Jan 9 2011
Volta Resources Inc. (TSX: VTR) announces the drill results from the next completed section from its on-going drilling program comprising more than 250 holes for approximately 50,000 meters in the Central Area at its Kiaka Gold Project in Burkina Faso.
Results have been received for all 4 holes located on Section 5350N, some 25m NE of previous released section 5325N (see News Release of 15 December 2010). These holes are aimed at infilling the main deposit defined so far in the Central Area to 25m x 50m drill spacing and to extend the drilling depth down another 100 vertical meters from its current 200m level.
The highlights from this section include:
- KDH153: 202.00m @ 0.87 g/t Au, including 14.55m @1.94 g/t Au
- KDH158: 138.05m @ 1.13 g/t Au, including 20.00m @ 1.78 g/t Au AND
- KDH158: 33.00m @ 1.07 g/t Au, including 5.00m @ 1.87 g/t Au
- KDH156: 16.00m @ 1.04 g/t Au, including 6.70m @ 1.95 g/t Au
Kevin Bullock, Volta's President & CEO said, "We continue to be impressed by the sheer size of the Kiaka deposit. At the outset of this second drill campaign our goal was to maintain our previously realized grades and widths in the current infill drilling and to demonstrate similar results in our new deeper holes. So far, we have been consistently exceeding our expectations. We look forward to incorporating these and upcoming results into our next updated resource estimate, which we anticipate will be complete sometime in the second quarter."
The four reported holes on Section 5350N have extended the mineralization, tested by the Company and Randgold during previous campaigns on this section (see News Release of 19 January 2010), to a vertical depth of over 300 meters and have increased its width in excess of 200 meters to the KMZ zone.
Analyses of the Volta samples were undertaken by fire assay on a 50g charge at ALS Chemex Laboratories in Ouagadougou. Volta's sampling and assay procedures included QA/QC elements that employed the inclusion of certified standards and blanks.