BWAP BWA Group plc

 
TIDMBWAP 
 
16 October 2023 
 
BWA Group PLC 
 
("BWA", or the "Company") (AQSE: BWAP) 
 
Reconnaissance Site Visit to Dehane and Nkoteng Heavy Mineral Sands Projects, 
Cameroon 
 
BWA Group plc [AQSE: BWAP], which has mineral exploration licences in both 
Cameroon and Canada and is quoted on London's AQSE Growth Market, provides an 
update on its Dehane and Nkoteng rutile sands licences including the recently 
granted Dehane 2 and Nkoteng 2 rutile sands Licences, located in Western and 
Central Cameroon ("Dehane 2", "Nkoteng 2" or the "Project"). 
 
Dehane 2 is located 166 km to the southwest of Yaoundé, and 70 km from the deep 
seaport and industrial zone of Kribi. 
 
The Dehane 2 licence covers an area of 54 km2 and includes an additional 14 km 
of strike length of the Nyong river system, an area known to be prospective for 
Ilmenite, Rutile, Zircon and Kyanite heavy mineral sand mineralisation. 
Moreover, the licence covers some 20 km of the mouth of the Nyong river and 
estuarine environment as it empties into the Gulf of Guinea. 
 
Nkoteng 2 is located 60 km to the northeast of Yaoundé. 
 
The Nkoteng 2 licence covers an area of 494 km2 and includes an additional 50 km 
of strike length of the Senaga river system, an area known to be prospective for 
Ilmenite, Rutile, Zircon and Kyanite heavy mineral sand mineralisation. 
 
A version of this announcement including maps and photographs can be viewed on 
the Company's website,http://www.bwagroupplc.com/bwa-announcements.html 
 
Summary 
 
A five-day reconnaissance prospecting site visit was conducted to the Dehane and 
Nkoteng licence groups, incorporating new licences Dehane 2 and Nkoteng 2, 
between the 18 and 22 of July 2023 for the purpose of target verification in 
advance of the next phase of systematic reconnaissance and potential resource 
auger drill programmes, planned for commencement Q4 2023. 
 
During the 5-day visit, 34 shallow auger and surface samples were taken (Table 
1). The table presents the sample details. The sample analysis is currently 
pending. The samples are being sent to Mozambique for separation testwork and 
HMS and XRD analysis. 
 
The field party observed coarse and medium-grained ilmenite, rutile and kyanite 
in numerous thin continuous horizons, stacked upon each other throughout the 
riverbanks, floodplains and beach sands. 
 
The amount of heavy sand mineralisation along the riverbeds and towards the 
mouth of the Nyong river was very noticeable and provides encouraging evidence 
for the potential economic accumulations of heavy mineral sands within this 
marine/estuarine environment and certainly justifies further follow-up 
exploration. 
 
A river mouth can lead to a change in flow conditions that can cause the fluvial 
system to deposit any supplementary sediment including heavy mineral sand (HMS) 
it is carrying, where potentially economic accumulations of HMS are found within 
the lowest energy zone on the beach, the swash zone. 
 
Table 1 
 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|Hole ID |From|To          |Licence|East  |North |Weight| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_001|0   |1           |NK1    |821071|495543|9.425 | 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_001|1   |2           |NK1    |      |      |11.81 | 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_001|2   |3           |NK1    |      |      |13.273| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_002|0   |1           |NK1    |820826|495238|11.653| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_002|1   |2           |NK1    |      |      |14.95 | 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_002|2   |3           |NK1    |      |      |11.11 | 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_003|0   |1           |NK2    |750634|485112|11.591| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_003|1   |1.60        |NK2    |      |      |8.139 | 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_004|0   |1           |NK2    |750074|483807|8.869 | 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_004|1   |2           |NK2    |      |      |12.721| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_004|2   |2.15        |NK2    |      |      |4.206 | 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_005|0   |1           |DH1    |618266|381652|9.909 | 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_005|1   |2           |DH1    |      |      |11.226| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_005|2   |3           |DH1    |      |      |10.099| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_005|3   |3.44        |DH1    |      |      |5.613 | 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_006|Sand from Nyong  |DH1    |619945|386355|4.735 | 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_007|0   |1           |DH1    |608060|342547|11.167| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_007|1   |2           |DH1    |      |      |9.59  | 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_007|2   |3           |DH1    |      |      |10.574| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_007|3   |4           |DH1    |      |      |11.631| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_008|0   |1           |DH2    |607985|342726|12.135| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_008|1   |2           |DH2    |      |      |8.395 | 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_008|2   |3           |DH2    |      |      |7.113 | 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_009|0   |0.65        |DH2    |607969|342752|16.508| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_010|0   |1           |DH2    |607940|342829|10.344| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_010|1   |2           |DH2    |      |      |12.736| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_011|0   |1           |NK1    |823659|498022|10.876| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_011|1   |2           |NK1    |      |      |16.306| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_011|2   |2.50        |NK1    |      |      |4.082 | 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_012|0   |1           |NK1    |810055|489880|8.936 | 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_012|1   |2           |NK1    |      |      |10.544| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_012|2   |3           |NK1    |      |      |11.36 | 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_012|3   |4           |NK1    |      |      |10.939| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|BWDD_013|Dehane Beach Sand|DH1    |      |      |3.198 | 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
|        |Total Weight     |       |      |      |345.76| 
+--------+----+------------+-------+------+------+------+ 
 
