Kobo Resources drills 10 metres of 2.5 g/t gold at Kossou Project, Ivory Coast

Kobo Resources Inc. [TSXV: KRI] released additional diamond drill results from its continuing program at the 100%-owned Kossou gold project in Ivory Coast, West Africa.

Diamond drill highlights – Road Cut zone – KDD0104: 7.0 metres at 1.20 g/t gold from 72.0 metres; 13.0 metres at 1.49 g/t Au from 93.0 metres. KDD0109: 10.0 m at 2.50 g/t Au from 41.0 m, including 6.0 m at 3.77 g/t Au, from 45.0 m; 10.0 m at 1.86 g/t Au from 204.0 m and 11.0 m at 0.51 g/t Au from 229.0 m.

Jagger zone – KDD0100: 1.0 m at 17.30 g/t Au from 38.0 m; 1.0 m at 3.72 g/t Au from 94.0 m; 9.0 m at 1.04 g/t Au from 172.0 m and 11.0 m at 1.26 g/t Au from 188.0 m.

Edward Gosselin, CEO and a director of Kobo, commented: “The latest results continue to confirm strong, continuous gold mineralization along the Contact Zone (CZ) fault. These results also further define parallel gold-bearing shears within both the Road Cut zone and Jagger zone structural corridors, reinforcing our confidence in the scale and continuity of the system.”

He continued: “The new drilling has outlined broad mineralized zones with strong downdip continuity and encouraging grades near surface and at depth, all consistent with our geological model for Kossou. Together, these results continue to strengthen our view that Kossou hosts a robust and growing gold system with significant potential for resource expansion as drilling progresses.”

Road Cut zone highlights: Drilling at the Road Cut zone targeted a 300-metre strike length between sections RCZ400 and RCZ700, with results confirming mineralization along and adjacent to the CZ fault. Boreholes KDD0104 and KDD0109 on section RCZ600 returned some of the strongest results to date: KDD0109 intersected 10.0 m at 2.50 g/t Au from 41.0 m, including 6.0 m at 3.77 g/t Au from 45.0 m, as well as 10.0 m at 1.86 g/t Au from 204.0 m and 11.0 m at 0.51 g/t Au from 229.0 m.

KDD0104 returned 13.0 m at 1.49 g/t Au from 93 m and 7.0 m at 1.20 g/t Au from 72 m, located approximately 20 m west of the CZ fault.

The mineralized intersections in boreholes KDD0104 and KDD0109 along the CZ fault are comparable in both grade and thicknesses reported previously in borehole KDD0098. This hole shows a good degree of consistency and continuity downdip of the prominent shear zone.

The upper mineralized intersection of 10.0 m at 2.50 g/t Au in KDD0109 also confirms an excellent downdip continuity of gold mineralization first identified in hole KDD0014 (9.0 m at 4.27 g/t Au), establishing a robust, gold-bearing structure up to 175.0 metres from the main fault.

Additional intercepts along the CZ fault include 10.0 m at 0.55 g/t Au and 5.0 m at 1.75 g/t Au in KDD0102, while KDD0105 returned a one-metre interval at 5.05 g/t Au associated with quartz veining south of RCZ600. Collectively, the Road Cut zone results confirm consistent gold mineralization along a 150-to-200-metre section of the CZ fault, highlighting its potential as a major first-order control on mineralization.

Jagger zone highlights: Drilling at the Jagger zone was completed across two 50-metre sections (JZ750 and JZ800), designed to test continuity within the central shear and southern extensions of the zone:

KDD0100 intersected 1.0 m at 17.30 g/t Au from 38.0 m, 9.0 m at 1.04 g/t Au from 172.0 m and 11.0 m at 1.26 g/t Au from 188.0 m, demonstrating higher grades and continuity within the core of the Jagger shear zone compared with earlier holes (for example, KDD0031 – 4.0 m at 3.26 g/t Au).

KDD0106 returned 3.3 m at 0.96 g/t Au from 62.7 m near surface, confirming the presence of mineralized shears along the southern continuation of Structure 6.

Although shallow holes KDD0106 and KDD0108 intersected lower-grade mineralization, results at depth confirm that well-defined shears persist below 200 m, warranting follow-up drilling to extend these high-grade zones downdip.

An accurate dip and strike and controls of mineralization are unconfirmed and mineralized zones are reported as downhole lengths. Drill holes are planned to intersect mineralized zones perpendicular to interpreted targets. All intercepts reported are downhole distances; true widths are unknown.

Kobo Resources has a new gold discovery in Ivory Coast, hosting several multimillion-ounce gold mines. The company’s 100%-owned Kossou gold project is located approximately 20 km northwest of the capital city of Yamoussoukro and is directly adjacent to one of the region’s largest gold mines with established processing facilities.

With over 24,411 metres of diamond drilling, nearly 5,900 metres of reverse circulation (RC) drilling and 5,900 metres of trenching completed since 2023, Kobo has made significant progress in defining the scale and prospectivity of its Kossou’s gold project.

Exploration has focused on multiple high-priority targets within a greater-than-nine-kilometre strike length of highly prospective gold-in-soil geochemical anomalies, with drilling confirming extensive mineralization at the Jagger, Road Cut and Kadie zones. The latest phase of drilling has further refined structural controls on gold mineralization, setting the stage for the next phase of systematic exploration and resource development.

Beyond Kossou, the company is advancing exploration at its Kotobi permit and is expanding its land position in Ivory Coast with prospective ground.