Record High Gold Values Reported by Tanzanian Royalty From RC Drill Program at Kigosi Project in Tanzania
November 26 2007 - 1:44PM
PR Newswire (US)
Trade Symbol: TSX: TNX AMEX: TRE VANCOUVER, Nov. 26
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tanzanian Royalty is pleased to announce
that a Phase 4 Reverse Circulation (RC) drill program has returned
record high gold values at the Company's Kigosi Project in
Tanzania. In addition, the Company has discovered a seventh gold
bearing shoot containing encouraging values within one of two
previously established shear zones on the Kigosi property which is
located in the prolific Lake Victoria Greenstone Belt. According to
Tanzanian Royalty President, John Deane, the Phase 4 drill program
"has produced the highest gold grades yet discovered at Kigosi with
a peak value of 101.25 g/t gold (3.0 oz/t) returned over 1.0 metre
in Hole KG20RC271 within the Bateleur gold shoot." Deane also noted
that this particular sample had excellent "repeatability" during
the umpire assay verification process at the Humac laboratory in
Mwanza, Tanzania with values recorded of 177.0 g/t (5.1 oz/t);
143.77g/t (4.2 oz/t) and 153.75g/t (4.5 oz./t). The averaged value
from the Humac laboratory for this particular sample is 158.17g/t
(4.4 oz/t), he added. Hole KG20RC-270 returned 4.0 metres (13.1 ft)
averaging 11.32 g/t (0.33 oz/t) including 2.0 metres (6.56 ft.)
grading 18.03 g/t (0.526 oz/t) within the Main Zone. While
KG20RC-271 returned 9.0 metres (29.5 ft.) grading 11.93 g/t (0.35
oz/t) including the value mentioned above of 1.0 metre (3.28 ft.)
averaging 101.25 g/t (3.0 oz/t) which was also in the Main Zone.
The Company elected to utilize the more conservative 101.25 g/t
value for these intercepts rather than the average of the check
assays which was substantially higher. The new Goshawk shoot, which
is contained within the Luhwaika Main Shear zone immediately above
the Bateleur shoot, produced gold values ranging between 7.15g/t
(0.21 oz/t) and 35.70g/t (1.0 oz/t). In less than one year,
Tanzanian Royalty has confirmed the presence of seven high grade
gold shoots at Kigosi including the recent Goshawk discovery which
remains open to further expansion. "Given the high frequency of
favourable results from Kigosi, we are developing specific
exploration milestones for this project which at the present time
we intend to pursue in-house rather than through our standard
royalty agreements which has largely been the case in the past,"
said the Company's Chairman and CEO, Jim Sinclair. "In our view,
Kigosi has the potential to become a world class gold discovery and
we intend to make it the most aggressively explored precious metals
project in Africa over the next few years," he said. "With that
objective in mind, a number of financing options are open to us to
exploit the potential at Kigosi - both internally and externally -
and we are currently evaluating which option(s) will be best for
shareholders," he said. The Phase 4 drill program consisted of 62
holes aggregating 3,284 metres, bringing the total drilled at
Kigosi to 13,299 metres in 311 holes. Drilling was conducted along
five control lines with a central baseline having a strike length
of 2.8 kilometres. The primary objective of this fourth phase of
drilling was to test the strike continuity of the Luhwaika reef
system to the northwest on two 200 metres spaced lines, and to
drill infill holes down-dip and along strike of mineralization
identified in previous drilling in the northwest area. Drill hole
spacing was 30 metres. The two shear zones hosting these gold
shoots have now been traced along a strike length of 1.6 kilometres
with the current drilling and they are still open towards the
northwest. The shoots within these shear zones now have lengths
ranging from 100 to 1,300 metres. Deane also pointed out that "the
Luhwaika Main Shear Zone definitely has the thicker and higher
grade shoots, namely the Falcon, Bateleur and Goshawk." Below is a
summary of the shoot statistics.
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# of Shoot RC Length Width Thickness Grade Shear System Name holes
(m) (m) (m) (g/t) Comments
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Luhwaika Main Falcon 7 +/-850 10-20 1-2 2.59-8.83 Closed?
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Luhwaika Main Bateleur 16 +/-1300 10-20 1-3 1.99-101.25 Closed?
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Luhwaika Main Eagle 7 450 10-20 1-2 2.10-6.65 Closed
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Luhwaika Main Goshawk 4 650 10 1-2 7.14-35.70 Open to west
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Luhwaika West Flamingo 3 300 10 1 3.96-4.46 Closed?
