Mr. Marc Cernovitch reports
TEMBO DRILLS 9 METRES GRADING 8.90 G/T AND 4 METRES GRADING 17.23 G/T GOLD AT NGULA 1 TARGET
Tembo Gold Corp. has released additional results from its 2012 definition drill program at the Ngula 1 target on the Tembo project in the Lake Victoria goldfield of Tanzania. All reported drilling to date at the Ngula 1 target has encountered multiple zones of gold mineralization across a greater-than-500-metre strike length.
Highlights of the latest drill results include:
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TDD0012: 8.6 grams per tonne (g/t) gold (Au) over 0.98 metre from 171.92 metres;
- TRC0013R: 17.23 g/t Au over four metres, including 48.8 g/t Au over one metre from
19.00 metres and 13.00 g/t Au over one metre from 104 metres;
- TRC0014: 19.80 g/t Au over one metre from 114.00 metres and 10 g/t over one metre from 122.00 metres;
- TDD0054: 8.90 g/t over nine metres from 116.95 metres.
Drill program
The Ngula 1 target consists of at least two dominant subparallel east-west structures with northeast and northwest secondary crossover structures appearing to interconnect the two. Drilling has been conducted from the south and the north to optimize intersection depths in both the northern and southern east-west-trending structures. Continuing detailed structural and geological interpretation of the metavolcanic stratigraphy and the structural intersections is in progress to obtain a better understanding of the controls on the distribution of mineralization and particularly higher gold grades.
Six reverse circulation (RC) and six diamond drill holes have been drilled at minus 60 degrees to the north targeting vertical depths of 50 metres and 100 metres on the southern east-west structure and deeper intersections on the northern structure on 100-metre-spaced section lines along a 500-metre strike length.
Six diamond drill (DD) holes have been completed drilling at minus 60 degrees toward the south into the northern east-west structure targeting intersections along this structure at a vertical depth of 50 metres and deeper intersections along the southern structure. These holes have been drilled on 100-metre-spaced section lines.
As anticipated the drill program has intersected and identified multiple new gold-bearing structures which were not evident from artisanal workings. Further investigation of these new structures is currently under way, as despite containing lower sulphide content at these stratigraphic horizons they typically display similar characteristics to better-mineralized structures, which strongly suggests that they could potentially be higher-grading elsewhere along strike or downdip.
The results of all drill holes completed to date at Ngula 1 are shown in the associated table. This table includes previously announced drill hole results on March 13, 2012. No grouping or correlation of drill hole values has been presented as further interpretation and infill drilling is required. The drill hole collar positions are shown in an image on the company's website.
TEMBO PROJECT, NGULA 1 TARGET DRILL RESULTS AS OF JUNE 6, 2012
Drill From To Width Au
hole (m) (m) (m) (g/t)
TDD0004 41 66.89 25.89 3.13
including 41 53 12 1.67
including 41.9 44.5 2.6 4.46
including 59.5 66.89 7.39 8.19
including 60 66.3 6.3 9.38
and 42.51 43 0.49 15.9
60 61 1 24.2
TDD0005 112.5 113 0.5 0.8
152.86 158 5.14 8.5
including 155.32 158 2.68 15.59
including 155.32 155.7 0.38 93.3
TDD0006 27.47 28.78 1.31 1.16
160.76 162.18 1.42 2.28
including 160.76 161.69 0.93 3.09
172.5 172.8 0.3 3.89
231.82 232.11 0.29 1.4
TDD0010 71.95 72.6 0.65 0.59
116.92 117.13 0.21 0.52
121.2 121.5 0.3 0.94
189 191.5 2.5 3.72
including 189.5 191.5 2 4.48
including 190.3 191.5 1.2 6.44
257.8 258.4 0.6 1.69
291 294 3 0.58
TDD0011 5 12 7 0.76
20 21 1 0.64
23.5 24 0.5 1.84
200 200.9 0.9 0.74
TDD0012 84.19 84.58 0.39 1.45
171.92 172.9 0.98 8.6
226 226.85 0.85 1
TDD0022 100.5 101 0.5 0.52
105 106.86 1.86 0.52
including 106.42 106.86 0.44 1.28
TDD0023 258.34 258.7 0.36 0.69
TDD0049 23 25 2 2.99
28 29 1 0.57
32 34 2 0.66
TDD0051 89 90 1 2.89
94 95 1 2.57
187.71 188.61 0.9 2.7
209.27 209.95 0.68 2.98
TDD0053 44 45 1 0.77
129.65 132 2.35 0.87
266 268.03 2.03 2.86
288.53 291 2.47 0.78
297.05 300.05 3 1.19
304.3 305.3 1 0.51
309 310 1 1.41
TDD0054 73 75 2 1.23
108.61 109.34 0.73 0.89
116.95 125.95 9 8.9
including 117.93 120.13 2.2 12.9
including 119.31 120.13 0.82 18.9
including 121.92 125.95 4.03 12.56
including 122.38 123.38 1 28.8
269 270 1 1.84
TRC0004 85 86 1 0.54
91 92 1 1.43
106 107 1 0.7
TRC0005 24 25 1 0.6
76 77 1 0.59
139 140 1 0.6
214 215 1 0.66
TRC0006 5 6 1 4.42
174 179 5 0.63
190 191 1 0.92
206 209 3 3.16
260 261 1 0.79
TRC0013R 19 23 4 17.23
including 19 22 3 22.53
including 20 21 1 48.8
47 48 1 0.59
75 76 1 1.17
86 90 4 1.99
99 100 1 1.92
104 105 1 13
117 118 1 0.75
194 195 1 1.51
220 221 1 1.01
TRC0014 47 48 1 0.87
52 54 2 1.62
114 115 1 19.8
122 123 1 10
151 152 1 0.82
252 253 1 0.57
280 281 1 0.54
TRC0015 1 2 1 0.58
145 147 2 0.97
200 202 2 0.58
261 263 2 0.83
The drilling has delineated gold along a strike length of more than 500 metres with grades varying along strike and dip but displaying structural continuity. The current and future drill holes are aimed at extending the range of known mineralization and improving grade and structural correlation across drill holes, particularly targeting potentially plunging high-grade zones.
Tembo Gold president and chief executive officer David Scott stated: "The Ngula 1 target results are consistently intersecting strong structures with gold mineralization both under artisanal workings and along strike of these workings. This shows that although artisanal mining reveals areas of gold mineralization, there is mineralization along these structures and other structures that are not being exploited. This supports our strategy to explore beyond artisanal mining targeting structures using magnetic lineaments as a guide. We are very pleased with drilling to date as all holes at Ngula 1 have encountered gold mineralization across a strike of more than 500 metres."
QA/QC
(quality assurance/quality control)
A stringent QA/QC practice is being applied to all sample batches. A verified reference material standard is inserted every 20th sample, a known blank or blank standard every 20th sample and all samples with assays greater than 0.5 g/t Au are reassayed. One per cent of all samples are submitted to an alternative laboratory for check analysis. In addition the laboratory adheres to an internal QA/QC procedure including standard samples and repeats and blanks inserted independently.
The above information has been prepared under the supervision of David Scott, PrSciNat, who is designated as a qualified person with the ability and authority to verify the authenticity and validity of the data.
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