Caledonia Mining announces first results from Zimbabwe exploration programme

At Motapa, the combination of diamond drilling (DD) and reverse circulation drilling (RC), designed to test the continuation of sulphide zones of mineralisation below the historic oxide open pits, have returned highly encouraging results. In addition, shallower drilling in new target areas has returned encouraging results both in shallower oxide, and deeper sulphide zones.

The programme to date has achieved the initial objectives and included 12 724 m of trenching, 4143 m of DD and 5433 m of RC. The drill programme featured generally wide-spaced holes at several prospects on the Motapa lease area and highlighted the presence of widespread gold mineralisation over a combined strike length of more than 9 km. Results included significant high-grade gold mineralisation in numerous areas (e.g. in particular the Jupiter, Pluvious, and Mpudzi areas) which will now be the focus for follow up drilling with a view to defining an opencast mineral resource. Drilling highlights to date include:

• Hole JPRC01 – 12.00 m at 6.36 g/t from 81 m downhole, RC
• Hole JPRC05 - 13.00 m at 5.17 g/t from 88 m downhole, RC
• Hole PLVRC06 - 7.00 m at 3.27 g/t from 64 m downhole, RC
• Hole MPZRC02 - 4.00 m at 10.95 g/t from 12 m downhole, RC
• Hole JDD08 - 14.00 m at 3.20 g/t from 63 m downhole, DD
• Hole PLVDD01 - 8.00 m at 4.00 g/t from 74 m downhole, DD

Chief Executive Officer, Mark Learmonth, said:

“The results from the sampling at Motapa have delivered encouraging results in terms of strike width, length and grade. The drill programme featured generally wide-spaced holes at several prospects on the Motapa lease area and highlighted the presence of widespread gold mineralisation over a combined strike length of more than 9 km.

“Motapa sits adjacent to Bilboes, which is where the Company plans to develop a major new high-grade opencast gold mine. These initial results confirm that Motapa will continue to form a key role in the Company’s growth strategy.”

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