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Savannah kicks off Jangamo drilling programme

Savannah kicks off Jangamo drilling programme

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23rd May 2014

By: Natasha Odendaal

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

  

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Aim-listed exploration company Savannah Resources has started its 2014 drilling programme at its 80%-owned, 180 km² Jangamo heavy mineral sands project, in southern Mozambique. 

The 4 000 m reverse circulation drilling programme aimed to further define the prospectivity of the Jangamo deposit and test key dunal systems within the project area.

“With the start of the field season in Mozambique, we are upping the tempo of activities with an extensive drill programme over our flagship Jangamo mineral sands project,” said Savannah CEO David Archer.

The programme, to be undertaken by drilling contractor Agua Terra, was designed to expand on the “highly-positive results” that emerged from a 2013 drill programme, while testing the prospectivity of the two main morphological zones identified.

A scout sampling and drilling programme, which started within one month of Savannah’s October acquisition of the deposit, had confirmed the presence of significant heavy minerals with samples returning up to 18.1% total heavy minerals, with ilmenite, zircon and rutile recorded in the mineral concentrate. The programme also identified that the style of mineralisation at Jangamo was similar to that of Rio Tinto’s adjacent Mutamba deposit.

“We believe that the project has the potential to generate significant value for the company and its shareholders, and look forward to reporting on this drilling programme and results in due course as we build towards defining a potential Joint Ore Reserve Committee-compliant resource by the end of 2014,” Archer said.

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