Tanzanian Gold Corporation (TSX:TNX) (NYSE American:TRX) (TanGold
or the Company) (operating through its wholly owned subsidiary in
Tanzania) and its joint venture partner, The State Mining Company
(STAMICO), announces that it has made a new discovery of three
closely spaced parallel, gold bearing structures at the Buckreef
Gold Company Limited’s (Buckreef Gold) project, collectively now
known as the Anfield Zone.
Highlights
- The new
prospective gold mineralized zones, totaling a combined 2.9
kilometer (km) strike length were identified through geological
(field) mapping, sampling and examination of artisanal workings.
Collectively, they have been named the Anfield Zone (see next pages
for maps).
- Grab samples of
mineralized bed (fresh) rock have been assayed, with highlights
of:37.52 g/t, 28.55 g/t and 14.42 g/t.
- Located
approximately 500 meters (m) to the east of the Buckreef Gold Main
Zone.
- Aligns with and
trends towards the Eastern Porphyry Mineral Resource.
- Follow-up field
work and diamond drilling planned for 2021 and 2022.
Mr. Stephen Mullowney, CEO (TanGold) commented,
“As part of the new management team’s continued in-depth assessment
of the Buckreef Gold asset and empowerment of local management, we
continue to be excited by the greenfield exploration potential of
the Buckreef Gold land package. Along with the announced Buckreef
West discovery (see press release dated May 3rd, 2021), the Anfield
Zone is our second new discovery in less than 2 months. Combined
with the positive metallurgical results (see press release dated
June 9th, 2021), in conjunction with the Buckreef Gold Main Zone,
these discoveries provide us with continued confidence that
Buckreef Gold will develop into a significant gold producing
asset.”Mr. Andrew Cheatle, COO (TanGold) added, “I am thrilled with
the work of the Buckreef Gold Team, who were keen to ‘get their
boots out on the ground’ and explore targets and generate new ones;
this has resulted in the discovery of the Anfield Zone – 2.9 km of
prospective trend. We will be drilling the new target as soon as
practicable.”
Figure 1: Artisanal Mine Shaft Sample -
Assayed at 28.55
g/thttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/ee8aa43a-8ee1-47a0-b64d-29b3ecfe0a4b
Figure 2: Anfield Zone in Relation to Buckreef Gold Main
Zone, Buckreef West & Eastern Porphyry (White Dots Represent
Artisanal Mine Workings – See Figure 4 for
Legend)https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/c720003b-6a97-4715-9fed-d3c9af87a72f
Further Details on the Anfield Zone
Discovery
Buckreef Gold’s Geological Team have made a
significant gold discovery to the east of, and parallel to the
Buckreef Gold Main Zone (The Main Zone Mineral Resource contains
35.88 MT @ 1.77 g/t, containing 2.04 M oz in the Measured and
Indicated Mineral Resource category). The discovery has been made
through field / geological mapping of outcrops and scattered
artisanal workings, with care being taken to differentiate between
fresh rock mining and alluvial mining. Mapping was undertaken from
March 2021 through to June 2021. The fresh rock samples, obtained
from a deeper artisanal mine shaft, have all the hallmark
characteristics of mineralization associated with the Main
Zone.
Multiple artisanal shafts have been mapped, most
of which are currently flooded. From this mapping, three distinct
mineralized zones all aligning with local mine scale shear fabric
have been interpreted. The Anfield Zone is parallel to and is
located approximately 500 m to the east of the Buckreef Gold Main
Zone. Further, the trend aligns with the Eastern Porphyry Mineral
Resource. (Measured and Indicated MR or 1.1MT @ 1.18 g/t containing
41.7 k oz of gold, and an Inferred Mineral Resource of 1.24 MT @
1.39 g/t containing 55.38 k oz of gold).
The early-stage observation of the Anfield Zone
geology is that it is characterized by mafic units composed of
dolerite and basalt, intruded by NE-SW trending felsic porphyry
units. East-west and northeast-southwest structures are prominent
across the Anfield Zone. By comparison, the Buckreef Gold Main Zone
is described as a shear zone hosted gold deposit within a sequence
of mafic basalts and dolerites, near basement granite. The host
rocks at the Buckreef Gold deposit comprise primarily pillowed,
amygdaloidal and massive mafic meta-volcanic rocks which have been
intruded by medium to coarse grained dolerite sills and dykes.
Further geological work and diamond drilling will continue to
examine the similarities (and differences) between the two closely
spaced zones.
Initial grab samples were collected from the
Anfield Zone, specifically where a deeper shaft had been sunk by
artisanal miners. Full assay results are shown in the table
below:
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/b348cd6e-9de6-431f-b191-115f716285cb
A second sampling campaign of grab samples was
also undertaken in June 2021 to verify the initial high-grade
results. Full assay results are shown in the table below:
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/fa13bbb6-f960-4d52-aca6-546e2ba9ded1
Notes:The sample chain of
custody is managed by the Buckreef Gold Geology Team on site.
