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RNS Number : 0257Z
Premier African Minerals Limited
12 December 2017
12 December 2017
Premier African Minerals Limited
Zulu Drilling Update
Up to 4.24% Li(2) O in Spodumene at Zulu
Premier African Minerals Limited ("Premier" or the "Company") is
pleased to announce further assay results from the Company's Zulu
Lithium Project near Fort Rixon in Zimbabwe ("Zulu").
The focus of the current drilling programme is to upgrade and
expand the Resources in the Main Zone, where the Company has
declared a Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate of 20.1 million tonnes
grading 1.06% Li O, and to convert the exploration targets in both
the Main Zone and step-out zones to code compliant status.
Highlights:
-- Hole ZDD-45, located in the step-out zone, 220m south-east of
the Main Zone, intersected 68m of mineralised pegmatite from 101
meters down hole. Assay results from the first 38.84m analysed
contains an average grade of 1.55% Li(2) O in multiple
intersections, including:
Ø 8.22m at 1.96% Li(2) O from 101.24m
Ø 3.53m at 1.06% Li(2) O from 111.70m
Ø 1.20m at 2.08% Li(2) O from 124.40m
Ø 11.47m at 1.90% Li(2) O from 126.77m
-- Including 0.95m at 4.24% Li(2) O
Ø 8.48m at 1.25% Li(2) O from 138.96m
-- Results are still pending for a further 30m of intersected pegmatites in this drill hole
George Roach, Premier's CEO, commented: "The mineralisation and
assay results from this hole are spectacular. Not often is a grade
of 4.24% Li(2) O seen in drill core. Together with other known
results previously reported, this supports our declared exploration
target of 60 to 80 million tonne in the step-out zone. With true
widths at approximately two thirds of the drilled width, Zulu is
now justifying our belief that this is a tier 1 asset. Results such
as these strongly underwrite our recently released scoping study
and fully support our confidence in this world-class deposit. At
the same time, we are encouraged by the changing environment in
Zimbabwe, particularly that under new proposals related to Lithium
mining, we will be encouraged to develop to Lithium Carbonate
production and may retain sole ownership of the entire
project."
Drilling at Zulu:
The Company has now completed a further 24 drill holes,
equivalent to 3,638.54m since completion of the initial 2,500m
drilling programme that resulted in the Maiden Inferred Mineral
Resource Estimate at Zulu of 20.1 million tonnes grading 1.06% Li O
(as announced on 6 June 2017). The current drilling programme is
focussed on expanding as well as upgrading the resources in the
Main Zone, and, to delineate further the Li mineralisation in the
new south-eastern zone. All of the 24 new drill holes have
intersected mineralisation with ZDD-45 having the best
intersections so far. ZDD-45 was drilled on an apparent triple
junction of step-out zones SO1, SO2 and the Main Zone. The
intersected pegmatites are predominantly spodumene rich, petalite
and lepidolite are scarce. The table below sets out the
intersections from bore hole ZDD-45.
Table 1. Recent Drill Intercepts of ZDD-45 (azimuth: N237, dip:
-60deg, total length: 277.53m)
Interval
Drill From length Li(2) Comments
hole (m) To (m) (m)* O (%)
----------- ------- ------- --------- -------- --------------------
Incl. 2.96m @ 2.81%
Li(2) O
and 1.96m @ 2.90%
ZDD-45 101.24 109.46 8.22 1.96 Li(2) O
----------- ------- ------- --------- -------- --------------------
Incl. 1.60 @ 1.74%
including 111.70 115.23 3.53 1.06 Li(2) O
----------- ------- ------- --------- -------- --------------------
Incl. 2.40m @ 1.73%
including 117.18 123.12 5.94 0.94 Li(2) O
----------- ------- ------- --------- -------- --------------------
including 124.40 125.60 1.20 2.08
----------- ------- ------- --------- -------- --------------------
Incl. 0.95m @ 4.24%
Li(2) O
and 1.17m @ 3.64%
including 126.77 138.24 11.47 1.90 Li(2) O
----------- ------- ------- --------- -------- --------------------
Incl. 1.68m @ 2.35%
Li(2) O
and 2.00m @ 1.74%
including 138.96 147.44 8.48 1.25 Li(2) O
----------- ------- ------- --------- -------- --------------------
*: drilled widths
Photos of the drill core are available on the Company's website
or via the link below.
