REUNION GOLD CONTINUES TO EXPAND HIGH-GRADE MINERALIZATION BELOW THE MRE PIT SHELL TO OVER 1,000 M DEPTH AT ITS OKO WEST PROJECT IN GUYANA HIGHLIGHTED BY DRILL HOLE D-359-W1 INTERSECTING 24.4 M @ 7.80 G/T AU & HOLE D-360A-W2 INTERSECTING 14.3 M @ 8.84 G/T AU AND 10.5 M @ 6.09 G/T AU
Longueuil, Québec, February 8, 2024 – Reunion Gold Corporation (TSXV: RGD; OTCQX: RGDFF) (the “Company” or “Reunion Gold”) is pleased to announce additional drill results from its Oko West Project, Guyana. The results include drilling from both the resource expansion drill program below Block 4 and continued infill drilling within areas of Inferred resources outlined as part of the June 2023 pit constrained mineral resource estimate (“MRE”).
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Highlights from the resource expansion drill program, which intersected the down-dip continuation of high grade mineralization from Block 4 down to and below 1,000 meters (“m”) depth include hole D-360A-W2, which intersected 14.3 m @ 8.84 grams per tonne of gold (”g/t Au”) and 10.5 m @ 6.09 g/t, drill hole D-359-W1 which intersected 24.4 m @ 7.80 g/t Au, drill hole D-364, which intersected 14.0 m @ 7.40 g/t Au, and drill hole D-362A, which intersected 15.5 m @ 4.26 g/t Au, 4.9 m @ 6.29 g/t Au and 4.3 m @ 6.64 g/t Au (all reported using a 1.5 g/t cut-off grade).
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The high-grade zone remains fully open to further expansion below 1 km.
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The Company has now closed and handed over an updated database to G Mining Services for the preparation of an updated MRE expected to be announced by the end of February 2024.
Rick Howes, President and CEO of Reunion Gold, stated “I am very pleased with the results of both the resource conversion and the resource expansion drill programs, which together continue to confirm the strong levels of continuity within the open pit resource as well as the expansion of high-grade mineralization below the previously defined MRE pit shell, down to depth of 1,000 m where it remains open. This also confirms that we have significant underground potential below what is already very significant open pit potential. Once the open pit resource model is updated and the new underground resource model is complete, both the open pit and underground mine design scenarios will be evaluated as part of the Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) work already underway with G Mining Services. This work will also determine the transition depth from the open pit to underground as well as the preferred sequencing of the open pit and underground mine. We expect to release the PEA before the end of June 2024. Permitting also continues on schedule with baseline studies nearing completion and Terms of Reference for the Environmental Impact Assessment submitted to the Guyana Environmental Protection Agency for approval.”
Resource Expansion Drill Program
Results from the resource expansion program at depth below the MRE pit shell continue to confirm the existence of high-grade mineralization within block 4 of the Kairuni zone, to depths of over 1,000 m down dip. The latest highlights from this deep drilling are shown in Table 1 and on the long section on Figure 1. These results include Hole D-360A-W2, which intersected 14.3 m @ 8.84 g/t Au and 10.5 m @ 6.09 g/t Au (using a 1.5 g/t Au cut-off) within a broader interval of 50.1 m @ 4.10 g/t Au (using a 0.3 g/t cut-off) from 1039.8 m downhole; hole D-359-W1, which intersected 24.4 m @ 7.80 g/t Au and 4.2 m @ 4.02 g/t Au (using a 1.5 g/t Au cut-off) within a broader interval of 83.5 m @ 3.06 g/t Au (using a 0.3 g/t Au cut-off) from 721.5 m downhole; and hole D-362A, which intersected 15.5 m @ 4.26 g/t Au, 4.9 m @ 6.29 g/t Au and 4.3 m @ 6.64 g/t Au (using a 1.5 g/t cut-off grade) within a broader interval of 76.0 m @ 2.27 g/t Au (using a 0.3 g/t Au cut-off) from 991.0 m downhole. Importantly, the high-grade zone remains open to further expansion below 1,000 m. Approximately 23,500 m of diamond drilling has been completed in areas below the June 2023 MRE pit that will be incorporated into a new mineral resource estimate down to depths of approx. 1,000 m, and the Company has commenced a 20,000 m infill program for the deeper zones of mineralization with the intention of converting any new resources to an Indicated classification prior to the Q3 2024 start of a planned Feasibility Study.