Development to Date
During the period from late January to December 31, 2010 Kilo carried out an initial exploration program on one of eight Exploitation Licenses (PE 9691) that constitutes the Somituri Project. The following work was completed on four target areas of the Somituri Project:
- 9,745.6 metres of diamond drilling
- 592.5 metres of adit sampling
- 733.65 metres of trenching
- collection of 1,233 soil samples
The diamond drilling on the Adumbi Prospect returned significant gold values over a 2 kilometre strike length with true widths in the order of 100 metres and vertical continuation of at least 325 metres. In addition diamond drilling defined gold mineralization over a strike length in excess of one kilometre on the Kitenge Prospect and over an open-ended strike length of 2 kilometres on the Manzako Prospect.
Resource Table (Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate for Adumbi Deposit, Somituri Project)
| Cut off (g/t Au) |
Tonnes above cut off |
Grade above cut off (g/t Au) |
Tonnage above cut off |
Million ounces Au above cut off |
| 0.50 | 46 307 259 | 1.37 | 80% | 2.03 |
| 1.00 | 27 337 071 | 1.80 | 47% | 1.58 |
Adumbi Deposit Potential
- The diamond drilling on the Adumbi Deposit returned significant gold values over a 2 kilometre strike length with true widths in the order of 100 metres and vertical continuation of at least 325 metres.
- The initial resource estimate encompasses a strike length of 1.2 km that appears to be hosted within a regional lineament in excess of 5 km length along which artisanal gold mining activity occurs.
- The deposit remains open at depth.
- Open-pittable, starts at surface, favourable/simple CIL metallurgy (30% oxide, potential heap leach).
Additional information about the Somituri Project:
| Overview | Geology | Development to Date | Exploration Plan |
