West Africa focussed Kodal Minerals has extended its Sogola-Baoule prospect’s strike length at the company’s Bougouni lithium project, in southern Mali, to over 1 000 m, following results from 15 reported drill holes in March.
The mineral exploration and development company further highlighted that the Sogola-Baoule strike length remains open along strike and assays are pending for an additional 39 drill holes.
Upside potential exists along strike and at depth where the current drill testing has been conducted to a vertical depth of 100 m only.
Drilling will continue at Sogola-Baoule within two weeks, with bulk sample mining having started. The first 1 000 t will be ready to be transported to port as mining continues, the company added.
“The Sogola-Baoule prospect is developing extremely encouragingly with our drilling intersecting a consistent, wide pegmatite vein on multiple sections. We will be returning to continue the extension and definition drilling here as we look to expand our second main prospect at Bougouni, with the most advanced of our numerous targets being Ngoualana,” Kodal Minerals CEO Bernard Aylward commented.
He added that as at Ngoualana, assay results received so far from Sogola-Baoule confirm high-grade mineralisation at shallow depth, and the company keenly awaits the assays for the remaining 39 drill holes.
“We are currently drilling on site with two drill rigs operating on a 24/7 basis as we look to test our priority targets rapidly. Drilling is currently under way at the Boumou prospect and the Bougouni South prospect, with drilling expected to recommence at Ngoualana and Sogola-Baoule shortly to continue the definition drilling,” Aylward noted.
“The metallurgical test work is continuing at an independent metallurgical laboratory in Australia to provide verification analysis.”