Rome Resources sets September 2025 as release date for maiden resource estimate at Bisie North
Rome Resources () expects to complete its current drill programme at Bisie North in the Democratic Republic of Congo by the end of July 2025.
"We continue to make good progress at the Bisie North project,” said Paul Barrett, Rome’s chief executive.
“The scale and quality of mineralisation across tin, copper, and zinc is becoming increasingly apparent - and we are only just beginning to test the deeper parts of the system as well as the new tin zone previously reported. The decision to include both the more recent core assays in the maiden mineral resource estimate and assess the commercial potential of the other commodities present, will give Rome a comprehensive maiden mineral resource estimate on or around September 2025 rather than a partial picture.”
At this point, the initial report suggests substantial copper, zinc and silver volumes at Bisie North. However, this requires further modelling and analysis to quantify the commerciality of a combined operation with tin, copper and zinc recovery.
The assay database used in the current underlying maiden mineral resource estimate work does not include the more recent drill holes which the company believes to exhibit more promising tin and copper volumes in both deeper and additional zones.
Metallurgical analysis in Canada is expected to feed into the polymetallic processing flowsheet that will recover tin, copper and zinc from Mont Agoma.
The company’s immediate priority will shift away from delivering a maiden resource estimate centred around tin mineralisation at Kalayi and Mont Agoma by end of June 2025 to allow for the further assessment of the copper and zinc mineralisation potential, which will be reported on by MSA on or around September 2025.
This will allow for the potential establishment of a multi-commodity value stream proposition at Bisie North.
“Bisie North project is shaping up to be a highly strategic, multi-commodity asset in a region of growing global interest," Barrett added.
In the meantime, helicopter transportation support is currently unavailable to the company due to technical issues. As a consequence, operations at the Bisie North project have primarily been concentrated at drill holes MADD030A and MADD031 with two drill rigs operating and the third drill rig in the midst of mobilisation.
Furthermore, given that the contracted helicopter is due for a major service before November 2025, Rome's management has concluded that it is more appropriate for the company to release the helicopter in the near-term for servicing in Uganda rather than interrupt any later operations.
However, it’s anticipated that work in relation to drill holes MADD030A, MADD031 as well as additional drill hole MADD032 will be completed before the contracted helicopter departs for maintenance.
XRF analysis on core from the latest holes indicates that potential for tin, copper and zinc is high.
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Rome now anticipates producing a maiden resource estimate for tin, copper and zinc along with a strategic update, on or around mid-September 2025. That ought to be quite the news item, given the highly attractive grades and intercepts that have been delivered to date, not to mention the recent strength in commodities prices.
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