A soil geochemistry survey by Midlands Minerals (MEX-V) at the Itilima property in the Lake Victoria gold belt of Tanzania has pointed up a gold anomaly surrounding known mining workings.
The survey has defined an area 4 km long and 2 km wide with gold values well above background concentrations. It follows a trend of surface mine workings made by small-scale craft miners in the area.
The survey combined cyanide-extraction tests on saprolite soils and termite mound material with mobile metal ion extractions on transported soils. Both methods showed similar distributions of anomalous gold concentrations in the materials that were sampled.
Follow-up geochemical surveys are planned and a reverse-circulation drill will be brought on the site later in the year.
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