TRX Gold Corporation (TSX: TRX) (NYSE American: TRX) (the “Company”
or “TRX Gold”) is excited to announce, once again, another
best drill results ever, on a gram x tonne x meters (“gtm”)
basis with hole
BMDD315 intersecting
37 metres (“m”) @ 6.86 g/t Au (253.82 gtm) from 130
m. This drill hole result is approximately
250 m
east of the Buckreef Main Zone—host to Buckreef Gold’s 2M+
ounce Au Mineral Resource1 and where current operations are ongoing
in the Main Pit—and is located at the project’s newly discovered
Stamford Bridge Shear Zone (see Figure 1).
This drill hole result comes following the
Company’s previous drill results, dated October 24, whereby the
Company announced the discovery of a promising new gold
mineralization shear zone, named the Stamford Bridge Zone, at which
results are revealing geological characteristics and
mineral alterations similar to that at Buckreef’s Main
Zone.
On the heels of this exciting new discovery, the
Stamford Bridge shear zone has quickly become the Company’s
exploration priority. An exploration program is
underway to uncover the area’s true gold mineralisation potential.
Over the next few weeks, the Buckreef Gold team will be preparing
for the kick-off of a geophysical survey campaign, which will focus
on the Stamford Bridge trend line, as well as an area covering up
to 500 meters to both the North and South sides of the trend line.
Following the results of this campaign, a strategic drill campaign
will resume on newly defined, high-priority targets.
Significance of this latest drill
intercept:
- Hole
BMDD315 intersected 37 m @ 6.86 g/t Au
from 130 m; including 23 m @ 9.31 g/t Au from 139 m. This
is the best drill hole result ever in the history of Buckreef
Gold’s database, and is 50 meters further along the bridge than the
last hole (see Figure 2);
- This intercept
continues to confirm a “bridge” or an interpreted mineralized shear
zone trending 070 degrees (ENE) that is showing potential to extend
to over 1 kilometer. To date, intersections reported over the last
few weeks cover approximately 150 meters of strike length (See
Figure 1);
- The Stamford
Bridge Zone is a potentially significant shear zone and
geologically similar to the Buckreef Main Zone. It bridges the gap
between the Buckreef Main Zone and the Eastern Porphyry deposit and
Anfield Zone, to the Southeast (see Figure 1).
Isaac Bisansaba, Manager of Technical Services
at Buckreef Gold, explains, “We are eager to begin the detailed
ground geophysics work, as results should enable us to plan very
strategic drill targets, and ultimately help us to define the
direction and length of this new shear structure.”
Stephen Mullowney, TRX Gold CEO continues, “This
is a very exciting blue-sky potential-type of drill result! We’ve
confirmed this new shear structure to another 50 meters along
strike. Although this is early in the drill campaign, results to
date are very encouraging. The Buckreef Gold Project still has very
good discovery potential built-in to its underexplored 16km2 land
package and we intend to unlock that value and ultimately grow the
Mineral Resource of the project beyond its current 2 million
ounces,” commented Stephen Mullowney, TRX Gold Chief Executive
Officer.
