Oriole Resources plc has started an inaugural drilling programme at its 85%-owned Wapouzé limestone project in northeast Cameroon. QUALITY The planned 1,000-metre campaign for 19 holes will target “steeply-dipping metamorphosed limestone (or ‘marble’) units”, located in the northeast of the licence. Drilling will focus on outcrops within three main zones, covering a total strike length […]
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Oriole to diamond drill Wapouzé
Oriole Resources plc aims to begin an inaugural diamond drilling programme later this month at its 85%-owned Wapouzé limestone project, in northeast Cameroon. TVRs Drilling for 1,000 metres will determine the depth continuity of “outcropping limestone/marble units”, previously classified as “high-grade carbonate material”. The company said that the material was potentially suitable for use mainly […]
Oriole renews Wapouzé for further two years
Oriole Resources plc has secured a further two years for its 85%-owned Wapouzé limestone property in northern Cameroon. INVESTMENT The project lies 20km to the north of the company’s Bibemi gold exploration area. Although initially focused on gold, sampling results in September 2023 showed high grade carbonate material which could be used in the country’s cement […]
Oriole refocuses Wapouzé on industrial minerals
Oriole Gold plc has identified “high-grade carbonate material” at Wapouzé but “significantly lower” gold potential than its nearby Bibemi project in northern Cameroon. ROYALTY The company said that a review of historical data showed the potential for “cement-quality limestone”. A total of 13 of 14 rock chip samples from outcropping limestone were suitable for the […]
Oriole primed for ‘new frontier’ of gold in Cameroon
Oriole Resources plc announced it had secured a controlling interest in it orogenic gold exploration projects at Bibemi and Wapouzé in northern Cameroon. LICENCES The move follows the completion of an initial funding commitment of $1.56 million set out under the terms of an option agreement signed in June 2018. Oriole now has 51% ownership […]