Awale Assets: Exploration and Discovery of Gold and Copper-Gold Deposits in West Africa
Corporate Assessment:
Zodiac Gold is at the leading edge of gold exploration in West Africa, showcasing vital exploration doable at its 100% owned Todi Venture, situated within the Republic of Liberia. The Todi Venture features a 2,316 km2 land bundle that comes with geology and buildings recognized to host gold mineralization, positioned in a up to now underexplored area of West Africa. Control lives and operates at the floor in Liberia with 24 years of West African enjoy. The Corporate has sturdy executive and political knowhow and there’s a vital U.S. Executive presence in Liberia.
Key Highlights:
- District-Scale Discovery 2,316 km land bundle alongside the fertile Todi Shear Zone together with the 418 km Todi flagship assets and one reconnaissance license protecting an extra 1,898 km.
- Proximity to Current Mines Strategically situated 20 km SE of Avesoro Assets’ New Liberty gold mine (1.74 M ounces useful resource) and 30 km from the Ndablama gold mine (0.9 M ounces useful resource).1
- Early Exploration Luck and Ongoing Tasks Segment 1 Scout Drill Methods at Arthington and Alasala goals have intersected more than one vast zones of high-grade mineralization in 40 of 47 holes drilled up to now, highlighting the possibility of the invention of latest gold deposits. A Segment 2 Drilling Program is underway at Arthington with outcomes anticipated in Q1 2024. A extra complete drilling marketing campaign (as much as 10,000m) is predicted to stick to in 2024 matter to the Corporate securing further financing.
- Infrastructure Merit Neatly-established native and regional infrastructure with year-round highway get right of entry to, drilling and exploration camp amenities, and shut proximity to airports and seaports.
- Skilled Management A skilled, discovery-driven, and capital marketplace savvy control crew led through President CEO David Kol (14 years of West African enjoy), supported through extremely achieved Board individuals and strategic advisors together with Renaud Adams (CEO of IAMGOLD), Doug Cater, Graham Warren, and Mike Demeter.
The Todi Venture:
The Todi Venture is the cornerstone of Zodiac Gold’s exploration endeavors within the prolific Todi Shear Zone of Central Liberia. Situated inside the West African Craton, some of the international’s nice gold provinces and the most important Paleoproterozoic gold-producing area internet hosting a large number of world-class gold deposits with an estimated gold endowment of over 450 Moz2, Zodiac Gold believes that the Todi Venture gives a compelling funding proposition.
The Todi Venture accommodates a large number of potentialities, goals and anomalies dispensed all the way through the land bundle. Those come with conceptual geology goals according to recognized settings of current greenstone belts, pass chopping shear zones, coherent gold in soil anomalies, circulation sediment geochemistry and geophysical discontinuities and anomalies. Moreover, current artisanal mining websites are assumed to be situated on structural tendencies that proceed onto and during the land bundle forming extremely potential goals for the invention of important gold deposits.
- Potential Geology and District-Scale Possible: The Todi Assets is strategically situated alongside the large Todi Shear Zone extending over 300 km, a gold-rich regional construction recognized to host many gold occurrences with masses of in depth arduous rock artisanal mining websites. The undertaking accommodates an 18.5 km lengthy mineralization pattern known through constant gold in soil anomalies containing intensive arduous rock artisanal gold mining websites, and 5 number one multi-km drilling goals with visual gold. In a similar fashion, inside the reconnaissance license, circulation geochemistry outlined a minimum of a 40-km lengthy gold hall for additional exploration and goal technology. Zodiac Gold believes that the undertaking holds vital geological promise for gold exploration and discovery. It’s situated 20 km southeast of Avesoro’s New Liberty Gold Mine and 30 km from the Ndablama gold mine.
- 5 Top-Precedence Exploration Goals: Sampling, mapping, trenching and scout drilling methods have been finished alongside the regional pattern of the mineralization and known a minimum of 5 multi-km goals for mineralization over 18.5 km of strike duration within the undertaking space, together with Alasala-Mandingo Hill, Alasala South, Arthington, Benben, FehFeh and Early life Camp.