Figure 1. Buckreef Gold Property Showing
Location of Latest Drill Hole BMDD315 Among Previous Results Along
Stamford Bridge Zone
Figure 2. Cross-section results for new drill hole
BMDD315 - Stamford Bridge Zone
Table 1: Summary of Results – Stamford
Bridge
Hole ID |
Hole Type |
Drill Holes Location |
Sample Depth |
Width (m) |
Assay Grade (gpt) |
Lithology |
Comment |
Easting (m) |
Northing (m) |
RL (m) |
Azimuth |
Dip |
From (m) |
To (m) |
BMGT001 |
DD |
391,780 |
9,658,453 |
1,217.8 |
270 |
-50 |
104.00 |
115.39 |
11.39 |
2.80 |
Msh |
Stamford Bridge Mineralised shear zone with strong alteration |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
186.00 |
208.00 |
22.00 |
2.36 |
Msh |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
393.00 |
425.80 |
32.80 |
1.70 |
Msh |
Buckreef Main mineralised shear zone |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BMDD309 |
DD |
391,676 |
9,658,400 |
1,216.6 |
334 |
-60 |
101.80 |
104.50 |
2.70 |
1.65 |
Msh |
Mineralised shear zone with strong alteration |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BMDD310 |
DD |
391,723 |
9,658,418 |
1,217.2 |
334 |
-60 |
64.50 |
100.00 |
35.50 |
5.48 |
Msh |
Mineralised shear zone with strong alteration |
|
|
|
|
|
Including |
76.00 |
89.00 |
13.00 |
8.06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BMDD312 |
DD |
391,685 |
9,658,382 |
1,216.4 |
335 |
-60 |
164.60 |
181.80 |
17.20 |
3.14 |
Msh |
Mineralised shear zone with strong alteration |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BMDD315 |
DD |
391,770 |
9,658,435 |
1,217.6 |
335 |
-60 |
130.00 |
167.00 |
37.00 |
6.86 |
Msh |
Mineralised shear zone with strong alteration |
|
|
|
|
|
Including |
139.00 |
162.00 |
23.00 |
9.31 |
|
|
Qualified Person
Mr. William van Breugel, P.Eng, BASc (Hons),
technical Advisor to TRX Gold Corporation, is the Company’s
Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 “Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects” (“NI 43-101”) and has reviewed and
assumes responsibility for the scientific and technical content in
this press release.
Sample Protocol QA/QC
The sample chain of custody is managed by the
Buckreef geology team on site. Reported results are from diamond
drilled core samples. Intervals of core to be analyzed are split
into half using a mechanized core cutter, with one half sent to the
Laboratory for geochemical analysis and the remaining half kept in
storage for future reference and uses. Diamond drilled core has
been a HQ size and recoveries are consistently 100% across all
drill holes intercept reported.
Sampling and analytical procedures are subject
to a comprehensive quality assurance and quality control program.
The QAQC program involves insertion of duplicate samples, blanks
and certified reference materials in the sample stream. Gold
analyses are performed by standard fire assaying protocols using a
50-gram charge with atomic absorption (AAS) finish and a
gravimetric finish performed for assays greater than 10 grams per
tonne.
Sample Preparation and analysis are performed by
independent SGS Laboratory in Mwanza, Tanzania. SGS Laboratory is
ISO17025 accredited and employs a Laboratory Information Management
System for sample tracking, quality control and reporting.
The results summarized in this release are from
Stamford Bridge target. The intercepts confirm an interpreted
mineralized shear zone trending 070 degrees (ENE) that is over a km
long. The intersections reported here has covered only the first
100m strike length, they are down-hole lengths and may not
represent true width, however the true width is estimated to be
between 50% - 60% of the length.
About TRX Gold Corporation
TRX Gold is rapidly advancing the Buckreef Gold
Project. Anchored by a Mineral Resource published in May 2020, the
project currently hosts an NI 43-101 Measured and Indicated Mineral
Resource of 35.88 MT at 1.77 g/t gold containing 2,036,280 oz of
gold and an Inferred Mineral Resource of 17.8 MT at 1.11g/t gold
for 635,540 oz of gold. The leadership team is focused on creating
both near-term and long-term shareholder value by increasing gold
production to generate positive cash flow. The positive cash flow
will be utilized for exploratory drilling with the goal of
increasing the current gold Resource base and advancing the
Sulphide Ore Project which represents 90% of current gold
Resources. TRX Gold’s actions are led by the highest ESG standards,
evidenced by the relationships and programs that the Company has
developed during its nearly two decades of presence in Geita
Region, Tanzania.
