REG - Kavango Resources - ZIM: 9.95g/t gold intercepted over 7.2m Prospect 2

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23/04/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 5929L  Kavango Resources PLC  22 April 2024

PRESS RELEASE

23 April 2024

KAVANGO RESOURCES PLC

("Kavango" or "the Company")

Hillside Prospect 2 Assay Results

ZIM: 9.95g/t gold intercepted over 7.2m Prospect 2

Kavango Resources plc (LSE: KAV), the Southern Africa focussed metals
exploration company, is pleased to announce the first assay results from the
Hillside Prospect 2 gold project ("Prospect 2") in Matabeleland, southern
Zimbabwe.

Highlights

·    Hole BRDD001 was a scoping hole sited to target mineralisation below
multiple sets of artisanal workings on the northern margin of a broad
deformation zone.

·    BRDD001 was drilled to a total depth of 400.40 m and intersected an
intensely deformed and well mineralised zone, 7.2m wide, hosting gold and
associated sulphides in anastomosing shears, at a relatively shallow depth.

·    Best results* in the hole include:

-     7.2 m @ 9.95 g/t gold from 50.64 m and including 1.61 m @ 31.57 g/t
gold.

-     2.00 m @ 2.12 g/t gold from 86.00 m.

·    An Induced Polarisation (IP) survey identified a series of IP
(chargeability & resistivity) anomalies interpreted to represent a set of
anastomosing shears hosted within a broad deformation zone, approximately 700m
wide.

-     There are no artisanal workings over interpreted additional shears
in the central part of the deformation zone.

-     Kavango intends to test the gold-bearing potential of these shears
in future exploration by drilling a fence of holes to test for a bulk-minable
gold deposit across the entire zone.

·    Results are pending for NSDD001 (Prospect 3) located on the southern
end of the deformation zone.

*All quoted thicknesses are apparent down hole intersection thicknesses

Ben Turney, Chief Executive of Kavango Resources, commented:

"Results from Prospect 2 at Hillside are  even stronger than those we've
recently reported at Prospect 4. The 7.2m wide zone running at 9.95g/t is
significant in itself, but viewed in the context of the other gold intercepts
in Hole BRDD001 the open-pit potential is clear.

The fact that the 7.2m higher-grade zone is less than 50m below surface is
hopefully a promising indicator for follow-up exploration.

Encouragingly, Hole BRDD001 appears to have intercepted the gold-bearing shear
zones Hillary Gumbo interpreted from the results of the Induced Polarisation
survey over this target. This is further confirmation that the IP we are using
is identifying the right structures, following the same success we had at
Prospect 4 with Hole SKDD001. We are confident Hillary's IP configuration will
prove to be a powerful tool to help us make commercial gold discoveries.

We are now planning more drilling down dip and along strike to evaluate
Prospect 2. This is an extremely positive start for this prospect and further
underlines Zimbabwe's potential to host a multitude of large-scale,
bulk-minable gold deposits."

Prospect 2 Assay Results

Following receipt of encouraging assay results for hole SKDD001 at Prospect 4
and this hole, BRDD001 at Prospect 2 in Hillside (announced >>> 15
April 2024
(https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/kavango_resources_plc/news/rns/story/rgglo3r)
), Kavango is proposing additional exploration holes to test the bulk-minable
gold potential across Prospects 2 & 3.

Drill hole BRDD001 was originally designed to test the geology underneath
current active artisanal workings at Prospect 2. The hole intersected a zone
of highly deformed chloritic schist with extensive quartz veining and
associated sulphide mineralisation.

A table of significant results and zones of interest is provided below. All of
the hole was assayed by the Company.

