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Stellar AfricaGold: Pilot Plant Arrives in Guinea En-Route to Balandougou B3 Site
Montreal, Quebec / TheNewswire / August 15, 2017 - John Cumming, President and Chief Executive Officer of Stellar AfricaGold Inc., (TSX-V: SPX) ("Stellar" or th
About this update from Stellar Africagold, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"Montreal, Quebec / TheNewswire / August 15, 2017 - John Cumming, President and Chief Executive Officer of Stellar AfricaGold Inc., (TSX-V: SPX) (\"Stellar\" or the \"Company\") announces: BALANDOUGOU GOLD PROJECT BULK SAMPLE UPDATE The Company is pleased to report that the 150 tonnes per day gravity pilot plant has arrived in Guinea. The three 40 foot containers were cleared by Customs and a convoy of trucks is now en route to the B3 site of the Balandougou gold project. The Company further announces that the site preparations are on schedule and ready for the installation of the plant. During June and July 2017, the Company stockpiled 15,000 tonnes of mill feed for the gravity plant. The sample consists of 800 truckloads of oxide material from 3 different areas along the B3 gold-bearing structure. The mining cost of the stockpiled sample was less than US$ 4.00 per tonne. In preparation for the sample extraction, the Company excavated three new trenches, designated TE2, TF2 and TG2. The three trenches were channel sampled at a depth of three metres. Each sample is a two-metre composite sample taken across the mineralized high quartz content sections. A total of 66 samples were taken and sent to ALS Laboratory in Bamako for Fire Assay, Atomic Absorption Finish on 50g aliquot. The results of these samples are expected in the coming weeks and will be released as soon as processed and reviewed. ABOUT THE B3 GOLD STRUCTURE Stellar discovered the Balandougou B3 shear zone in 2010 during a regional and detailed soil geochemistry survey exploration program, and a strong NW-SE trending gold anomaly approximately 1,150 metres long by 350 metres wide was outlined. The geochemical anomaly was subsequently investigated with 76 Reverse Circulation drill holes totalling 5050 metres at a 50m grid interval along an 800 metres strike length, and then by 16 diamond drill holes totalling 2,350 metres. Using an excavator, five trenches at 100 metre intervals were excavated to a depth of more than 3 metres across the B3 zone, and an extensive structural analysis was undertaken by AECOM, an independent consultant, to better understand the controls of the gold mineralization. ABOUT THE BULK SAMPLE PROGRAM In 2016 as part of preparatory work for a feasibility study Stellar engaged the Metallurgy and Mineralogy Division of SGS South Africa to perform a f...