For investor or shareholder inquiries,
please contact:Investor
RelationsChristina Lalli Vice President, Investor
RelationsTRX Gold Corporation+1-438-399-8665
c.lalli@TRXgold.comwww.TRXgold.com
Forward-Looking and Cautionary
Statements
This press release contains certain
forward-looking statements as defined in the applicable securities
laws. All statements, other than statements of historical facts,
are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are
frequently, but not always, identified by words such as “expects”,
“anticipates”, “believes”, “hopes”, “intends”, “estimated”,
“potential”, “possible” and similar expressions, or statements that
events, conditions or results “will”, “may”, “could” or “should”
occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements relate to future
events or future performance and reflect TRX Gold management’s
expectations or beliefs regarding future events and include, but
are not limited to, statements with respect to continued operating
cash flow, expansion of its process plant, estimation of mineral
resources, ability to develop value creating activities,
recoveries, subsequent project testing, success, scope and
viability of mining operations, the timing and amount of estimated
future production, and capital expenditure.
Although TRX Gold believes the expectations
expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on
reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of
future performance. The actual achievements of TRX Gold or other
future events or conditions may differ materially from those
reflected in the forward-looking statements due to a variety of
risks, uncertainties and other factors. These risks, uncertainties
and factors include general business, legal, economic, competitive,
political, regulatory and social uncertainties; actual results of
exploration activities and economic evaluations; fluctuations in
currency exchange rates; changes in costs; future prices of gold
and other minerals; mining method, production profile and mine
plan; delays in exploration, development and construction
activities; changes in government legislation and regulation; the
ability to obtain financing on acceptable terms and in a timely
manner or at all; contests over title to properties; employee
relations and shortages of skilled personnel and contractors; the
speculative nature of, and the risks involved in, the exploration,
development and mining business. These risks are set forth in
reports that TRX Gold files with the SEC and the various Canadian
securities authorities. You can review and obtain copies of these
filings from the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
and the Company’s profile on the System for Electronic Document
Analysis and Retrieval (“SEDAR+”) at www.sedarplus.ca.
The disclosure contained in this press release
of a scientific or technical nature relating to the Company’s
Buckreef Project has been summarized or extracted from the
technical report entitled “The National Instrument 43-101
Independent Technical Report, Updated Mineral Resource Estimate for
the Buckreef Gold Mine Project, Tanzania, East Africa for TRX Gold”
with an effective date (the “Effective Date”) of May 15, 2020 (the
“2020 Technical Report”). The 2020 Technical Report was prepared by
or under the supervision Mr. Wenceslaus Kutekwatekwa (Mining
Engineer, Mining and Project Management Consultant) BSc Hons
(Mining Eng.), MBA, FSAIMM, of Virimai Projects, and, Dr Frank
Crundwell, MBA, PhD, a Consulting Engineer, each of whom is an
independent Qualified Person as such term is defined in NI 43-101.
The information contained herein is subject to all of the
assumptions, qualifications and procedures set out in the 2020
Technical Report and reference should be made to the full details
of the 2020 Technical Report which has been filed with the
applicable regulatory authorities and is available on the Company’s
profile at www.sedarplus.ca. The Company did not complete any new
work that would warrant reporting material changes in the
previously reported Mineral Resource (“MRE”) and Mineral Reserve
statements during the prior reporting period. The Company has
engaged two globally recognized and respected mining consulting
groups to undertake a comprehensive review of the MRE, and economic
analysis which was previously conducted under the 2003 CIM code.
This in turn follows significant infill and exploration drilling,
plus other required technical work undertaken over the prior 18
months. This work is currently being undertaken to be compliant
with the November 2019 CIM Code for the Valuation of Mineral
Properties, which are different with respect to the 2003
guidelines. There can be no assurance that there will not be a
change in the MRE and Mineral Reserve as disclosed in the 2020
Technical Report after such work has been updated (in accordance
with the 2019 CIM code).
The information contained in this press release
is as of the date of the press release and TRX Gold assumes no duty
to update such information.
The TSX and NYSE America have not reviewed and
do not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the
contents of this press release, which has been prepared by the
management of TRX Gold.
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