Kasbah Resources has published a new resource estimate for its Achmmach project in Morocco, with the tonnage of contained tin increased by 150%. The new JORC-compliant indicated and inferred mineral resource estimate of 14.6 million tonnes at 0.9% Sn (for 135,000 tonnes of contained tin) compares with the previous 2010 estimate of 54,000 tonnes of contained tin.
In a statement the company said: “The mineralised zones formerly referred to and reported as Fez, Meknes, Marrakech, Gap and Eastern have now been recognised by Kasbah geologists as being part of a larger, continuous mineralised system now referred to as the “Meknes Trend”. Previously, the Eastern Zone was separated from the other mineralised bodies due to a lack of data. The latest drilling has bridged this gap and the mineralisation has now been drill tested and is continuous over a strike length exceeding 1.5 km.”
Managing Director Wayne Bramwell said: “The potential to further increase the size and scale of the Achmmach tin project is significant. The Meknes Trend remains open to the west, east and at depth and proximate targets such as those within the newly named Sidi Addi Trend offer another opportunity to enhance the project economics.
The pre-feasibility study (PFS) will be completed in April and the five diamond rigs at Achmmach will continue with in-fill and extensional drilling of the Meknes Trend as Kasbah advances towards the delivery of a second resource upgrade mid-year. Achmmach continues to grow and with this 150% increase in contained tin has established the project as the one of the largest and highest quality hard rock tin projects in development in the world.”
