Zani-Kodo Project
- Full name:
- Zani–Kodo Joint Venture
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- Mwana interest:
- Mwana Africa holds 80% in the Kilo Moto Joint Venture with Office des Mines d'Or de Kilomoto (Okimo) in terms of an agreement signed in June 2005.
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- Geology and history:
- The Zani–Kodo project comprises the 3,239km² Zani–Kodo mining licence in the highly prospective Ituri province in the north–east of the country. The historical Zani–Kodo operation reached a total production of 572,000t at 6.5g/t (mining high–grade veins), but was abandoned during the civil war in 1964. Zani–Kodo's mineralised zone is 500m in length at the surface and up to 30m wide. The Main Zone consists of silicification in sheared greenstone and banded iron formation with gold associated with sulphides. At the time of abandonment the (non–compliant) sulphide reserve was reported to be 352,000t at 8.15g/t.
- Current status and prospects:
- Once a camp had been established and basic field equipment brought on site, the first phase of the exploration programme got under way in September 2006 with a ground geological assessment.
- A full interpretation of Landsat Satellite imagery of the entire license area identified a series of prominent structures and a first–pass target generation followed.
- After a second phase of geological mapping around the Kodo Mine, an initial drilling programme was designed to test the mineralisation in the vicinity of this historical mine. Diamond core drilling started at the beginning of April 2007.
- During the same month, an airborne geophysical survey of the entire license area began and was completed in May 2007. A detailed geological interpretation of the data was carried out and a series of target areas identified.
- Note: Complete assay results are now available.
- Geological maps:
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