• Figure 1: Kongolokoro Geology.
• Figure 2: Koumbia Prospect - Assay results.
• Figure 3: Mogu Prospect - Assay results.
• Figure 4: Bantou Prospect - Assay results.
• Figure 5: Bantou Prospect - Artisanal workings.

Kongolokoro Project

The Kongolokoro Project comprises six granted exploration permits totalling 1,267km² located in the Hounde Greenstone Belt of south-western Burkina Faso.

The Hounde Greenstone Belt hosts a number of significant third-party owned gold deposits including the Dossi and Bondi gold deposits in proximity to MET’s permits and the Mana gold deposit (and associated open pit mine) located some 80 kilometres to the north of the project area.

The Hounde Greenstone Belt predominantly comprises an assemblage of andesitic flows and volcano-sedimentary schists intruded by late-stage felsic to mafic rocks. An elongate belt of younger (Tarkwaian) conglomerates occurs along the eastern side of the project area.

Greenstone rocks have generally been metamorphosed to a greenschist facies assemblage. Late stage NNE-trending shear zones dominate the currently observed structure (figure 1).

Reconnaissance sampling of selected artisanal sites across the Kongolokoro Project has produced high grade gold assays at several prospect areas:

Koumbia Prospect

The Koumbia Prospect is located at the southern end of the Founa exploration permit. The prospect is defined by multiple gold mineralised quartz veins associated with artisanal workings that extend over an approximate 1,000 metre by 500 metre area.

All veins sampled to date at the Koumbia Prospect have produced significant gold assays, including three veins with gold assay results in excess of 10g/t Au (figure 2).

Mogu Prospect

The Mogu Prospect is located within the Milpo exploration permit within the central Kongolokoro Project area. The prospect is developed over a broad but prominent ridge defined by irregular outcrop of quartz vein material and quartzite. In aggregate the artisanal gold workings, quartzite and quartz veining has been identified over a strike length in excess of 500 metres.

MET grab and rock chip sampling of quartzite units and quartz vein material associated with artisanal workings at the Mogu Prospect has produced high grade gold assays including:

• 2m @ 22.9g/t Au (pyritic quartz vein)
• 1m @ 12.9g/t Au (pyritic quartz vein)
• 1m @ 13.1g/t Au (pyritic quartz vein)

Subsidiary sub-parallel gold mineralised quartz veining has also been identified some 500m to the east of the main prospect area (figure 3).

Bantou Prospect

The Bantou Prospect is located at the southern end of the Kongolokoro Project area within the Dynikongolo exploration permit. The Bantou Prospect is defined by artisanal workings associated with NNE-trending, steeply west-dipping quartzites which can be traced over a 1,000 strike length.

There are multiple sub-parallel structures identified at the Bantou Prospect that are developed within a corridor of artisanal workings up to 40 metres wide. The continuity of mineralisation across this zone is unknown (not sampled).

Rock chip sampling and grab sampling by MET at the Bantou Prospect produced medium grade (+5g/t Au) to high grade (+10g/t Au) gold assays along the structures.

The most significant assay result recorded to date is 1.5m @ 43.1g/t Au from rock chip sampling at the northern end of the workings. This sample width represents the approximate true width of the exposed/sampled material (figure 4).