Awale Resources reported assay results from the first six holes of its high-grade underground drilling program at the BBM gold-copper discovery within the Odienne Project in Cote d'Ivoire. This drilling forms part of an 11-hole, 7,000-metre step-down program designed to test the down-plunge extension of BBM's high-grade core and evaluate its underground potential down to an initial 600m vertical depth. To date, drilling has demonstrated the open-pit potential at BBM, which now covers a 1.2 km zone.
This new drilling looks to expand the underground potential of this target. Intensive surface geochemistry programs are advancing at Seydou and Sama, while a 3,000-metre air-core program at the Fremen target (Sienso) is nearing completion. Positive results are expected to support follow-up percussion and diamond drilling across the broader Odienne land package with the purpose of making new discoveries.
