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Oriole encouraged by Bibemi drill progress

Oriole Resources plc earn-in partner has completed 10 of 62 drill holes in the phase IV exploration programme at its 82.2%-owned Bibemi orogenic gold project in Cameroon. STUDIES The company said that multiple shallow-dipping, less than 45˚ from horizontal, and steeply dipping quartz and quartz-tourmaline veins, up to 2.40m wide, have been intersected. BCM International […]

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Oriole to define more targets and extend Bibemi MRE

Oriole Resources plc has progressed work to define further targets and extend the mineral resource estimate (MRE) at its 90%-owned Bibemi orogenic gold project in north Cameroon. BIBEMI The 177km2 project holds an identified shear-hosted gold mineralisation at four main prospects of Bakassi Zone 1, Bakassi Zone 2, Lawa West and Lawa East. December 2022’s inaugural JORC MRE showed 305,000 […]

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Oriole confirms lithium-bearing pegmatites at CLP

Oriole Resources plc confirmed “multiple” lithium-bearing pegmatites from early stage exploration at two licences on its 90%-owned Central Licence Package (CLP) in Cameroon. NDOM & GAMBOUKOU The CLP comprises nine contiguous licences over 4,091km2. Oriole said the previously unexplored Paleo-Proterozoic to Pan-African age rocks were “highly prospective” for a range of commodities, including orogenic-style gold mineralisation and […]

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Oriole granted two-year extension for Bibemi

Oriole Resources plc has been granted a two-year licence extension for its 90%-owned Bibemi orogenic gold project in Cameroon. PROSPECTS The company said that under Cameroonian law, no mandatory ground relinquishment was required on renewal and the Oriole has maintained the full 177km2 licence area. The extension, which is non-renewable, is valid until 26 September 2024 after […]

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Oriole confirms visible gold at Lawa prospects

Oriole Resources plc announced that visible free gold mineralisation had been identified in multiple holes at its 51%-owned Bibemi gold project in Cameroon. The miner’s current diamond drill programme for 3,080 metres in 28 holes is testing the depth extension of surface gold mineralisation identified at four key prospects: Bakassi Zone 1, Bakassi Zone 2, Lawa West and Lawa East. […]