http://www.premierafricanminerals.com/investors/gallery/2017
Director's Loan conversion
On 15 September 2015, George Roach provided a US$300,000 loan
("Loan") direct to Premier for the use at RHA Tungsten (Pty)
Limited ("RHA"). The Loan with any accrued interest will become
payable by Premier as soon as all other third-party indebtedness
has been repaid in full or with the prior consent of all
third-party lenders. The Loan is unsecured and accrues interest at
a rate of LIBOR plus 3%. As of 6 December 2017, the loan and
accrued interest totalled US$315,096. The Loan can also be
converted at any time into new ordinary shares at a price of 0.5p
per new ordinary share (as further announced on 28 March 2017). On
11 December 2017, George Roach indicated to the Board that he may
wish to partially convert up to US$100,000 of the Loan into new
ordinary Premier shares. A further announcement will be made in due
course.
Qualified Person:
Wolfgang Hampel, Senior Geologist with Premier African Minerals
Limited, has reviewed and approved this release to the extent that
reference is made to the Zulu Lithium Project. Mr Hampel has 26
years' experience in the African, American, European and Asian
exploration and mining industry and holds a Diploma in Economic
Geology (Dipl.-Geol.) from the Technical University of Munich. He
is a registered European Geologist (EurGeol). ndeg 1261 with the
European Federation of Geologists.
Enquiries:
Premier African Tel: +44 (0)7734
Fuad Sillem Minerals Limited 922074
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Michael Cornish Beaumont Cornish Tel: +44 (0)
/ Roland Cornish Limited 20 7628 3396
(Nominated Adviser)
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Jerry Keen/Edward Shore Capital Stockbrokers Tel: +44 (0)
Mansfield Limited 20 7408 4090
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Beaufort Securities Tel: +44 (0)
Jon Belliss Limited 20 7382 8300
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Charles Goodwin/Harriet Yellow Jersey PR Tel: +44 (0)
Jackson Limited 07544 275 882
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Notes to Editors:
Premier African Minerals Limited (AIM: PREM) is a
multi-commodity mining and natural resource development company
focused in Southern and Western Africa with production started at
its flagship RHA project in Zimbabwe.
The Company has a diverse portfolio of projects, which include
tungsten, rare earth elements, gold, lithium and tantalum in
Zimbabwe and Benin, encompassing brownfield projects with near-term
production potential to grass-roots exploration. In addition, the
Company holds 5,010,333 shares in Circum Minerals Limited
("Circum"), the owners of the Danakil Potash Project in Ethiopia,
which has the potential to be a world class asset. At present those
shares are valued at US$10.2 million based on the latest price at
which Circum has accepted subscriptions. Premier also has an
interest in Casa Mining Limited, a privately-owned exploration
company that has a 71.25% interest in the 1.5 million ounce
inferred resource Akyanga gold deposit in the DRC.
Forward Looking Statements:
Certain statements in this announcement are, or may be deemed to
be forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are
identi ed by their use of terms and phrases such as "believe"
"could" "should" "envisage" "estimate" "intend" "may" "plan" "will"
or the negative of those variations or comparable expressions
including references to assumptions. These forward-looking
statements are not based on historical facts but rather on the
Directors' current expectations and assumptions regarding the
Company's future growth results of operations performance future
capital and other expenditures (including the amount. nature and
sources of funding thereof) competitive advantages business
prospects and opportunities. Such forward looking statements re ect
the Directors' current beliefs and assumptions and are based on
information currently available to the Directors. A number of
factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the
results discussed in the forward-looking statements including risks
associated with vulnerability to general economic and business
conditions competition environmental and other regulatory changes
actions by governmental authorities the availability of capital
markets reliance on key personnel uninsured and underinsured losses
and other factors many of which
are beyond the control of the Company. Although any
forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are based
upon what the Directors believe to be reasonable assumptions. The
Company cannot assure investors that actual results will be
consistent with such forward looking statements.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.
Glossary of Technical Terms:
"Li2O" means Lithium oxide
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"lepidolite" is the mineral name for lithium
bearing mica KLi2Al(Si4O10)(F,OH)2
an important ore of lithium
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"pegmatite" is an exceptionally coarse-grained
igneous rock, with interlocking
crystals, usually found as irregular
dikes, lenses, or veins, esp.
at the margins of granitic intrusions
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"petalite" " is the mineral name for lithium
aluminium silicate LiAl(Si4O10)
an important ore of lithium
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"spodumene" is the mineral name for lithium
aluminium silicate LiAlSi2O6
an important ore of lithium
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ENDS
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