Reported results are from grab samples selected from piles of
excavated rock located next to the abandoned artisan pits. The rock
chips were carefully sampled by geologist and grouped based on the
intensity of shearing, alteration and quartz veining.
The samples were subjected by insertion of blank
coarse materials to ensure quality assurance and quality control at
this early stage of the program. 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 Nesch Mintech Laboratory in Mwanza, Tanzania. Nesch
Mintech 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
Anfield Zone. The zone is about 500m East of and subparallel to
known Buckreef Main Zone.
qv=quartz vein, py=pyrite, quart-Carb = quartz –
carbonate vein.
Buckreef Gold actively maintains positive
relationships with the limited number of artisanal miners currently
in the vicinity of the Anfield Zone, which is well demonstrated
from the geological mapping and sampling campaigns. While there are
a significant number of artisanal workings in the area, most are
now flooded and inaccessible.
Figure 3: Artisanal Mine Shaft Samples from the Anfield
Zone and
Maphttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/021b26a5-8c2d-425e-b4cf-7f8689d512a5
Mineralization (textures, quartz veins, silicification and
sulphide minerals) is geologically similar to the Buckreef Gold
Main Zone
Figure 4: Buckreef Gold Special Mining
License - Anfield Zone in Relation to Buckreef
Gold Main Zone, Buckreef West & Eastern Porphyry (White Dots
Represents Artisanal Mine
Workings)https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/be4ed441-af06-4c37-8810-5e13b7b29fce
Figure 5: Buckreef Gold Management with TanGold
Management at the Anfield
Zonehttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/e2a59e67-4091-454b-b3a0-6d0ea3b16610
The naming of the new discovery is the result of
the close comradery and teamwork of the Buckreef Gold Geology Team
and was inspired by their love of European football and their
favorite team, the Liverpool Football Club.
About Tanzanian Gold Corporation
Tanzanian Gold Corporation along with its joint
venture partner, STAMICO is building a significant gold project at
Buckreef Gold in Tanzania that is based on an expanded Mineral
Resource base and the treatment of its mineable Mineral Reserves in
two standalone plants. Measured Mineral Resource now stands at
19.98MT at 1.99g/t gold containing 1,281,161 ounces of gold and
Indicated Mineral Resource now stand at 15.89MT at 1.48g/t gold
containing 755,119 ounces of gold for a combined tonnage of 35.88MT
at 1.77g/t gold containing 2,036,280 ounces of gold. The Buckreef
Gold Project also contains an Inferred Mineral Resource of 17.8MT
at 1.11g/t gold for contained gold of 635,540 ounces of gold. The
Company is actively investigating and assessing multiple
exploration targets on its property. Please refer to the Company’s
Updated Mineral Resources Estimate for Buckreef Gold Project, dated
May 15, 2020, for more information.
Tanzanian Gold Corporation is advancing on three
value-creation tracks:
- Strengthening its balance sheet by
expanding near-term production to 15,000 - 20,000 oz. of gold per
year from the processing of oxide material from an expanded oxide
plant.
- Advancing the Final Feasibility
Study for a stand-alone sulphide treating plant that is
substantially larger than previously modelled and targeting
significant annual gold production.
- Continuing with a drilling program
to further test the potential of its property, Exploration Targets
and Mineral Resource base by: (i) identifying new prospects; (ii)
drilling new oxide/sulphide targets; (iii) infill drilling to
upgrade Mineral Resources currently in the Inferred category; and
(iv) a step-out drilling program in the Northeast Extension.
Andrew M. Cheatle, P.Geo. is the Company’s
Qualified Person as defined by the NI 43-101 who has verified the
data disclosed in this news release and has otherwise reviewed and
assumes responsibility for the technical content of this press
release.
For further information, please contact Michael Martin, Investor
Relations, m.martin@tangoldcorp.com, 860-248-0999, or visit the
Company website at www.tangoldcorp.com
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or accuracy of this release.
U.S. Investors are urged to consider closely the
disclosure in our SEC filings. You can review and obtain copies of
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Forward-Looking 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
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“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 TanGold management’s
expectations or beliefs regarding future events and include, but
are not limited to, that the Anfield Zone will lead to commercial
production, that the Buckreef Gold will develop into a significant
gold producing asset, statements with respect to the estimation of
mineral reserves and resources, recoveries, subsequent project
testing, success, scope and viability of mining operations, the
timing and amount of estimated future production, and capital
expenditure.
Although TanGold 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 TanGold 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 under Item 3.D in Tanzanian Gold’s Form
20-F for the year ended August 31, 2020, as amended, as filed with
the SEC.
The information contained in this press release
is as of the date of the press release and TanGold assumes not duty
to update such information.
Note to U.S. Investors
US investors are advised that the mineral
resource and mineral reserve estimated disclosed in this press
release have been calculated pursuant to Canadian standards which
use terminology consistent with the requirements CRIRSCO reporting
standards. For its fiscal year ending August 31, 2021, and
thereafter, the Company will follow new SEC regulations which uses
a CRIRSCO based template for mineral resources and mineral
reserves, that includes definitions for inferred, indicated, and
measured mineral resources.
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