Shanta Gold announced a resource update for the West Kenya Project ("West Kenya") West K in Kenya. The West Kenya Project covers 1,162 km² of the highly prospective and underexplored greenstone Archaean Busia-Kakamega Gold Belt in western Kenya. Ongoing drilling at the Isulu and Bushiangala deposits is aimed at upgrading ounces from the Project's NI43-101 compliant Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate into the Indicated Resource category down to a depth of 600 metres across three drilling phases. Phase 1 drilling at the Project, completed in June 2021, sought to infill two modelled zones at Isulu (IZ1.0 and IZ3.0) and two modelled zones at Bushiangala (BZ2 and BZ3). This drilling was carried out to generate an average spacing of 40 m at Isulu and 30 m at Bushiangala, up to a depth of 150-220 m from surface, and targeted both oxides and fresh rock within these zones. Prior to this Resource update, total Inferred resources at Bushiangala amounted to 122,000 oz at 9.9 g/t (using a cut-off grade of 7.0 g/t) and the Inferred resource at Isulu amounted to 1,060,300 oz at 13.0 g/t (using a cut-off grade of 2.0 g/t). These cut-off grades were inherited from the previous Mineral Resource Estimate completed prior to acquisition of West Kenya by Shanta. At Bushiangala, Phase 1 drilling has converted 34,900 oz at 3.92 g/t to the Indicated category. At Isulu, Phase 1 drilling has converted 82,700 oz at 10.62 g/t to the Indicated category. Cut-off grades of 3.0 g/t (fresh) and 1.0 g/t (oxide) have been applied following consultation with internal and independent experts, and to align with operations across the Group. Phase 1 drilling also added Inferred resources of 19,100 oz at 12.95 g/t at Bushiangala, and 2,500 oz at 3.51 g/t at Isulu. In total, 117,600 oz has been converted to the Indicated category and 21,600 oz added in the Inferred category, with cut-off grades applied of 1.0 Au g/t for oxidised rock and 3.0 Au g/t for fresh rock. Approximately 106,000 oz of Inferred resource is being targeted in Phase 2 drilling for potential conversion to Indicated for Bushiangala and approximately 994,000 oz of Inferred resource is being targeted in Phase 2 drilling for potential conversion to Indicated for Isulu. Infill drilling and model updates of both Isulu and Bushiangala has resulted in an increase in reported ounces, reflecting both the addition of newly identified ounces to previously known zones and the modification of existing zones (to better reflect the high-grade mineralisation contained within shear zones previously identified). A change of cut-off grades also contributed to the increase of the reported ounces of Bushiangala. Recent drilling at both sites has added numerous high-grade intervals, both within and outside of previously modelled zones, indicating that there are other gold bearing structures which will be included in the next model and resource update. Resource classifications have been assigned according to the continuity of mineralisation, known geological controls and drill spacing. Each zone is divided into Oxide and Fresh Rock and a cut-off value supplied by Shanta (and accepted by the Independent Competent Person) has been applied.