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Maiden Kanye Drill Programme, update Hope & Gorob
Maiden Kanye Drill Programme, update Hope & Gorob.
About this update from Bezant Resources Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 09 February 2023\n \n \n \n \n Bezant Resources Plc\n \n \n \n (\"Bezant\" or the \"Company\") \n \n \n \n Maiden Drill Programme Results on Kanye Mn Project\n \n \n \n \n & Hope and Gorob Update\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bezant (AIM: BZT) is pleased to provide information on the maiden drill programme at its' 100% owned Kanye manganese exploration project in Botswana and an update on the Hope and Gorob project in Namibia. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Highlights:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n ·\n Maiden Kanye drilling programme - 11 mainly shallow, angled RC holes totalling 682m at Moshaneng prospect as well as one short diamond drill hole at Loltware prospect.\n \n \n \n \n \n ·\n Moshaneng drilling intersected a zone of flat-lying detrital, supergene manganese-iron mineralisation which appears to infill an irregular karst surface over a minimum strike length of 400m. \n \n \n \n \n \n ·\n Among assay intervals encountered were:\n \n \n o \n 6m @ 28.64% MnO from 6m depth in hole MS-RC-12\n \n \n o \n Including 4m @ 35.38% MnO from 8m depth\n \n \n o \n 3m @ 21.85% MnO from 4m depth in hole MS-RC-06\n \n \n o \n 3m @ 21.20% MnO from 2m depth in hole MS-RC-07\n \n \n \n \n \n ·\n Potential for at least another 100m of strike extension to the southeast of holes MS-RC-07 and MS-RC-012 would extend the total strike length to a minimum of 500m\n \n \n \n \n \n ·\n Less than 25% of the more than 2km potential extent of the target defined by soil geochemistry has been drill tested\n \n \n \n \n \n ·\n Grades compare favourably with reported grades on neighbouring more advanced manganese projects and therefore the Kanye project warrants detailed evaluation and drilling with a view to establishing the mineral resource potential \n \n \n \n \n \n ·\n Drilling at Loltware encountered encouraging manganese enhancement in core, warranting further investigation.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Colin Bird, Executive Chairman of Bezant, commented\n \n :\n \n \n \n \"\n \n \n We are very pleased with these Kanye drill results particularly as we have several other targets still to pursue. In the meantime, we will submit samples from the recent drilling fo...