GCIRome Resources continues to make progress with drilling in the DRC
Rome Resources () has completed 1,336 metres of drilling so far in the current campaign on its tin projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The company has drilled 1,001 metres at Kalayi and 335 metres at Mont Agoma.
That amounts to seven completed holes on Kalayi and one on Mont Agoma.
Three drill rigs are currently drilling across the project, and a fourth rig is being mobilised to Mont Agoma by helicopter from the company’s base at Osokare, 40 kilometres away.
This fourth drill rig is expected to commence drilling at Mont Agoma shortly.
In addition to the increased drilling capacity from the fourth drill rig, Rome Resources is expecting the drilling production to increase going forward as drilling starts to target areas below the tropical weathering profile.
The arrival of more hard quarry drill rods is likely to result in reduced standing time and therefore greater drilling efficiency at Kalayi, where two drill rigs are currently located.
The first batch of diamond core samples have been prepared for export with the local partner of ALS Laboratories, the Congolese Analytical Laboratory in Lubumbashi.
Sample pulps are now ready for export to ALS Laboratories in Johannesburg.
Results are expected later this month. In addition, it is anticipated that by mid-this week the next batch of samples from Mont Agoma and Kalayi will be ready for transport from the project site.
"I am very pleased with overall drilling progress and the team's professionalism on the ground, evident from a management site visit earlier in the month,” said Paul Barrett, chief executive of Rome Resources.
“The team are pushing ahead as fast as possible, with each drill hole so far showing promise on both the tin front and, notably in Mont Agoma, on the copper front as well."
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Solid progress from Rome Resources on the ground in the DRC, and progress too with the processing of samples. And it’s interesting to note Paul Barrett’s comments about copper at Mont Agoma, bearing in mind that the DRC is one of the world’s premier copper destinations. Tin remains the primary focus, though, and there’s plenty of that around too, in the shape of Alphamin’s Bisie project. Lots to keep an eye on here, as success would open up the possibility of early corporate action.
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