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Luhwaika West Pelican 7 1000? 10-30 1-2 2.77-16.46 Open to west
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Luhwaika West Albatross 1 greater ? 1 20.30 Open to than 100 west
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The shoots are separated by lower grade (less than 2g/t) envelopes
that are between 10 and 30 metres wide along the plane of the shear
zones. A summary of the Phase 4 drill highlights is given below:
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(x)Intercept Gold Hole No From (m) To (m) (m) g/t Including
Comments
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Line 2150N
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KG20RC-250 9 12 3 1.89 1m@ West Zone 4.66 in shoot
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KG20RC-252 36 37 1 3.96 West Zone in shoot
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KG20RC-256 69 72 3 0.74 West Zone
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Line 2250N
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KG20RC-262 2 4 2 3.09 gravels
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KG20RC-263 2 5 3 1.24 gravels
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KG20RC-264 77 78 1 0.51 Main Zone
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KG20RC-265 13 16 3 1.81 Main Zone
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KG20RC-266 25 30 5 0.75 Main Zone
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KG20RC-267 38 39 1 1.86 Main Zone
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KG20RC-268 48 50 2 7.14 Main Zone in
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KG20RC-270 2 5 3 0.44 gravels
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72 76 4 11.32 2m@ Main Zone 18.03 in shoot
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KG20RC-271 84 93 9 11.93 1m@ Main Zone 101.25 in shoot
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KG20RC-272 96 98 2 1.82 Main Zone
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KG20RC-273 5 6 1 2.90 gravel
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KG20RC-276 4 7 3 6.82 gravel
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Line 2450N
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KG20RC-280 84 86 2 18.16 1m@ Main Zone 35.70 in shoot
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KG20RC-283 38 40 2 1.27 West Zone
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KG20RC-284 58 60 2 14.11 1m@ West Zone 27.75 in shoot
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Line 2650N
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KG20RC-296 20 21 1 6.12 Main Zone in shoot
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KG20RC-297 27 28 1 5.43 Main Zone in shoot
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KG20RC-298 37 39 2 5.00 Main Zone in shoot
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KG20RC-310 68 69 1 8.16 Main Zone in shoot
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KG20RC-311 79 81 2 1.21 Main Zone
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Line 2850N
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KG20RC-303 10 13 3 0.99 gravels
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KG20RC-306 48 50 2 0.88 Main Zone
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KG20RC-308 67 68 1 1.78 Main Zone
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(x)The above intersections are estimated to be very close to true
thicknesses with all the drill inclinations being -60 degrees and
the dip of the reef being -22 degrees. All holes are drilled
perpendicular to the assumed strike of the reef(s). The fifth phase
of drilling has commenced at Kigosi with the Company continuing to
drill out the two main reefs to the northwest and southeast. In
anticipation of the rainy season, the Company is currently drilling
areas that will likely not be accessible for much longer. In
addition, the road network into Kigosi has been upgraded to
facilitate access into areas that are scheduled to be drilled
during the rainy season. Critical supplies for this Phase 5 program
are on site and the Company intends to bring in a track-mounted
diamond drill to augment the aggressive drill program at Kigosi
which is entering a critical phase. The next phase of drilling will
therefore concentrate on the Luhwaika Main and West Shears to the
northwest. Two lines will also be drilled in the southeast of the
system where IP and previous drilling suggest that the two shear
systems are merging to form one system. A further 2,500 metres of
drilling is planned during this next phase, all of which should be
completed in the 2007 drill season. Analysis Fire assay with flame
AAS finish was conducted by SGS Laboratories in Mwanza. Duplicates
and Standards were inserted in the sample stream approximately
every 20 samples. The duplicates have a correlation coefficient of
66.7%, which is accounted for by the large nugget effect within the
sampling. 15% of the standards from SGS fall outside the acceptable
3rd standard deviation. Because of this, 95% of the high gold
samples were sent to Humac as a check. The Humac fire assay results
gave a 94.5% correlation with the SGS results, and this is
considered acceptable. The figures used in this press release are
the average grades taken for between one and three duplicates run
by the labs on each analysis. Qualified Person The technical
information contained in this document has been reviewed and
approved by John Deane, President, Tanzanian Royalty Exploration
Corporation Limited, a qualified person as defined by NI 43-101. He
has an M.Sc. from the University of Cape Town (1993) and is a
registered scientist with SACNASP (Reg. #400005/05). Respectfully
Submitted, "James E. Sinclair" James E. Sinclair Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer The Toronto Stock Exchange and American Stock
Exchange have not reviewed and do not accept responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release Cautionary Note to U.S.
Investors - The United States Securities and Exchange Commission
permits U.S. mining companies, in their filings with the SEC, to
disclose only those mineral deposits that a company can
economically and legally extract or produce. We use certain terms
on this news release, such as "measured", "indicated", and
"inferred" "resources" that the SEC guidelines strictly prohibit
U.S. registered companies from including in their filings with the
SEC. U.S. Investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in
our Form 20-F, File # 0-50634, which may be secured from us, or
from the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml. Certain
information presented in this release may constitute
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking
statements are based on numerous assumptions, and involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including risks
inherent in mineral exploration and development, which may cause
the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to
be materially different from any projected future results,
performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Investors are referred to our
description of the risk factors affecting the Company, as contained
in our Form 20-F, File # 0-50634, for a more information concerning
these risks, uncertainties, and other factors. CONTACT: Investor
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