African Gold Limited (ASX: A1G), a mineral exploration company focused on acquiring, evaluating, and developing resource projects across Africa, has revealed promising early results from its maiden phase drilling at the Didievi project in Côte d’Ivoire. The results from the Poku Trend—situated three kilometres from the Blaffo Guetto deposit—suggest the presence of a multi-million-ounce gold system, reinforcing the company’s optimism about its flagship asset and laying the foundation for significant resource expansion.
The recent drilling at the Poku Trend, part of a nine-kilometre-long soil anomaly, has delivered promising evidence of sizeable gold mineralisation. Six drill holes have returned encouraging assays. One hole intersected 110 metres at 0.5g/t Au from 38 metres, which included several intervals exceeding 10 metres at 0.7g/t Au. Additional drilling at another target, Pranoi, located 11 kilometres north of the Blaffo Guetto deposit, produced strong high-grade intervals, such as 3 metres at 7.9g/t Au and 6 metres at 3.5g/t Au, from respective depths of 66m and 154m.
These initial results indicate that the gold grade and mineralisation width appear to increase towards the southern part of the Poku Trend, suggesting that the deposit may extend significantly down-plunge and along strike. The maiden ore reserve for the Didievi tenement currently stands at 450,000 ounces at 2.9g/t Au, based on a previous resource estimate of 19.6 million tonnes at 0.39% tin equivalent. African Gold now aims to update the Blaffo Guetto deposit with a target resource exceeding one million ounces at a grade of more than 2g/t Au in the second half of 2025.
These results are a major milestone for African Gold, highlighting the potential to unlock a vast, high-grade gold system in a region that has hitherto received only limited exploration. The initial success from the Poku Trend is particularly significant given that it represents only about 1% of the overall strike length targeted for the Didievi project. With such a small fraction of the prospective area explored, the upside for additional discoveries is substantial.
The company has already laid out plans to undertake more than 2,000 metres of regional drilling by May. These planned activities will focus not only on Poku but also on extensional targets such as the high-grade Kouassi and Pranoi prospects, which have shown visible gold mineralisation in previous drilling. This systematic approach aims to expand the known mineralisation and potentially add new resources to the company’s portfolio.
Following the release of these encouraging drilling results, African Gold’s shares climbed by 4.55% to 9.2 cents, reflecting positive investor sentiment. Market participants are now keenly watching for the upcoming assay results from additional drill holes, which could further delineate the extent of the high-grade gold system.
The firm’s integrated exploration strategy, coupled with its robust initial findings, is expected to enhance the overall value of the Didievi project, positioning African Gold as a leading gold explorer in Côte d’Ivoire. With significant potential for further resource expansion along a largely unexplored strike length, the project could drive substantial future growth and attract additional investment.
The early results from African Gold’s maiden drilling programme at the Didievi project are highly promising, indicating the potential for a multi-million-ounce gold system in Côte d’Ivoire. With robust assay data from the Poku Trend and additional high-grade intervals at the Pranoi target, the project stands as a cornerstone for the company’s strategy. As further drilling is scheduled and more assays become available, the Didievi project is poised to unlock significant value. This development reinforces African Gold’s position as an emerging leader in the African mineral exploration space, with substantial upside potential and long-term growth prospects that are already catching the attention of investors.
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