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TORONTO, Dec. 3 /CNW Telbec/ - African Aura Resources Ltd. ("African Aura" or the "Company", TSX-V: AAZ), an exploration company with iron ore, gold and uranium exploration activities in sub-Saharan Africa, announces that its Phase 1 5,000m drilling programme at the Kambele gold prospect, located in the Company's 100% owned 1,000km2 Batouri licence in eastern Cameroon, has defined a potentially significant mineralised zone which requires follow-up drill testing.
- 3.77g/t Au over 9.0m, and 2.79g/t Au over 9.0m at Kambele III
- 30 holes planned on Kambele III to define initial resource estimate
Kambele Gold Prospect
Assay results received from four drill holes at the Kambele gold prospect have intersected a zone of potentially consistent gold mineralisation in the Kambele III area. KBDD0019b was drilled to a depth of 103.50m and intersected 3.77 g/t gold over 9m. Hole 19b was drilled from the same location as drillholes 19 and 19A which were reported on November 11 2008 http://www.african-aura.com/s/NewsReleases.asp and included grades of up to 65.90 g/t Au over 2.67m. Drillhole KBDD0023 was drilled to a depth of 94.45m and intersected 2.79 g/t Au over 9.00m (Table 1).
This and other drill data from the Kambele III area has been interpreted by the Company's geologists as a shallow dipping, gold mineralised, granite hosted, altered and brecciated zone with associated quartz veining. The zone runs parallel to the main 3.5km long, northeast trending axis of artisanal workings and the primary soil and geophysical anomalies. The surface expression of mineralisation in the Kambele III area is approximately 1,400m long by 800m wide as defined by extensive artisanal hard rock gold workings, a gold in soil contour above 250ppb Au and a potassic alteration envelope as indicated by a geophysical survey which was completed in 2007. The spread of artisinal workings across the dip of the feature and the interpretation of the drill holes completed to date indicate that the mineralised zone dips to the north west and continues at depth. The down dip extension will require further drill testing.
The Company has now assigned both of its in-house owned and operated diamond drill rigs to better define the potential of the Kambele III area prior to drill testing the remainder of the 3.5km long Kambele prospect. An initial programme of at least 30 drill holes across 5 fences is now planned with the objective of systematically testing the immediate Kambele III zone. Subject to positive results, the data will be incorporated into an initial resource estimate.
Table 1. Assay results from drilling at Kambele South:
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Apparent
width Gold
Prospect Hole ID From (m) To (m) (m) (g/t Au)
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Kambele KBDD0019b 37.50 40.50 3.00 2.33
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And 57.00 66.00 9.00 3.77
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And 70.00 71.00 1.00 1.98
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And 91.00 92.00 1.00 12.00
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KBDD0021A 16.50 19.50 3.00 1.02
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KBDD0022 12.10 13.60 1.50 1.55
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And 24.55 26.95 2.40 4.94
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And 43.00 53.00 10.00 1.79
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KBDD0023 7.60 16.60 9.00 2.79
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Intersections are based on a 0.5 g/t cut-off grade with no top cut
applied.
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John Gray, Chief Executive Officer, commented:
"The latest assay results from drilling at Kambele III are very encouraging as they suggest the presence of a consistent shallow dipping zone of gold mineralisation along a potentially significant strike. The drilling programme to date has confirmed that the Kambele prospect hosts a significant gold system, with high grade stockwork veins in combination with consistent gold mineralisation across broader zones. The Kambele III portion of the Kambele Gold Prospect is now the immediate focus of the current drilling programme, with the objective of defining an initial resource estimate. It is important to note that the Kambele III area represents just one portion of the Kambele Gold Prospect, which extends for at least 3.5km along strike and with a potential width of over 400m. I look forward to updating shareholders with further drilling results from Kambele III in due course."
Oversight
The exploration results and further planned work in Cameroon have been reviewed and approved by Mark Biddulph. He holds a BSc Hons in Geology, and GIS from Rhodes University, and a GDE in Mining Engineering (Mineral Economics) from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. Mark is a Professional Natural Scientist under the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) and a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101.
Quality Control and Sample Preparation
African Aura has a rigorous Quality Control Program (QCP) inserting a minimum 5% standards, blanks and duplicates into the sample stream. The Company employs independently owned and managed OMAC Laboratories for all its assay requirements, including the preparation of pulps to 90% -100micron at their in-country preparation facilities in Cameroon and Liberia, followed by 50gram fire assay (with lower detection limit of 2ppb Au) at their main laboratory in Loughrea, Ireland. OMAC is accredited to ISO 17025 by INAB (Irish National Accreditation Board) which is a member of ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation), and is a signatory to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement. OMAC operates an internal QA/QC check assay programme using in-house standards, reagent blanks and duplicates.
About African Aura
African Aura (TSX-V: AAZ) has a 'first-mover' exploration strategy, focused on the discovery of economic gold, iron and uranium deposits in sub-Saharan Africa. The Company commenced exploration in 2004 and has established a portfolio of exploration licences totalling approximately 9,800km2, targeting areas of active artisanal gold mining within Archaean greenstone and Proterozoic volcano-sedimentary belts. The portfolio includes the Batouri gold project in eastern Cameroon, the Fula Camp gold project in western Liberia, and a pipeline of significant prospects for drill testing as well as numerous other gold, uranium and iron ore targets that require follow up exploration. For more information on African Aura we invite you to visit the Company's website at www.african-aura.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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