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Drilling delivers good results for Hummingbird’s Yanfolila

13th July 2015

By: Megan van Wyngaardt

Creamer Media Contributing Editor Online

  

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Analysis of infill drilling at the Komana East pit of Aim-listed Hummingbird Resources’ 1.8-million-ounce Yanfolila gold project, in Mali, has shown a consistent increase in grade.

Grade control orientation drilling found a 68% higher grade of 5.24 g/t compared with the entire Komana East pit, which averaged 3.12 g/t, as well as a 15% increase in the like-for-like grade over the grade control orientation panel to 5.24 g/t gold.

The miner said this confirmed a high-grade zone of 12 200 t at 7.7g/t, as well as a consistent mineralised host rock unit and mineralisation control throughout the southern mineable area of the Komana East pit.

Komana East contained 332 500 oz recovered in the current mine plan, before the impact of positive grade control interpretation.

“This is excellent news and, if continuous throughout the pit, could provide significant economic upside to the already robust project credentials of Yanfolila.

“We intend to execute a close spaced grade control drill programme across the deposit to confirm these higher grades, prior to the start of mining.

“On a wider level, plant earthworks are ongoing at Yanfolila and we look forward to updating the market further as we develop Yanfolila as a leading high-grade, low-cost gold mining project in West Africa,” CEO Dan Betts said.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

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