Marvel Gold hits gold grades in auger drill run at Mali

Marvel Gold (ASX:MVL), an Australian company exploring for gold on its highly prospective Kolondieba acreage in Southern Mali, Africa, has declared initial results of an auger drilling program, showing mineralisation in six holes with grades between 2 grams per tonne and 1.9g/t. 

The company states these results are significant, given that auger drilling tends to reveal grades below 1g/t. 

The company’s share price is up 7.5% in late morning trades. 

Further auger drilling remains active on-site at the southern target within Marvel Gold's project boundaries, from where the impressive 2g/t results announced today were identified. 

The results of further testing on several anomalous soil targets remains to be seen by the company. 

A map detailing the locations of Marvel Gold's ongoing geochem soil tests

Busy machines on-site 

Two auger drill rigs are currently active on site so as to expedite initial exploration groundwork. 

Marvel Gold managing director Chris van Wijk told Market Index at a presentation last month the company is sitting on a potential upper resource estimate of some 1.5 million ounces of gold. 

Two targets on the radar 

Auger drilling lines were drilled 400m apart with holes spaced some 30m apart along each drill line, Marvel Gold notes, meaning further infill auger drilling is needed to further define the target. 

A second target in the north-east area of the company's project boundaries has recovered grades of 0.74g/t to 0.55g/t on adjacent lines spaced 200m apart; the north-east target will also be the subject of further auger drilling. 

So far, Marvel has completed 700 drill holes of a planned 1,200 hole program to better define the resource at Kolondieba. 

While mainly a gold exploration, Marvel’s van Wijk also noted the presence of potential lithium deposits on-site.

Despite strong project potential, the last six months suggest Marvel Gold could be overlooked