Rome confirms promising tin mineralisation from early drilling in DRC
Aim-listed Rome Resources has struck visible tin mineralisation in several intervals in the first hole of its drilling campaign on the Bisie North projects, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The company will mobilise two drill rigs on site in the coming week to maintain an aggressive drilling campaign.
The first drill hole was drilled down to a depth of 164.5 m at the Kalayi prospect. The mineralised zone was intersected about 60 m below the KBDD003 drillhole from Rome’s 2023 drilling campaign which had reported 12.5 m of tin grading 1.03%, including 1 m of tin grading 2.78% and 1 m of tin grading 7.12%.
Visible coarse-grained cassiterite, or tin mineral, in the latest KBDD005 hole was intersected in three narrow zones associated with quartz veining and silica flooding at 88.5 m, 114 m and 125 m.
The presence of cassiterite was confirmed through Niton X-ray fluorescence analysis.
Rome reports that strong chlorite alteration, together with shearing and quartz veining, was noted throughout a 30 m interval from 84 m to 114 m. This has the potential to host fine grained disseminated cassiterite, which will be assessed in the quantitative analyses to be conducted by a laboratory.
Chlorite alteration is strongly associated with tin mineralisation at both Alphamin’s Mpama North and South deposits, indicating a similar style of mineralisation at Kalayi.
The Bisie North projects comprise the Mont Agoma and Mont Agoma Northwest prospects in the North Kivu province of the DRC.
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