Rome Resources intercepts more high grade copper and zinc at Mont Agoma
Rome Resources () has released the latest set of assay results from two drill holes at its Mont Agoma prospect in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The results confirm the continuation of broad copper and zinc mineralisation over a 176 metre mineralised envelope in hole MADD024 and supports the company's exploration model of a polymetallic system transitioning into deeper tin mineralisation.
Among the best intercepts from hole MADD024 were 14.8 metres grading0.67% copper from a depth of 59.1metres, and including 0.7 metres at 2.32% copper, and 13.4 metres at 1.26% copper from 109 metres, including 2.83 metres at 2.13% copper.
The same hole also hit visible tin over a 28 metre interval.
In hole MADD026 Rome hit 54 metres of 3.41% zinc from a depth of 113 metres, and 20 metres of 1.23% copper from 193 metres, including five metres at 3.12% copper. in this hole, tin was visible over a 15 metre interval.
Copper and zinc have now been confirmed across a 500 metre strike and across greater than 200 metres width.
The deeper tin targets at Mont Agoma are now being drilled in a short, 3,000m campaign.
The results so far support the company's model of shallower copper and zinc transitioning into tin at depth. Mont Agoma is reckoned to be akin to well-known, established tin projects like San Rafael in Peru and South Crofty in the UK, both of which started as copper mines, passed through a transition zone of tin and copper until they ended up mining tin.
Metallurgical studies are now underway, as Rome has appointed a specialist metallurgist to advance mineralogical, metallurgical and processing studies on the project.
Meanwhile, resource estimates are pending, for tin, copper and zinc at Mont Agoma, and for tin at Kalayi.
"The exploration at Mont Agoma continues, with the recent resumption of drilling,” said Paul Barrett, chief executive of Rome Resources.
“A number of key tin targets are planned to be drilled, which will allow us to fine tune the geological model and improve our understanding of how the three key commodities - copper, zinc, and tin - are distributed within the mineralised system. The results to date are highly encouraging, confirming consistent copper and zinc near surface with tin strengthening at depth - exactly the zonation profile we anticipated.”
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Shares in Rome have ticked sharply upwards over the past few days, as activity on the ground has resumed in earnest. These results confirm the prospectivity of Mont Agoma, while the ongoing drilling is likely to provide a more detailed insight into the tin potential. With resource updates pending and results from the ongoing drilling also likely to come in over the coming months, there’ll be lots of newsflow from Rome to look forward to.
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