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Ann: Global Mineral Resources at Morila increase to 2.43m oz, page-2

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    New Satellite Resources see Global Mineral Resources at Morila increase to 2.43 Million Ounces

    • New Mineral Resource estimates completed for Satellite Deposits (N’Tiola, Viper, Morila Pit
    5 and Koting) following intensive drilling campaigns.
    • An 80% increase in Mineral Resources for the Satellites to 218,000 ounces of contained gold,
    with a 164% increase within the higher confidence Measured and Indicated categories to
    190,000 ounces of contained gold.
    • Global Mineral Resources at Morila now total 2.43 million ounces of contained gold,
    including 1.31 million ounces in the Measured and Indicated categories.
    • The new Mineral Resources will enable finalisation of Ore Reserves and a Life of Mine Plan
    (LOMP), which are expected to be released in early May 2021.
    Firefinch Limited (ASX: FFX) (Firefinch or the Company) is pleased to announce an upgrade to the
    Mineral Resources for the satellite deposits (Satellites) within the Morila Gold Project (Morila or the
    Project). The Mineral Resources have been estimated utilising all available drilling, including over
    30,000 metres of Firefinch drilling completed this year (19,000 metres of drilling at N’Tiola, Viper, and
    Pit 5 and over 11,000 metres on the adjacent Massigui Project, principally Koting).

    Mineral Resources

    The updated Measured, Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources for the satellite deposits are:

    6.2 million tonnes at 1.09g/t gold for 218,000 ounces of contained gold (Table 1).
    This compares to 2.5 million tonnes at 1.38g/t gold for 113,000 ounces in the prior Mineral Resource
    (refer ASX Announcement 24th November 2020).
    This results in an increase in Morila’s Global Mineral Resource (Table 4) to:
    50.5 million tonnes at 1.50g/t gold for 2.43 million ounces of contained gold.
    190,000 ounces of the satellite resources are now contained within the high confidence Measured
    and Indicated categories (5.5 million tonnes at 1.07g/t gold), enabling Ore Reserves and mining
    schedules to be finalised to support the re-commencement of open pit mining. The Global Measured
    and Indicated Resource at the Morila Project has increased to 28.4 million tonnes at 1.43g/t gold for
    1.31 million ounces of contained gold (refer Table 4 and Appendix 1 below).

    Firefinch’s Managing Director, Dr Michael Anderson, commented:
    “This is an excellent outcome. We aimed to have sufficient satellite feed available to support
    operations in the lead up to accessing ore from the Morila Super Pit, and we have delivered. Our
    investment in intensive drilling across the known deposits has paid off with this substantial increase
    in Satellite Resources. Importantly, we have a significant inventory of Measured and Indicated
    Resources on which to base our forthcoming Life of Mine Plan, the blueprint for the production
    ramp-up at Morila. Drilling is continuing and we are confident of adding further resources and
    reserves. I look forward to keeping shareholders informed of our progress.”
    Last edited by 1for1: 03/05/21
 
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