Tengrela South Gold Project
Granted permit covering 285km² in northern Côte d’Ivoire
Desert Metals holds 51% and can earn up to 80%
Located 30km on strike from Perseus Mining’s operating Sissingué Gold Mine
Tiogo gold discovery with mineralisation delineated over ~1.5km strike length
Main Tiogo gold corridor now extends for +5.5km following identification of the Tiogo North target
Gold system remains open along strike and at depth
The Tengrela South Gold Project covers 285km² in northern Côte d’Ivoire within the highly prospective Syama–Boundiali Greenstone Belt. The project is located approximately 30km on strike from Perseus Mining’s operating Sissingué Gold Mine and lies within a region that hosts numerous significant gold deposits.
Recent exploration has resulted in the discovery and rapid advancement of the Tiogo gold system, which has become the primary focus of exploration at Tengrela South. Follow-up aircore drilling confirmed and substantially upgraded the discovery, with gold mineralisation now delineated semi-continuously over approximately 1.5km of strike length.
Drilling has returned multiple high-grade gold intersections including 4m at 19.48g/t gold, 12m at 3.81g/t gold including 2m at 21.84g/t gold, 8m at 6.47g/t gold and 12m at 4.20g/t gold. Importantly, several holes ended in quartz vein-hosted mineralisation at or near total depth, indicating the highest-grade parts of the gold system may occur in fresh bedrock below the current drilling depth.
Further soil sampling has extended the Tiogo gold corridor to more than 5.5km through the identification of the Tiogo North target, a new +3km gold-in-soil anomaly that remains untested by drilling and represents a high-priority drill-ready target.
At the nearby Kakologo prospect, aircore drilling returned encouraging results including 18m at 1.02g/t gold and 26m at 0.59g/t gold, while ground geophysics has identified additional targets for follow-up drilling.
The next phase of exploration will focus on expanding the Tiogo system through additional aircore drilling and testing the bedrock source of mineralisation with reverse circulation and/or diamond drilling to depths of 150m to 250m.
The project also hosts lithium potential at the Logbog prospect, where previous drilling returned 12m at 0.82% Li₂O from 12m and ended in pegmatite, highlighting further upside beyond the emerging gold discovery.
