Red Rock Resources (RRR has released further results of 1,365 samples from its phase 1 drilling exploration programme in the mid KKM prospect of the Mikei Gold Project in Kenya.
A total of 20 drill holes totalling 2093 metres have been drilled during the phase 1 reverse circulation (RC) drilling programme at the KKM Prospect with sampling and logging completed at 1 metre intervals prior to being sent to SGS in Mwanza, Tanzania for accredited lab assay.
Today, following the first batch of results which were published back in January 2022, the natural resource development firm has released the results from the second batch which covers a total of 1,365 samples from the last 11 out of the 20 holes drilled in the programme.
Red Rock said the results from this second batch bore ‘significantly wide intercepts with some holes having multiple intercepts above the 0.5g/t cut-off grade as seen in KKRC095 and KKRC097. Out of the 11 drill holes, 9 returned extensive mineralised zones’ with the results confirming the crucial role quartz porphyry plays as a mineralisation control in the prospect.
Red Rock’s Chairman, Andrew Bell, commented: “15 of the 20 holes drilled in the first drill programme since restoration of the licences encountered mineralisation at or above above our cut-off, with some very wide intercepts. This is very solid progress and a good result.”
The main sulphides closely associated with auriferous zones are pyrite and arsenopyrite. The results show ‘positive implications to the mineral resource through more lateral and down-dip drilling as reflected on the intercepts of holes KKRC087, KKRC097 and KKRC091,’ it stated.
“The objects of this first programme were to guide us as to where we might increase the Resource size, improve the reported grade, or upgrade the categorisation,” said Bell.
He detailed to investors: “Of these 11 holes, some of which were testing for extensions of known mineralisation, 9 intersected gold above our cut-off grade, and we assess that 4 provide additional grade information, 4 might have bearing on the size of the mineralised envelope, and 1 might provide information relevant for both grade and category estimates.”
He said the information derived from this initial small programme does not provide information sufficient yet to justify a recalculation of the Mineral Resource Estimate “but it points us to the most productive work for the next stage, where our objective will be to lead up to a new MRE.”
Bell said the greatest impact is likely to come “either from diamond drilling deeper but still within the pit shell and down dip, where we hypothesise the existence of higher grades, or from the bringing to Resource of new areas where mineralisation has been encountered but few holes have been drilled.” He added that “some potential exists” from infill drilling nearer the surface at mid-KKM and its satellite deposits, but this is likely to be a lower priority.
A detailed planning of the next drill programme at Mikei, which will be predominantly diamond drilling, is now underway, and will be assisted by external consultants, Red Rock highlighted.
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