KAMLOOPS, BRITISH COLUMBIA (TSX VENTURE: DEV) is pleased to
provide the following update on its 100%-owned Manalo Gold Project,
in southwestern Mali, West Africa. Following the completion of a
very successful drilling program in late 2007 (see Delta News
Release dated January 15, 2008), Delta recently completed a program
of targeted Induced Polarization (IP) and infill soil geochemistry,
and reinterpreted previous airborne geophysical data as part of a
detailed structural analysis of the Manalo area.
Planned 2008 Drill Program
A program of 6000 meters of RC drilling and 600 meters of core
drilling will begin early next week to follow up on the 2007 drill
program. That program discovered gold mineralization in three new
zones at Manalo, now named Dialafara, Mansaya, and Sirabada; and
expanded mineralization on the Manalo NE zone which was previously
drilled in 2006. In addition to these four prospects, another new
zone, MN-3, was identified through prospecting an airborne EM
anomaly in late 2007. Manalo SE was previously identified in
property-scale soil geochemistry but has not yet been drill
tested.
Dialafara Prospect
Infill soil geochemistry (100m x 50m), totalling 2043 samples,
covered an area approximately 12 km2 in size. In addition to the
original Dialafara artisanal area drilled last December, at least
four other anomalous zones are indicated with drill testing planned
for each. In addition, eight line-km of gradient IP were completed
across the Dialafara artisanal area, highlighting two significant
chargeability highs that will be further drill-tested.
The December 2007 drill program at Dialafara consisted of 13
holes totalling 1,412 metres with seven holes returning significant
gold assays. Drill holes DL-07-01 and DL-07-02, both of which were
drilled under the main artisanal workings, returned high grades
associated with quartz veining (see Table 1). Gold was found to be
associated with quartz veins hosted in clay-altered Birimian
metasedimentary rocks (siltstones and fine-grained sandstones).
Table 1 Dialafara Prospect - 2007 RC Drill Highlights
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Hole ID From To Length Au (g/t)
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DL-07-01 71 80 9 9.57
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incl. 75 78 3 24.74
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DL-07-02 87 93 6 29.07
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DL-07-07 85 91 6 2.17
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DL-07-11 17 35 17 0.64
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and 53 72 19 1.71
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DL-07-12 102 112 10 0.45
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The Dialafara artisanal site sits in the centre of the permit,
at the south end of a large north-trending, anomalous gold-in-soils
trend. New geochemical anomalies extend to the north-northwest and
lie to the northeast. Twenty RC holes are planned during this phase
of drilling.
Mansaya Prospect
A total of 1138 infill soil samples were collected in the
Mansaya area to better define an anomalous trend associated with
gold mineralization intersected in two drill holes last December.
Two 950m lines of High Resolution Induced Polarization (HiRIP) were
run across the mineralization to better define the host geology.
Resistivity defined four distinct units, including metasedimentary
and intrusive rocks, and defined four targets based on high
chargeabilities and high resistivities.
At Mansaya, several targets based on anomalous gold in soils and
airborne geophysical responses indicative of shear zones, were
tested with six holes totalling 552 metres. Several new zones of
vein quartz float were identified and significant intercepts of
gold were associated with fractured and silicified carbonaceous
Birimian metasedimentary rocks in one such zone (see Table 2).
Table 2 RC Drill Results - 2007 Mansaya Prospect
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Hole ID From To Length Au (g/t)
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MS-07-03 15 20 5 1.96
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MS-07-04 51 82 31 0.69
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incl. 57 75 18 0.94
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Incl. 57 69 12 1.01
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Sirabada Prospect
Sirabada consists of an intensely clay-altered zone, locally
exploited by artisanal mining, in northerly striking, steep-dipping
Birimian metasediments. Two grab samples of quartz vein material in
greywacke collected from "ore" dumps ran 32.76 g/t Au and 3.64 g/t
Au, respectively. Intervals of anomalous gold mineralization were
found in several drill holes but an obvious source of the artisanal
gold was not intersected.
529 infill soil samples were collected from a grid 1450m by
2300m in size. A strong northwest-trending anomaly lies immediately
west of a strong northwest-trending chargeability high, defined by
12 line-km of gradient IP. Previous drilling came up just short of
the overlapping zone of anomalous soil geochemistry and the zone of
high chargeability. Eight holes are tentatively planned along this
trend.
MN-3 Prospect
At MN-3 (Dialafara Nord), 356 soil geochemical samples were
collected along a trend of quartz veining identified in laterite.
The southeast portion of the grid is strongly anomalous in gold and
trends to the northwest, parallel to the trend of quartz vein
fragments in laterite. Two 950m long sections of HIRIP traversed
the structural (and geochemical) trend, defining five targets with
high chargeabilities along the edge of low resistivity graphitic
sedimentary rocks. No previous drilling was completed on the MN-3
target but 10 RC holes are planned during the upcoming phase of
drilling.
Manalo SE Prospect
At Manalo SE, 396 soil geochemical samples were collected over
an area 1250m x 1600m surrounding a small artisanal mining site. A
broad, medium intensity, north-trending anomaly will be tested by 6
to 9 RC drill holes.
Manalo NE Prospect
Drilling along the Manalo NE structure in mid-2006 and late 2007
were successful in defining a continuous north-northwest
mineralized structure over approximately 500m. The zone remains
open to the south and to depth. Oriented core drilling to better
define the lithology and structure are contemplated during the
current phase of drilling. Further work, including an IP survey, is
planned for later in 2008.
The Manalo Project comprises the Manalo and Balandougou permits
totalling 225 square kilometres, located 100 kilometres southwest
of Bamako, the capital city of Mali.
Christopher J. Wild, P.Eng, V.P. Exploration for Delta
Exploration Inc., is Delta's Qualified Person.
On behalf of the Board of Directors Delta Exploration Inc.
James T. Gillis, President & CEO
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