Tan Range cuts new zones at Luhala

Channel sampling on Tan Range Explorations‘s (TNX-V) Luhala gold property in Tanzania has turned up eight new mineralized zones in an area measuring 550 by 150 metres.

The zones run parallel to each other and remain open beyond the grid area. They are about 10 metres apart and vary from 2 to 14 metres in width.

Gold values varied widely, from less than 1 gram to 141 grams per tonne. Highlights include:

Zone E, which yielded an average 7.42 grams over 250 metres, including 5 metres of 33.4 grams and 1 metre of 141 grams;

Zone G, which averaged 2.5 grams over 100 metres; and

Zone B, which averaged 1.25 over 150 metres.

Dubbed Shilalo South Hill, the discovery lies 1.2 km southwest of the Kisunge Hill deposit, where 9.4 million tonnes averaging 1 gram per tonne have been outlined by rotary air-blast drilling to a depth of 50 metres. Both areas are hosted by the same stratigraphy, though Shilalo South displays more rhyolite and more intense brecciation, which may indicate proximity to a volcanic centre.

At Shilalo South, mineralization is locally associated with quartz veining and spikes. At Kisunge, it is highly oxidized and appears to increase in grade to depth.

Combined, the two areas bring the potential strike length of mineralization to 2 km and the width up to 220 metres. The strike length may be extended 330 metres once existing trenches at Shilalo South are themselves extended.

Tan Range also plans to extend the grid to the Shilalo West Hill, 400 metres to the northwest. There, diamond drilling has cut 26.4 metres averaging 1.63 grams gold.

Luhala centres on three silicified hills that peak 60-100 metres above the surrounding plains. A 6.2-sq.-km geochemical gold anomaly surrounds the hills, where stockwork gold mineralization appears to be related to felsic porphyry bodies that have intruded tuffaceous rocks.

In light of the recent results, Tan Range has expanded the property’s size to 120 sq. km.