytical procedures are subject to a
comprehensive quality assurance and quality control program. The QAQC program
involves insertion of duplicate samples, blanks and certified reference
materials in the sample stream. Gold analyses are performed by standard fire
assaying protocols using a 50-gram charge with atomic absorption (AAS) finish
and a gravimetric finish performed for assays greater than 10 grams per tonne.

Robbie McCrae, CEO of Caracal commented:

"The Caracal and Kilimapesa exploration teams have always believed that
significant high-grade zones exist within the Kilimapesa Hill deposit. As we
open and expand the open cast mining pits, to support the expansion project,
we expect to find more of these zones. The potential size of this high-grade
zone is encouraging, and is further confirmation and validation of our
understanding of the Kilimapesa Hill deposit and our development strategy. We
have had a plan to expand the MRE on the Kilimapesa Hill deposit. The plan
includes additional drilling along strike and at depth. The identification and
extent of this high-grade zone now adds a 3(rd) leg to the drilling strategy.
The exploration team can't wait to begin drilling. The strategy also includes
the optimization and expansion of the current milling plant alongside the
development of a 65,000tpm heap leach facility and these will get us to the
24,000oz per annum target.

In the past we used to process up to 1000tpd in order to achieve our target
production of a 1000oz per month. Now, with the increased grade and reduced
throughput of 360tpd, our current production monthly is estimated to be 790oz
from the milling plant and 160oz per month from the heap leach pilot plant.
These estimates will most likely improve as we have scope to increase tonnage,
optimise recovery in the milling plant and the heap leach is expected to
continue to improve. Caracal and Kilimapesa are bound to be in a strong
operational and financial position as we progress the funding required for the
Kilimapesa expansion project in the 2(nd) quarter of 2023."

 * * ENDS * *

 

For further information visit www.caracalgold.com or contact the following:

 

 Caracal Gold plc                                    robbie@kilimapesa.com

 Robbie McCrae
 Clear Capital Markets Ltd                           +44 203 897 0981

 Joint Broker                                        +44 203 869 6086

 Keith Swann / Jonathan Critchley
 VSA Capital Ltd                                     +44 203 005 5000

 Financial Adviser and Joint Broker

 Andrew Raca (Corporate Finance)

 DGWA, the German Institute for Asset and            info@dgwa.org (mailto:info@dgwa.org)

 Equity Allocation and Valuation

 European Investor and Corporate Relations Advisor

 Katharina Löckinger

 

Qualified Person:

Mr. Franck Bizouerne, P.Geo., Group Mineral Resource Manager of Caracal Gold
PLC, is the Company's Competent Person under JORC Code "Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects" and has reviewed and assumes responsibility
for the scientific and technical content in this press release.

 

Notes:

Caracal Gold plc is an expanding East African focused gold producer with a
clear path to grow production and resources both organically and through
strategic acquisitions. Its aim is to rapidly increase production to
+50,000ozs p.a. and build a JORC compliant resource base of +3Moz. The company
is progressing a well-defined mine optimisation strategy at its 100% owned
Kilimapesa Gold Mine in Kenya, where there is significant mid-term expansion
potential and the ability to increase gold production to 24,000oz p.a. and the
resource to +2Moz (current JORC compliant resources of approx. 706,000oz).
Alongside this, Caracal is undertaking a targeted exploration programme at the
Nyakafuru Project in Tanzania, which has an established high-grade shallow
gold resource of 658,751oz at 2.08g/t contained within four deposits over 280
km2 and appears amenable to development as a large scale conventional open pit
operation.

Caracal's experienced team has a proven track record in successfully
developing and operating mining projects throughout Africa.

The Company is a responsible mining and exploration company and supports the
positive social and economic change that it contributes to the communities in
the regions that it operates. It is a proudly East African-focused company: it
buys locally, employs locally, and protects the environment and its employees
and their families' health, safety, and wellbeing.

Caracal's shares are quoted on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange
(LON: GCAT) and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE: 6IK). The Company is
also in the process of listing on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.

 

 BELT CUT ASSAYS
 Source: Central Pit 2A
 Field Grade; 4.6g/t Au
 9th MARCH 2023
 BELTCUT SAMPLES  ASSAYS(g/t Au)
 0000hrs          PLANT BREAKDOWN
 0100hrs          PLANT BREAKDOWN
 0200hrs          PLANT BREAKDOWN
 0300hrs          4,66
 0400hrs          5,87
 0500hrs          5,11
 0600hrs          3,69
 0700hrs          3,9
 0800hrs          4,4
 0900hrs          4,69
 1000hrs          4,64
 1100hrs          3,59
 1200hrs          3,91
 1300hrs          3,02
 1400hrs          4,21
 1500hrs          3,1
 1600hrs          3,38
 1700hrs          3,53
 1800hrs          3,72
 1900hrs          3,6
 2000hrs          3,07
 2100hrs          3,23
 2200hrs          3,5
 2300hrs          3,86
 Average Grade    3.94g/t Au

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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