 Hole no.    m from  m to    Thickness* m  Gold g/t
 BRDD001     50.64   57.84   7.20          9.95
 Incl.       53.00   54.00   1.00          13.81
 Incl.       53.54   54.00   0.46          8.73
 Incl.       55.68   57.29   1.61          31.57
 also incl.  56.86   57.29   0.43          84.60
 BRDD001     60.00   61.00   1.00          1.60
 BRDD001     84.00   93.00   9.00          0.66
 Incl.       86.00   88.00   2.00          2.12
 BRDD001     101.00  102.68  1.68          0.81
 BRDD001     119.93  134.03  14.10         0.37
 Incl.       123.00  124.00  1.00          1.06
 BRDD001     127.00  129.00  2.00          0.75
 BRDD001     129.73  130.20  0.47          0.62
 BRDD001     202.00  205.00  3.00          0.53
 BRDD001     217.73  218.36  0.63          0.68

*All thicknesses are apparent downhole intersection thicknesses

The presence of gold in artisanal workings across a deformation zone between
Prospects 2 and 3 together with observed disseminated sulphides in the core
from BRDD001 led Kavango to conduct an Induced Polarisation ("IP") survey
across the deformation zone.

The IP survey identified a broad zone, 700m wide, interpreted to represent a
series of shears within a deformation zone. Extensive artisanal workings are
developed over interpreted shears on the northern and southern margin but not
across the central zone.

Hole BRDD001 appears to have intercepted the interpreted shears under the
current artisanal workings on the northern margin. Hole BRDD001 intersected a
number of gold-bearing structures, with a shallow broad zone of higher grade
intersected (7.2m @ 9.95g/t) coinciding with the first interpreted shear, with
multiple narrow lower grade intervals down the hole.

 Figure 1: A plan and section of the BRDD001 borehole against a background of
artisanal workings, mapped against projected shears based on IP resistivity.
NSDD001 also shown and awaiting assays. (Interpretation by Hillary Gumbo,
M.Sc., P.Geo.)

Figure 2: A plan and section of the BRDD001 borehole against a background of
artisanal workings, mapped against projected shears based on IP chargeability.
NSDD001 also shown and awaiting assays. (Interpretation by Hillary Gumbo,
M.Sc., P.Geo.)

Next Steps

Although many of the intersections in this hole tend towards lower grades, the
mineralisation at Prospect 2 is understood, from the artisanal workers, to be
coarse with an untested nugget effect. Artisanal miners report higher
recovered grades from several broad zones. Therefore the Kavango is
considering a bulk sample exercise to relate drill core size recoveries and
grades to a more realistic large bulk sample recovery and grade.

Kavango will plan follow up drilling along strike and down-dip from hole
BRDD001 to understand the geometry and start to assess the potential extent of
mineralisation once results are received from NSDD001 at Prospect 3.

 Kavango has completed four other holes across its Hillside prospects (see
Table 1) and is awaiting assays for three holes.

 

 Prospect    Hole no.  Initial azimuth (O) (True N)  Inclination (O)  Total depth (m)  Assays reported
 Hillside 1  BLDD001   206                           -65              196.35

             BLDD002   206                           -65              160.40
 Hillside 2  BRDD001   212                           -60              400.40           This RNS
 Hillside 3  NSDD001   216                           -60              301.40
 Hillside 4  SKDD001   008                           -60              247.40           15/04/24
                                                                                       (https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/kavango_resources_plc/news/rns/story/rgglo3r/export)

Table 1: Kavango Hillside drillholes drilled to date. BRDD001 gold assays are
reported here, three remaining holes are pending analysis. Hole co-ordinates
are not published here due to confidentiality considerations.

 

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For further information please contact:

Kavango Resources
plc

Ben Turney

+46 7697 406 06

First Equity (Broker)

+44 207 374 2212

Jason Robertson

Kavango Competent Person Statement

The technical information contained in this announcement pertaining to geology
and exploration have been read and approved by Brett Grist BSc(Hons) FAusIMM
(CP).  Mr Grist is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy with Chartered Professional status.  Mr Grist has sufficient
experience that is relevant to the exploration programmes and geology of the
main styles of mineralisation and deposit types under consideration to act as
a Qualified Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the 'Australasian Code
for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves'. Mr
Grist is an employee of Kavango Resources plc.

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