Seventy Ninth Resources Expands Gold Exploration Portfolio in Guinea
Company also provides update on community activities
Seventy Ninth Resources Limited (“Seventy Ninth”), a U.K. based resource exploration firm specialising in the acquisition and development of undervalued land assets across the globe announces the award of two prospective gold mineralisation licences in the Siguiri Basin, Republic of Guinea, in Western Africa.
Seventy Ninth currently runs an exploration team in Guinea on three concessions with an additional exploration program in Ontario.
Highlights:
- Award of two new licences expanding the Guinea portfolio from three to five gold projects.
- Licences located in the Siguiri basin, one of the most prolific gold belts in West Africa.
- In-house technical team has identified numerous priority targets on new licences areas.
- Multiple artisanal gold working identified from initial reconnaissance.
- Field team ready to mobilise to new projects following the end of the rainy season.
- Evolution of asset portfolio as the company moves closer to a planned public listing.
“We are excited by the addition of the two new projects in Guinea. As a business, we have been exploring in the country since 2011, building relationships and adding to our knowledge base. Adding the new licences is a testament to our ability to target prospective geological terrain and bring it into the portfolio, said Natalie Bellis, Seventy Ninth Resources CEO.
Chief Geologist Will Slater added, “We are pleased to announce the addition of the two new projects in Guinea, adding 108 square kilometres to the company’s land holding and increasing the number of projects we manage in the country to five. Both licences are situated in the highly prospective Siguiri basin and are prospective for orogenic gold mineralisation.”
“Desk base targeting and remote sensing has identified multiple areas of interest on the new licences and initial on-the-ground reconnaissance has mapped multiple artisanal gold working sites. Our in-house field team ready to mobilise onto the project area to rapidly and systematically assess their prospectivity,” said Slater.
Bellis also said, “The award of the new projects aligns with the company’s aspirations to develop a new project generator, building a large portfolio of prospective geological real estate as the company moves closer to our anticipated public listing in 2025.”
Community Engagement Projects
Seventy Ninth Resources has continued its programme of engagement and involvement with the communities surrounding the project areas. Most recently the Company has provided financial support and engagement with three local NGOs focused on helping women develop their own enterprises.
A core part of this was sponsorship of the Talented Women of Siguiri event featuring a conference on women’s empowerment, personal development, and education. Other engagement includes support for a community initiative in the city of Siguiri concerned with the unblocking of drains to reduce the risk of flooding; and ongoing significant financial support and volunteering with the FOMBEK Orphanage across education, facilities, food, and healthcare
Licence Specifics
Two licences; RES3 (79km2) and RES4 (29km2) were awarded to XXX Sarl a 100% owned subsidiary of the Company, by the Centre de Promotion et de Développement Minier (CPDM) in Guinea. Desk-based targeting using historical geological and geophysical data plus remote sensing imagery has indicated a prospective geological setting to host orogenic gold mineralisation in both areas. Initial reconnaissance has identified 12 discrete artisanal gold working sites extending over a 3 km north-northeast trend at RES4. “Orogenic gold” means gold mineralisation derived from hydrothermal fluids controlled by structures with the host rock
For further information please visit the Company’s website https://79thresources.com/.
Investor and Media Relations
Ira M. Gostin
mining@irlabs.ca
About Seventy Ninth Resources Limited
Seventy Ninth Resources holds a unique and advantageous position in the natural resources sector, specialising in the acquisition, management, and development of desirable assets leveraging the group’s global footprint to seek out new opportunities.
The company follows a Project Generator model, whereby we identify high‐quality exploration projects diversified by commodity and jurisdiction. Acquires these projects at a low cost and creates value through early-stage exploration, focusing on the most prospective projects, dropping licences that are unlikely to attract a partner. The next stage is to sell or JV these projects with reputable partners generating royalties as part of the transaction alongside potential milestone cash payments and equity. The partner funds exploration through feasibility, construction, and into production, providing long-term exposure to highly prospective ground.
Since 2011, we’ve been operating in the Republic of Guinea. Our hands-on approach in-country has enabled us to pair local knowledge with industry expertise, working on the ground to identify desirable assets based on data-driven insight.
Our work proactively engaging with all peoples where we explore has cultivated trusted relationships with local communities. Through these relationships, we’ve gained unique access to acquire land in areas with significant potential for gold, diamond and other precious resources.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) is at the heart of everything we do, and we have implemented several initiatives, including a collaboration with a local orphanage and a partnership with a non-governmental organisation to address issues related to
mining in impacted communities.
The company is committed to exploring undervalued opportunities on a global scale with an intention to list on an internationally recognised stock exchange.
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