Ashanti Gold Corp. announced first results for Gourbassi West from the recently completed 105 hole Reverse Circulation (RC) and Diamond Drill (DD), 12,283 metre drill program that tested mineralization on the Kossanto East Project in western Mali. Results presented here fill-in gaps in previous drilling and test new step-out areas at Gourbassi West. The results support and expand on previously interpreted mineralized zones dipping moderately to the west. In addition, drilling has revealed that the silicified breccia host rock is part of a "damage zone" associated with a thrust fault system. Gourbassi West is the second of two principal areas of mineralization being investigated by the company at Kossanto East. The target consists of gold mineralization associated with silicified, brecciated felsic volcanic rocks along a northwest trending structural zone for over 1200m of strike length. 2018 diamond drilling revealed that the silicified brecciated volcanic rocks that host most of the gold mineralization are associated with shallow to moderately west dipping thrust faults. Sedimentary rocks that are younger than the host volcanic rocks and occur to the east of mineralization (Figure 2) are in fault contact with, and are overlain by older volcanic rocks. This is a classic 'older over younger' thrust fault structural relation. Repetition of this pattern reveals that mineralization is associated with cross-cutting and stacked thrust surfaces. The Kossanto East Project is a 66.41 km2 concession in the prolific Kedougou - Kenieba Inlier, the northwestern most exposure of Birimian rocks in West Africa and host to the Loulo and Sadiola group of world class gold deposits. The Property hosts two principal historically drill-tested targets, Gourbassi East and Gourbassi West and several surface anomalies identified in historic surface samples and Rotary Airblast (RAB) drill holes. Geochemical anomalies identified by previous explorers led to drill testing and successful intersection of gold mineralization. The results reported here are from Gourbassi West.