Geology and Geological Interpretation 
 
The Dehane licences are located on the Western Cameroon Domain, which extends 
along the border between Nigeria and Cameroon. This domain consists of a series 
of medium-grade to high grade schists and gneisses of volcanic and volcano 
-sedimentary origin, intruded by later-stage granitoid complexes, the basement 
rocks are source of heavy minerals. 
 
The Nyong river is the main river which runs through the licence areas.  The BWA 
licences allows access to approximately 60 km of the prospective Nyong river 
floodplain system, deltas, and associated tributaries. 
 
The licences encompass a large active river system and an even larger paleo 
-floodplain area, and marine coastline observed in satellite imagery, although 
this has yet to be fully ground-truthed through fieldwork. This paleo-floodplain 
is likely to be a significant target for exploration and covers the length of 
the river with an initial expected width of over 2 km in the north and 
increasing in the south. Other rivers of various importance are found there: 
Owoumbé, Nkoudou, Bidinga, Mbebe, Mboke, and Ongué. 
 
The Dehane area has been known for some historic small scale artisanal 
historical rutile mining. However, the extent of its exploitation has not 
translated to concentrated modern exploration. 
 
The prospective Sanaga river is the main river which runs through the BWA 
Nkoteng licences area and accommodates approximately 100 km of the river 
floodplain system and associated tributaries, and an even larger paleo 
-floodplain area, as observed in satellite imagery. The geological sequence 
generally consists of a cover of clays, overlying the target deposit layer 
consisting of sands and gravels, generally laying directly on the bedrock. 
 
Nkoteng is located within the Yaoundé Domain of the Pan African Belt, a large 
nappe unit that has been thrusted southward onto the Congo Craton and is 
characterised by low-grade to high-grade garnet bearing metamorphosed schists, 
gneiss and orthogneisses. 
 
James Butterfield, interim Non-executive Chairman of BWA, commented: 
 
"We are pleased to have conducted a further reconnaissance and verification site 
visit to the Dehane 2 and Nkoteng licences and are extremely encouraged by the 
evidence of heavy mineral sands that have been observed on the prospective 
beaches and riverbank settings in and around the licence. BWA look forward to 
defining a more comprehensive study plan and exploring the licence in a more 
systematic and thorough manner in the near future." 
 
Competent Person's Statement 
 
The information in this report which relates to the BWA Dehane Project is based 
upon and fairly represents information collected and compiled by Mr Emmanuel 
Simo, MSc., Senior Geologist and Chief Geologist for BWA, who is a Member of the 

Australian Institute of Geoscientists. 
 
The results were reviewed by Mr J.N. Hogg, MSc. MAIG, Principal Geologist for 
Addison Mining Services (AMS) and Non-executive Director of BWA Resources (UK) 
Limited. 
 
Mr Simo and Mr Hogg have sufficient experience relevant to the style of 
mineralisation, the type of deposit under consideration and to the activity 
undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the JORC Code 2012 
edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral 
Resources and Ore Reserves. 
 
Mr Hogg has reviewed and verified the technical information that forms the basis 
of and has been used in the preparation of this announcement, including all 
sampling and analytical data, and analytical techniques. Mr Hogg consents to the 
inclusion in this announcement of the matters based on the information, in the 
form and context in which it appears. 
 
Forward Looking Statement 
 
This announcement contains forward-looking statements which involve a number of 
risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are expressed in good 
faith and believed to have a reasonable basis. These statements reflect current 
expectations, intentions or strategies regarding the future and assumptions 
based on currently available information. Should one or more of the risks or 
uncertainties materialise, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, 
actual results may vary from the expectations, intentions and strategies 
described in this announcement. 
 
No obligation is assumed to update forward looking statements if these beliefs, 
opinions and estimates should change or to reflect other future developments. 
 
Two samples were taken outside of the licence and despite being an upstream 
extension or similar geological / depositional setting, the samples by no means 
indicate that the material in the licence is of economic quality and neither BWA 
nor the Competent Persons draw any conclusions from these samples. The samples 
were taken in good faith to act as a guide to potential mineralisation in the 
general area. 
 
For further information on the Company, please visit 
http://www.bwagroupplc.com/index.html or contact: 
 
BWA Group PLC              +44 (0) 7770 225 253 
 
James Butterfield          enquiries@bwagroupplc.com 
 
Chairman 
Allenby Capital Limited    +44 (0)20 3328 5656 
 
Corporate Adviser 
 
Nick Harris/Lauren Wright 
 
 
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