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Tembo Gold Corp (2)
Symbol TEM
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Tembo Gold to acquire Dora gold project in Tanzania

2023-08-29 12:41 ET - News Release

Mr. David Scott reports

TEMBO GOLD ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY ADJACENT TO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED IMWELO PROPERTY

Tembo Gold Corp.'s subsidiary, Tembo Gold Tanzania Ltd., has entered into a licence purchase agreement dated Aug. 28, 2023, with an arm's-length private Tanzanian citizen, pursuant to which the subsidiary will acquire the Dora gold project in Tanzania.

The Project

The Project (PL11953/2022 of 19km2) borders the Imwelo Mining License to the west, east and south. The Company announced the proposed acquisition of the Imwelo Mining License in its press release dated August 10, 2023. Exploration drilling by previous operators has identified a historical resource estimate containing indicated mineral resources of 90,800oz Au at a grade of 1.19 g/t and an inferred mineral resources of 424,310oz Au gold at a grade of 1.43 g/t, located in two zones (the "Historical Resource Estimate"). A number of targets remain to be tested. The Historical Resource Estimate is derived from a report entitled "Independent Competent Person's Report on the Imwelu Gold Project, Tanzania - Mineral Resource Report" dated March 10, 2017 (the "Report") prepared by Minxcon (Pty) Ltd of South Africa. The Historical Resource Estimate presented in the Report was carried out in accordance with the "Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves" (2012 Edition) prepared by the Joint Ore Reserves Committee of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Australian Institute of Geoscientists and Minerals Council of Australia. The Historical Resource Estimate was based on a preliminary economic assessment completed in 2014 on the Project, which utilised a cut-off grade of 0.4 g/t, for an open pit scenario. A gold price of USD$1,469/oz, and a 90% plant recovery factor were applied in the calculation of the cut-off, with a 0% dilution factor. The Report includes the following Historical Resource Estimate:

The above noted Historical Resource Estimate is the last historical mineral resource estimate on the Project and no more recent data is available to the Company.

A qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the Historical Resource Estimate as current mineral resources, and the Company is not treating the Historical Resource Estimate as current mineral resources or mineral reserves. The Company believes that the Historical Resource Estimate is relevant to an appraisal of the merits of the Project and forms a reliable basis upon which to develop future exploration programs. The Company will need to conduct further exploration, and there is no guarantee that the results obtained will reflect the historical estimate. In order to verify the Historical Resource Estimate to a current mineral resource estimate, the Company will need to retain a qualified person to verify historical drilling and assaying methods and validate historical results, add any drilling and assaying or other pertinent geological information generated since the last estimation, and complete an updated resource estimate and a new technical report. Significant data compilation, drilling, sampling and data verification may be required by a qualified person before the Historical Resource Estimate can be classified as a current resource. There can be no assurance that any of the historical mineral resources, in whole or in part, will ever become economically viable. In addition, mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. Even if classified as a current mineral resource, there is no certainty as to whether further exploration will result in any inferred mineral resources being upgraded to an indicated or measured mineral resource category.

Terms of the Acquisition

The Acquisition is an arm's length transaction for cash consideration, and is considered an Exempt Transaction under the TSX Venture Exchange policies.

Conditions to the closing of the Acquisition include:

  • satisfactory search results regarding title to the Project;
  • approval of the Mining Commission (Tanzania) to proceed with the Acquisition, if applicable;
  • other customary conditions precedent for a transaction of this nature.

The Acquisition is expected to be completed by November 30th, 2023.

"The acquisition of this prospecting license immediately adjacent to the recently announced ML Tembo is acquiring from Lake Victoria Gold, provides the Company with an additional area of prospective geology with gold mineralization, as evidenced by historical drilling and extensive artisanal mining," said David Scott, President & CEO of Tembo.

Qualified Person

David Scott, Pr. Sci. Nat., is the Qualified Person responsible for the technical content of this news release. David Scott, Pr. Sci. Nat., has prepared, supervised and approved the scientific and technical disclosure in this news release.

About Tembo

Tembo Gold is a Canadian public company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol TEM. The Company has a 100% interest in the Tembo Gold Project which has over forty thousand meters of drilling and is located adjacent to Barrick's 20Moz Bulyanhulu Mine in Tanzania's prolific Lake Victoria Goldfield. In April 2022 Tembo completed a transaction with Barrick, whereby Tembo sold six of its non-core licenses to Barrick for $6mm USD, and Barrick is committed to spending $9mm USD over the first four years. Additionally, Tembo will receive contingent payments of up-to $45mm USD on the first five million ounces discovered by Barrick.

The Company has assembled a highly experienced team with a track record of developing, financing, and operating mining projects in Africa. Joining part of the team is Taifa Group. Taifa Group (a diverse group of companies with interests in amongst others, Mining, Telecoms, Oil & Gas, Agri Business, Pharmaceuticals and Leather) has taken an equity stake in Tembo Gold and through its wholly owned subsidiary Taifa Mining (a wholly Tanzanian owned company). Taifa Mining will also carry out all the contract mining and civil works for the Imwelo project. Taifa Mining is Tanzania's largest mining contractor with over 30 years mining related experience. Taifa have been the contractor of choice to most mines in Tanzania and have maintained long and successful relationships with companies such as Petra, De Beers, Barrick and AngloGold Ashanti. In addition, we also own the largest fleet of mining equipment in Tanzania. As a company, Taifa is committed to adopting and adhering to the latest internationally recognised standards throughout all aspects of its business.

Tembo is focused on the discovery and development of world-class gold projects in Africa as well as seeking additional opportunities that can bring value to the company and shareholders.

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