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Work Programme Commencing at Lithium Project, Mali
Work Programme Commencing at Lithium Project, Mali.
About this update from Kodal Minerals Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 0143U Kodal Minerals PLC 19 October 2017 \n\n \n \nKodal Minerals Plc / Index: AIM / Epic: KOD / Sector: Mining\n19 October 2017 \nKodal Minerals plc ('Kodal Minerals' or 'the Company')\nMajor Exploration and Definition Work Programme Commencing at the Bougouni Lithium Project, Mali\n \nKodal Minerals plc is pleased to announce details of the work programme to be completed at the Company's Bougouni lithium project in Southern Mali (\"Bougouni\" or the \"Bougouni Project\") this season. This work programme is aimed at both expanding and defining the lithium pegmatite veins previously identified, and testing new anomalies, including those identified through ground geophysical survey work undertaken over the summer. \n \nHighlights\n· Multiple high priority targets will be drilled commencing with the Ngoualana and Ngoualana extension areas to be followed by Sogola Baoule and Boumou;\n· Drilling programme is planned to commence next week, with the first stage 10,000m drilling aimed at extension and definition drilling of identified high-grade mineralisation;\n· Metallurgical testwork is continuing on samples of diamond core dispatched to China and Australia;\n· Bulk Sample of 5,000t is to be mined and shipped to China for further large scale processing testwork;\n· Geophysical survey work is continuing to target areas of known pegmatite veining and tracing these into areas of cover and vegetation. \n \nBernard Aylward, CEO of Kodal Minerals, said: \"Kodal is commencing a major work programme at the Bougouni Lithium Project with the aim of both expanding the known areas of mineralisation and conducting definition drilling over previously drilled areas. Since acquiring the Project just over a year ago, Kodal has completed regional first pass exploration and drill tested six areas with very encouraging results at all locations. This next phase of work is designed to build on the results achieved to date and involves drilling, geophysics, metallurgy and bulk sampling. Importantly a number of holes are designed to test targets generated using ground geophysics. If successful this will confirm geophysics as valuable tool in locating extensions to pegmatites under cover.\n&...