- A success Historic and Segment 1 Drill Program: Zodiac’s Segment 1 Scout Drilling Program, finished in July 2022, along side previous drilling performed at the undertaking, printed vital gold mineralization in 20 of twenty-two drill holes with key intercepts together with: 6.15 g/t Au over 19.6m, 4.6 g/t Au over 9.0m, and seven.69 g/t Au over 6.0m at Alasala (2015); and seven.5 g/t Au over 9.6m, 10.6 g/t Au over 6.0m, and four.7 g/t Au over 5.65m at Arthington (2022).
For additional main points in regards to the Todi Venture, seek advice from the technical file ready through ACA Howe titled “Technical Document at the Todi Gold Venture in Liberia” and dated November 14, 2023, a replica of which is to be had below Zodiac Gold’s SEDAR profile at www.sedarplus.com.
Exploration Plans:
Segment 2 Drill Program: A 500 m drilling marketing campaign used to be finished in 2023 as a part of the continued Segment 2 Drill Program, essentially specializing in the Arthington goal. The marketing campaign aimed to check and lengthen the mineralization alongside a 2,400 m strike of the +4km mineralized pattern known through the soil anomalies, trenching and high-grade channel chip samples at the bedrock the place the shear zones uncovered visual gold. The present drill program will function a foundation for the following level of in depth drilling program deliberate at Arthington with the objected of delineating a maiden useful resource on the assets.
Zodiac Gold additionally intends to extend its drilling on different goals on the Todi Venture. The Alasala goal, with a +2 km strike duration of mineralization outlined through constant trenching outcomes and inspiring scout drilling outcomes, is predicted to be a concern.
As a part of Zodiac Gold’s regional exploration and goal technology technique, soil sampling will likely be deliberate to follow-up the result of circulation geochemistry defining a 40-km gold hall with precedence exploration goals alongside the greenstone belts to verify the extension of mineralization into the reconnaissance license and determine further exploration goals. All drilling and exploration paintings past the preliminary paintings program known within the technical file is matter to the Corporate securing further financing to fund such actions.
Senior Control & Advisory Crew:
Zodiac Gold has assembled a senior control and advisory crew that brings a wealth of enjoy, pressure, and confirmed observe information of luck. With the CEO and VP, Exploration on-the-ground full-time in Liberia, the Corporate’s control is definitely placed to execute the Corporate’s exploration technique.
David Kol – President, CEO, & Director: David is a extremely skilled global trade and startup govt with over twenty years of enjoy in finance, advertising, trade building, M&A, and govt control, essentially within the useful resource sector, media/leisure, actual property and era industries. Previous to Zodiac, David held senior control roles in Gem Rocks Mining Assets, World Media Staff Holdings, The Gamers Community, World Media Ventures and Interactive Enterprises. David these days serves at the Board of Administrators of BluEarth Carbon Construction. David attended the College of California, Davis, the place he studied managerial economics, and has an A.A. (Felony Justice) from Diablo Valley Faculty.
Efdal Olcer – VP, Exploration: Efdal Olcer is a extremely achieved and certified Exploration Geologist with 18 years of enjoy. Efdal has distinctive technical abilities and enjoy won in quite a lot of mineral classes and numerous geological environments, together with Greenstone, Archean, Proterozoic and Tethyan in Africa, the Heart East, and Turkey. He possesses a demonstrable observe document in mineral exploration, in particular gold exploration in numerous deposit varieties together with; epithermal, porphyry, orogenic, and inside of other terrains. He has additionally won intensive greenfield and brownfield exploration and undertaking building enjoy with the bulk leading to discoveries and several other changing into successful gold mines. Ahead of becoming a member of Zodiac, Efdal served as Leader Geologist for Summa Gold and Exploration Supervisor of MNG Gold, a subsidiary of Avesoro Holdings. Efdal additionally held senior geological positions for KEFI Minerals, Asia Minor Mining Inc., and Stratex Exploration PLC. Efdal holds a B.Sc. Level in Geological Engineering from Heart East Technical College. He’s a member of the Society of Financial Geologists, Geological Society of London, Australian Institute of Geoscientists, Society of Geology Carried out to Mineral Deposits, and Turkish Affiliation of Economics Geologists.
