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Cu-Au Assays from Buffalo Project, Zambia
Cu-Au Assays from Buffalo Project, Zambia.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 3208I Bezant Resources PLC 08 August 2019 \n\n8 August 2019\nBezant Resources Plc\n(\"Bezant\" or the \"Company\")\nCu-Au Assays from Buffalo Project, Zambia\nHighlights\n· Assay results from second round of composite rock chip sampling return high grade copper values with supporting silver from surface bedrock exposure\n· In situ sample results from the existing 12-15m wide pit face (BFR 2 and 3) range from 2.21% - 4.07% Cu\n· Sidewall mineralisation results (BFR 5 and 6) grading at 0.64% - 2.03% Cu significantly extend the potential width of the target zone\n· New outcrop discovery identifies extension of the copper zone 350m to the southwest \n· Further mapping and trenching work scheduled to define potential near surface drilling targets \nBezant (AIM: BZT), the copper-gold exploration and development company, is pleased to announce assay results returned from the Buffalo Project in Zambia showing the presence of high grade copper at surface. \nThe selected significant assay results below are from a total of 8 composite rock chip samples taken by the Company's geological survey team as part of its ongoing exploration work on the Buffalo project, a 398 hectare copper/gold asset situated in the Central Zambian iron oxide copper-gold (\"IOCG\") belt, over which the Company holds a conditional option to acquire a 50 per cent. interest (the \"Buffalo Project\").\n\n\n\nBuffalo Project's Second Round Composite Rock Chip Samples - Selected Assay Results\n\n\n\n\nRock ID\n\n\nDescription\n\n\nAssay values\n\n\n\n\nCu%\n\n\nAg ppm\n\n\nFe%\n\n\nAu ppm\n\n\n\n\nBFR 2\n\n\nRed hematite breccia with malachite from pit face (LHS)\n\n\n2.21\n\n\n6.47\n\n\n6.27\n\n\n<0.01\n\n\n\n\nBFR 3\n\n\nRed hematite breccia with malachite from pit face (RHS)\n\n\n4.07\n\n\n4.70\n\n\n8.23\n\n\n<0.01\n\n\n\n\nBFR 4\n\n\nVuggy red mudstone with malachite in sidewall of ore zone (RHS) \n\n\n1.16\n\n\n4.47\n\n\n4.94\n\n\n<0.01\n\n\n\n\nBFR 5\n\n\nBanded grey siltstone with hematite & malachite in sidewall of ore zone (LHS)\n\n\n0.64\n\n\n8.96\n\n\n1.37\n\n\n0.02\n\n\n\n\nBFR 6\n\n\nPale grey silicified mudstone breccia with disseminated malachite in matrix on LHS sidewall of pit\n\n\n2.03\n\n\n10.10\n\n\n1.88\n\n\n0.02\n\n\n\n\nBFR 8\n\n\nSilic...