tijirit exhibits a similar geology to tasiast

The Tasiast gold mine (owned by Redback Mining Inc.), is 35km to the northwest of Tijirit and in
an adjacent Achaean Greenstone belt. Tijirit exhibits a similar geology to Tasiast. Previous
explorers outlined broad spaced (1km centres) gold in soil anomalies on Tijirit in the 1990s
during the same campaign that delineated Tasiast. Tasiast now hosts a world-class gold project
with reserves of 2.28Moz and resources of 3Moz and is now producing 230,000 ounces per
annum.
In two field seasons (March ? April and from September 2008), Shield collected soil samples on
four grids with results confirming the broad spaced anomalies defined from earlier work. These
grids were infill sampled to 80m x 40m with results enhancing and extending previously
delineated anomalies. Ground geophysics was also successfully undertaken. The anomalies were
then trenched to give better guidance to the drill programme.
In April, 2009 a 3275 metre drill programme was undertaken over three of the prospects. The
results from this confirmed the presence of gold and the similarity of geology to the Tasiast Gold
Mine.
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