The East Africa-focused gold mining firm has announced high-grade drilling results from the phase 1 drilling programme at its West Kenya project.
Shanta Gold Limited completed the first drilling phase after they reached 9,383 metres.
Shanta’s Chief Executive Officer Eric Zurrin exprsessed satisfaction with the prospecting.
“We’re delighted to have reported another set of exceptionally strong results from Phase 1 of our drilling programme at West Kenya,” he said.
According to him, they have delivered some of the best drilling results they have ever seen at Shanta.
“…and we look forward to progressing Phase 2 across our portfolio of licenses as we look to uncover West Kenya’s true potential,” he added.
Visible gold was identified in four different intersections across 15 holes drilled as part of the drilling programme conducted in April and May 2021 at the Isulu and Bushiangala deposits.
Some of the highlights were: 4.5 metres at 69.9 grammes a tonne (g/t) gold, including 3.0m at 94.4g/t; 2.0m at 24.4g/t gold; and 1.5m at 55.6g/t gold.
Shanta Gold says that they are targeting 200-450 metres below surface in phase 2 drilling which started in June and a third rig has also been mobilised to West Kenya.
The firm said it is on track to complete about 35-40 per cent of total planned drilling at West Kenya by the end of 2021.