Rome Resources (RMR) has released its latest assay results from drilling at its Mont Agoma prospect, part of the company's flagship Bisie North project in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The drilling campaign has identified wide, high-value tin zones together with significant copper and zinc mineralisation. These results are expected to provide the final inputs to the company's maiden mineral resource estimate, which is being finalised by the MSA Group is due for publication by the end of September 2025.

Assays have been received for Mont Agoma drillholes MADD022, MADD025, MADD027 and MADD028, in the western mineralized zone and for drillhole MADD030A in the newly identified eastern tin zone known as Mont Agoma East, where a 23 metre wide zone grading 0.42% tin has been identified.

Within MADD030A at Mont Agoma East, the 23-metre assayed tin zone sits in a larger 40-metre-wide tin mineralised zone, although core recovery is lower in the near-surface gossan material.

At MADD022 the company intercepted 5.7 metres at 0.56% tin, while at MADD027 it hit 19 metres at 0.38% tin. Sn from 72m, including 0.40m at 1.10% Sn

MADD028 also showed high grade intercepts. 

Additionally, zinc and copper intercepts were also returned at five of the holes assayed.

"These latest assay results underscore the high-value potential of Mont Agoma,” said Paul Barrett, chief executive of Rome Resources.

“The tin grades we are seeing are excellent, particularly with tin trading at around US$34,000 per tonne, while wide intercepts of high-grade zinc mineralisation provide valuable additional economic upside. Importantly, the confirmation of Mont Agoma East gives us a new growth prospect that is expected to be incorporated into a follow-up resource estimate after the maiden mineral resource estimate, targeted to be announced by the end of this month. Our immediate focus is to finalise the maiden mineral resource estimate with MSA for both Mont Agoma and Kalayi. This is expected to set the foundation for the next phase of the project - drilling out the new eastern tin zone, undertaking deeper drilling in the main Mont Agoma zone, and stepout drilling at the Kalayi tin project.” 

 

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The 23 metre tin intercept in hole MADD030A creates a compelling target for further drilling down-plunge to the southeast, and means that there’ll be plenty of potential for significant upgrades once the initial resource is released later this month. With tin trading strongly, Rome looks well positioned indeed.