Robex Resources Inc. (TSXV: RBX) (“
Robex” or the
“
Company”) is pleased to announce a Mineral
Resource Estimate update prepared by Micon International Co Limited
(“
Micon”) for the Mansounia Central and Mansounia
South deposits (collectively, the “
Mansounia
Deposit”) in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 –
Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“
NI
43-101”), (the “
Mansounia 2024 MRE
Update”).
Highlights of the Mansounia 2024 MRE
Update include:
-
The total contained gold for the Mansounia Indicated Mineral
Resources is reported as 303koz following the conversion of 35% of
Inferred Mineral Resources to Indicated Mineral Resources compared
to the previously announced Mansounia 2023 MRE update1; and
-
The Mansounia 2024 MRE update increases the total in-situ contained
gold of the Kiniero Gold Project Indicated Mineral Resources by 23%
compared to the previous 2023 Kiniero Gold Project Feasibility
Study MRE.
Aurelien Bonneviot, Chief Executive Officer
commented: “I am very encouraged by the results of the Mansounia
infill drilling program. They have confirmed the geological
potential of the 5km mineralisation trend from Sabali North to
Mansounia South and our ability to convert Inferred Mineral
Resources to Indicated Mineral Resources.”
Mansounia Deposit Indicated Mineral
Resources reinforce prospectivity of the Kiniero
Project
Following completion of the first phase of
infill drilling at the Mansounia Deposit, Robex reports a
significant conversion of Inferred Mineral Resources to Indicated
Mineral Resources, resulting in an increase of the in-situ Kiniero
Gold Project Indicated Mineral Resources. The results are shown in
the tables below. The high conversion rate supports the geological
interpretation and mineralisation model for the Mansounia
Deposit.
The Mansounia 2024 MRE Update prepared by Micon
includes the Mansounia Central and Mansounia South deposits, and
has been prepared based on a 126 Reverse Circulation
(“RC”) infill drilling program on a 30m-by-30m
grid totaling 11,029 meters. A single block kriging drill hole
spacing study was used to inform the infill drill grid spacing and
Mineral Resource classification.
Table 1: Mineral Resources of the
Mansounia Deposit, effective May
16th, 2024
Pit |
Mineral
ResourceClassification |
Tonnage(Mt) |
Grade(g/t Au) |
Contained Gold(koz) |
Mansounia |
Indicated |
9.4 |
1.00 |
303 |
Inferred |
19.4 |
0.94 |
589 |
Notes:
- The Mineral Resource Estimate has
been prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 and has an effective
date of May 16th, 2024.
- To demonstrate Reasonable Prospects
for Eventual Economic Extraction (RPEEE), open pit Mineral
Resources were constrained by an optimised pit shell. All blocks
above the cut-off and within the pit shell were included in the
Mineral Resources. Micon created the optimised pit shell.
- Cut-off grades for Mineral Resource
reporting were calculated using a gold price of US$ 1,950 oz and
are: laterite 0.5 g/t Au; saprolite (oxide) 0.3 g/t Au; saprock
(transition) 0.7 g/t Au; and fresh 0.9 g/t Au.
- Mineral Resources are not Mineral
Reserves and have not demonstrated economic viability. There is no
certainty that all or any part of the estimated Mineral Resources
will be converted into Mineral Reserves.
- Average density values used are:
laterite 2.12 t/m3; saprolite (oxide) 1.66 t/m3; saprock
(transition) 2.46 t/m3; and fresh 2.66 t/m3.
- Grade interpolation by ordinary
kriging using a rotated block model (azimuth 40°) with a block size
of 12 m (X) by 12 m (Y) by 5 m (Z). Outlier management used grade
capping for extreme outliers and a restricted search neighbourhood
for outliers on a domain-by-domain basis.
- Mineral Resources in volumes with a
drill grid spacing of 30 m by 30 m were classified as Indicated
Mineral Resources based on the results of a single block kriging
drill hole spacing study updated as part of the Mansounia 2024 MRE
Update. All other volumes were classified as Inferred Mineral
Resources. To limit extrapolation, a wireframe was used to
constrain the interpolated blocks to approximately 10 m below the
base of the drilling and 40 m lateral to the drilling.
- Totals presented in this table
reported from the Mineral Resource models, are subject to rounding,
and may not total exactly.
- The Mansounia license is currently
in the process of conversion from exploration to exploitation.
Table 2: Comparison of the Mansounia 2023
MRE and 2024 MRE Updates
Pit |
Mineral Resource Classification |
2023 MRE1
Update |
2024 MRE Update |
Tonnage (Mt) |
Grade (g/t Au) |
Contained Gold (koz) |
Tonnage (Mt) |
Grade(g/t Au) |
Contained Gold (koz) |
Mansounia |
Indicated |
- |
- |
- |
9.4 |
1.00 |
303 |
Inferred |
28 |
0.96 |
879 |
19.4 |
0.94 |
589 |
Notes:
- Micon completed the 2023 MRE update
for Mansounia in December 2023. Reported Inferred Mineral Resources
differ from December 22nd press release due to updated cut-off
grade values being used.
Figure 1. Plan view map of
Mansounia shows the completed drilling and modelled grade shell
wireframes.
