"Most prolific gold region"------RandgoldRandgold is describing Merrex's Diakha zone in the Mali-Senegal shear zone as one of the most prolific gold regions in Africa, to rival the big one in Ghana Obuasi.
"“We believe the Senegal-Mali shear zone, which hosts Loulo-Gounkoto, is one of the most prolific gold regions in Africa,
with the capacity to rival Ghana’s Obuasi, and we are continuing our hunt for more multi-million ounce gold deposits there. "
Also note that they are on the hunt for big deposits in the region. Boto is already a multi-million ounce deposit (including inferred resources) and early results indicate that Diakha could show 2 million oz near the surface, with underground not included. Karita is also on the Mali-Senegal shear zone and could yield another 2 million oz. Altogether, Boto/Karita/Diakha could easily total 8-10 million oz, something that could launch IMG into becoming a major producer.......or could make them a takeover target from Randgold who specifically wants something like this. Randgold could take over IMG at a premium, sell Westwood and Rosabel, operate Essakane, and effectively get a low op cost 8-10 million oz deposit for free.
Read their news release from yesterday here:
Rand news release Feb 2/15
and a Minesite article today:
[url=https://https://www.mineweb.com/news/gold/randgold-looking-new-ug-gold-mine-mali/]Minesite article on Randgold[/url]
The 2015 drilling program will establish just how prolific Diakha is, and how valuable it is. There will be few questions by the end of this year. I doubt that MXI will ever see the 43-101 as a new mine will be underway at Boto and the operator will buy Diakha prior to that.