Similar grade as the TBL mine which we have surroundedKENADYR ANNOUNCES PARTIAL DRILL RESULTS FROM DRILL HOLE DHSZ-1-17 AT THE SOUTH ZONE: INTERSECTS 40 METERS AT 6.17 G/T AU Drilling at the south zone of Kenadyr Mining (Holdings) Corp.'s 100-per-cent-owned Borubai licence in the Kyrgyz Republic has intersected widespread gold mineralization, including 40 metres at 6.17 grams per tonne gold.
The south zone is directly adjacent to Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd.'s Taldy Bulak Levoberejnyi mine deposit, currently in production.
Initial drilling was designed to intersect an area which was previously drilled by the Soviets between 1970 and 1990, and which intersected significant gold mineralization. The current drill hole provides support for the validity of the historical Soviet results and indicates that widespread gold mineralization may exist on Kenadyr's licence directly adjacent to (within 100 metres of) the TBL mine.
The south zone is open in three directions and to depth, and there are strong indications that it connects to the TBL deposit. Core recovery is greater than 95 per cent, and all intervals have been assayed using fire assay methods at an internationally accredited laboratory (ALS Global).
The hole has reached its target depth of 850 metres, and the remainder of the hole is being split by diamond saw and prepared for assay.
Partial assay results received to date are listed in the attached table.
From To Intervals Au grade (m) (m) (m) (g/t) 598 615 17 1.76 638 678 40 6.17 714 719 5 5.8 719 850 131 Assys pending
Readers are cautioned that the results from a single drill hole may not be representative of the mineralization on the Borubai project. Complete drill results will be announced once they become available.
Kenadyr is in a strong position having a robust balance sheet, no debt nor significant payments owing, and a supportive institutional shareholder base. The management team has extensive in-country operational experience and merger and acquisition expertise.
Dr. Alexander Becker, Kenadyr's chief executive officer, states: "Partial results from our initial 2017 drill hole at Borubai have exceeded our expectations. Based on the geometry of the adjacent TBL orebody, it is the corporation's interpretation that these intersections are close to true widths. Subject to obtaining additional drill results, the corporation believes that the mineralization encountered in our initial drill hole validates and supports the findings reported in historic drilling, and indicates that the mineralization being mined at the adjacent TBL mine may continue onto Kenadyr's Borubai licence."
Kenadyr's Borubai project comprises a 100-per-cent-owned exploration licence covering a contiguous 164-square-kilometre land package that encircles the Zijin/Kyrgyz/Altyn newly constructed and operational TBL mine in northern Kyrgyz Republic.