DeSoto Resources (ASX: DES) has confirmed a substantial gold-bearing zone at the Dadjan Grand Plateau, situated within the Siguiri Basin in Guinea, West Africa. DeSoto Resources is an Australian-based company focused on gold exploration and development. The company is actively exploring several prospective gold projects in West Africa.
The company recently received final results from a shallow power auger infill program conducted at its Dadjan project. This exploration was part of DeSoto’s broader examination of its Siguiri land holding, which includes additional exploration across the Tole, Moiko, Alamankono, Oromo, Falama, and Dabidiana projects. Highlight gold assay results from the 56-hole power auger program at Dadjan Grand Plateau included 10 metres at 1.61 grams per tonne, 6m at 2.55g/t, 2m at 2.38g/t, and 2m at 1.81 g/t.
The Dadjan results identified a substantial gold-bearing zone persisting to at least 20m depth, with mineralisation remaining open to the north at Grand Plateau. In response, DeSoto has commenced a trenching program over zones of high-grade surficial gold mineralisation at the Main Zone and Grand Plateau targets. Additionally, the company has initiated a soil sampling program at the north-east zone of a gold-in-soil anomaly at the Tole gold project.
DeSoto is targeting identified zones of high-grade mineralisation, including a recently reported 8m at 18g/t gold power-auger hit. Exploration work at Tole has identified two 400m by 400m zones with continuous gold mineralisation grading as high as 71.2g/t. The company will now use soil sampling to infill and extend the current sampling pattern to better define zones for follow-up, including three areas of artisanal workings yet to be examined. These successes at Dajan and Tole follow an active period of exploration during the quarter ended June 30, which saw DeSoto make material progress across its West African assets.
