EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT

Loncor bumps Adumbi resource up 44%

PEA on the cards

 Drilling at Loncor Resources’ flagship Adumbi deposit in the DRC in December 2020

Drilling at Loncor Resources’ flagship Adumbi deposit in the DRC in December 2020

Adumbi's openpit inferred resource now stands at 41.3 million tonnes grading 2.37g/t gold for 3.15 million ounces, compared with its 2.19Moz outlined in April 2020.

The company said 5Moz remained a target for Adumbi.

The latest Adumbi update takes the total resource for Imbo, which also has the smaller Kitenge and Manzako deposits, to about 3.5Moz.

"This major increase in mineral resources within a US$1,500 pit shell to 3.15Moz of gold is an important milestone in demonstrating the potential economic viability of the Adumbi deposit," president Peter Cowley said.

"Drilling at Adumbi also demonstrates that grade is increasing at depth, which bodes well for a significant underground resource to be outlined."

He said Loncor would embark on a preliminary economic assessment for Adumbi once drilling wrapped up this quarter.

"Another Kibali-like deposit is our goal and early stage inferred resource grades offer positive indications," Loncor had said in a January presentation.

The Barrick Gold-operated Kibali mine, about 220km away, produced 808,134oz of gold in 2020.

Loncor has an 84.68% interest in the Imbo project, owns the Makapela project 50km away and has several joint ventures with Barrick in the DRC's Ngayu Belt.

Australia-based producer Resolute Mining is a major shareholder of Loncor with 26%.

Shares in the company (TSX: LN) closed unchanged yesterday at C97c, near a one-year peak of $1.06 reached last week, valuing Loncor at $121 million (US$98 million).

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