Figure 2. Plan view map of
Mansounia showing the completed drilling with assay results for the
2024 infill RC drilling, and the block model coloured by Mineral
Resource classification constrained to Mineral Resources within the
US$ 1,950 RPEEE pit shell and above cut-off (laterite 0.5 g/t Au;
saprolite 0.3 g/t Au; saprock 0.7 g/t Au; and fresh 0.9 g/t
Au).
Figure 3. Plan view map of
Mansounia showing the block model constrained to Mineral Resources
within the US$ 1,950 RPEEE pit shell and above cut-off (laterite
0.5 g/t Au; saprolite 0.3 g/t Au; saprock 0.7 g/t Au; and fresh 0.9
g/t Au).
Figure 4. Cross-sections A-B
show the (top) modelled grade shell wireframes that remain open at
depth; (middle) interpolated block Au grades, to limit
extrapolation a volume was used to constrain the interpolated
blocks to approximately 10 m below the base of the drilling and 40
m lateral to drilling; (bottom) interpolated block Au grades
constrained to Mineral Resources within the US$ 1,950 pit shell and
above cut-off (laterite 0.5 g/t Au; saprolite 0.3 g/t Au;
saprock 0.7 g/t Au; and fresh 0.9 g/t Au). Drill collars coloured
black are from the 2024 RC infill drill program.
Figure 5. Cross-sections A-B
show the (top) resource classification within the US$ 1,950 pit
shell; and (bottom) the Mineral Resource classification constrained
to Mineral Resources within the US$ 1,950 pit shell and above
cut-off (laterite 0.5 g/t Au; saprolite 0.3 g/t Au; saprock 0.7 g/t
Au; and fresh 0.9 g/t Au). Drill collars coloured black are from
the 2024 RC infill drill program.
Scientific and Technical
Information
The information in this announcement which
relates to the updated Mineral Resource Estimate is based upon
information prepared by or under the supervision of Dr. Ryan
Langdon, PhD, MCSM, MEarthSci, CGeol, FGS, who is a Qualified
Person as defined by NI 43-101 and a professional registered with
the Geological Society of London, and does not or did not have at
the relevant time an affiliation with the Company or its
subsidiaries, except that of independent consultant/client
relationship. Dr. Ryan Langdon is a Senior Mineral Resource
Geologist with Micon International Co Limited and has over 12
continuous years of exploration and mining experience in various
mineral deposit styles. Dr. Ryan Langdon has reviewed and approved
the technical information in this news release. Dr. Langdon has
also approved information relating to exploration, drilling and
sampling.
In this news release, the terms "mineral
resource", "inferred mineral resource", "indicated mineral
resource", "mineral reserve", "preliminary economic assessment",
"pre-feasibility study" and "feasibility study" have the meanings
ascribed to those terms in the Definition Standards on Mineral
Resources and Mineral Reserves adopted by the Canadian Institute of
Mining Metallurgy and Petroleum (“CIM Definition
Standards”) and incorporated into NI 43-101.
About Robex Resources Inc.
Robex is a multi-jurisdictional West African
gold production and development company with near-term exploration
potential.
The Company is dedicated to safe, diverse and
responsible operations in the countries in which it operates with a
goal to foster sustainable growth.
Robex has been operating the Nampala Mine in
Mali since 2017 and is advancing the long-life low-AISC Kiniero
Project in Guinea, which demonstrates a c. 10-year mine life with
c. 1Moz of Mineral Reserves.
Robex is supported by two strategic shareholders
and has the ambition to become a mid-tier gold producer in West
Africa.
For more information
ROBEX RESOURCES INC
Aurélien Bonneviot, Chief Executive OfficerStanislas Prunier,
Investor Relations & Corporate Development
+1 581 741-7421
Email: investor@robexgold.comwww.robexgold.com
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to enter into definitive documentation in respect of the USD115
million project finance facility for the Kiniero Gold Project
(including a USD15 million cost overrun facility, the
“Facilities”), including the Company’s ability to
restructure the Taurus USD35 million bridge loan and adjust
the mandate to accommodate for the revised timeline of the enlarged
project; timing of entering into definitive documentation for the
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relating to the Kiniero Gold Project as set out in the feasibility
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planned exploration and development programs; the absence of
adverse conditions at the Kiniero Gold Project; the absence of
unforeseen operational delays; the absence of material delays in
obtaining necessary permits; the price of gold remaining at levels
that render the Kiniero Gold Project profitable; the Company’s
ability to continue raising necessary capital to finance its
operations; the Company’s ability to restructure the Taurus
USD35 million bridge loan and adjust the mandate to
accommodate for the revised timeline of the enlarged project; the
Company’s ability to enter into definitive documentation for the
Facilities on acceptable terms or at all, and to satisfy the
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satisfaction of remaining customary due diligence and other
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Company’s inability to assert its rights and the possibility of
civil unrest and civil disobedience; fluctuations in the price of
gold; limitations as to the Company’s estimates of mineral reserves
and mineral resources; the speculative nature of mineral
exploration and development; the replacement of the Company’s
depleted mineral reserves; the Company’s limited number of
projects; the risk that the Kiniero Gold Project will never reach
the production stage (including due to a lack of financing); the
Company’s capital requirements and access to funding; changes in
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