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Resolute acquires interest in DRC-focused explorer

29th August 2016

By: Megan van Wyngaardt

Creamer Media Contributing Editor Online

  

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Australian mining firm Resolute Mining has acquired a 14.6% interest in Canadian explorer Kilo Goldmines, which is advancing projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Resolute bought 24.7-million shares, at a cost of A$2.5-million, in Kilo’s recently completed private placement.

Kilo’s exploitation and exploration licences in the DRC cover some 2 417 km2 of favourable Archean Kabalian greenstones in the Ngayu belt. This area is historically referred to as the Kilo-Moto region, a semi-continuous Archaean Kabalian greenstone belt hosting a number of active gold projects.

Kilo’s corporate strategy is to advance, solely or in partnership, gold prospects in the Kilo-Moto region. Incorporated within Kilo’s DRC licences is the 71.25%-owned Somituri project, comprising six non-contiguous licences.

The project has delineated a National Instrument 43-101-compliant inferred gold resource estimate of 1.67-million ounces at 2.5 g/t.

Kilo is currently delineating a number of other highly prospective targets within a 5 km radius of the Adumbi resource, with the ultimate objective being to grow the gold resource base on this licence significantly and create a multi-pit operating mine of regional significance.

Resolute MD and CEO John Welborn said the acquisition advanced the company’s corporate strategy of building a portfolio of investments in “well run, highly-prospective, gold exploration assets in regions considered to hold potential for the development of future Resolute gold mines”.

“Kilo is a perfect match for our criteria of existing asset quality, future prospectivity, relative value, and an experienced capable management team primarily focused on gold project exploration and development,” he added.

Edited by Mariaan Webb
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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