Peter Granata – CFO: Peter Granata has greater than 18 years of enjoy in finance and operations control inside of world organizations. He’s a dynamic, results-oriented skilled with govt positions in TSXV firms and, prior to those, served as an Audit Supervisor for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Peter has ready monetary statements, MD&A, information releases, mine allowing packages and undertaking money flows. With PricewaterhouseCoopers he carried out audits for Canadian IFRS, US GAAP reconciliations, Particular Function Monetary Statements and has achieved Staff reporting below Canadian GAAP. His enjoy comprises CFO for TSXV entities, capital elevating, global company buildings, shopper engagement, C-suite & administrators engagement, M&A, financing, investor family members, similar celebration transactions, and finance transformation. Peter has a B. Bus and is a Chartered Accountant.
Douglas Cater, P.Geo FGC – Unbiased Director: Doug Cater is a certified geologist who has labored widely throughout Canada and across the world for greater than 35 years, with a selected focal point at the Abitibi gold belt situated in NE Ontario. He has held positions with each senior and intermediate gold manufacturers, together with Barrick Gold Corp., Placer Dome Inc. and Kinross Gold Corp. His African exploration enjoy used to be received whilst serving as an Exploration Advisor for Barrick Gold Corp. in Tanzania, the place he used to be answerable for the undertaking control of an exploration diamond drill program within the Lake Victoria greenstone belt. His most up-to-date govt place used to be as Vice President, Exploration (Canada) with Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. Mr. Cater could also be a director of Sierra Metals Inc., Mayfair Gold Corp., Exploits Discovery Corp. and Gowest Gold Ltd. He’s a graduate of the ICD-Rotman Administrators Training Program.
Graham Warren, CPA, CMA – Director: Graham Warren is a senior monetary govt with over 30 years of enjoy with rising and established firms essentially within the mining and oil and fuel sectors. His experience spans financings, M&A transactions, and guiding firms during the going public procedure. Mr. Warren serves as CFO and Director for Goliath Assets, Pangolin Diamonds Corp., and Platinex Inc. Mr. Warren has his B-Comm and is a Chartered Skilled Accountant.
Mark Kol – Unbiased Director: Mark Kol, a Zodiac Gold co-founder, boasts over 30 years in investor family members, mission capital, finance, and funding banking. With a zeal for capital elevating, Mark has excelled throughout numerous industries, together with actual property, exploration/mining, era, biotech, and media/leisure. Recently an Govt Vice President at CBRE, Mark’s profession comprises impactful roles in San Francisco’s funding banking scene, that specialize in capital elevating and getting ready firms for Preliminary Public Choices.
Renaud Adams – Advisory Board: Mr. Adams is a embellished mining govt and these days serves because the CEO of IAMGOLD Inc. (TSX:IMG) – a $1.6B marketplace cap senior gold manufacturer. Mr. Adams brings intensive enjoy, having led the strategic repositioning of New Gold Inc. and served in key roles at Richmont Mines and Primero Mining Company. His impactful profession additionally comprises managing IAMGOLD’s Rosebel mine in Suriname and serving as Senior Vice President, Americas Operations.
Michael Demeter – Advisory Board: Michael Demeter, with over 25 years of fairness capital markets and mining funding banking enjoy, serves as a strategic guide. He’s these days a spouse at Fortress Capital and held earlier roles come with Managing Director, Head of Institutional Gross sales at Haywood Securities Inc. and Affiliate Director, Institutional Equities at Macquarie Staff.
About Zodiac Gold
Zodiac Gold stands at the leading edge of gold exploration in West Africa, boasting a district-scale discovery within the Todi Venture. Guided through a dedication to accountable exploration and led through an skilled management crew, Zodiac Gold is poised to play a pivotal function within the flourishing gold sector of West Africa. The corporate’s flagship Todi Venture, protecting an expansive 2,316 km2 land bundle, is strategically situated in a up to now underexplored area with shut proximity to the famend New Liberty Gold Mine. With a strong exploration technique, superb get right of entry to to infrastructure, and a focal point on sustainable practices, Zodiac Gold is well-positioned for luck in unlocking the overall doable of its intensive gold exploration property.
Certified Particular person
Efdal Olcer, Vice President of Exploration at Zodiac Gold, is a member of the Society of Financial Geologists, Geological Society of London, Australian Institute of Geoscientists, the Society of Geology Carried out to Mineral Deposits, and the Turkish Affiliation of Economics Geologists and a Certified Particular person as outlined through NI 43-101. He has reviewed and licensed the technical and clinical knowledge equipped on this free up.
On Behalf of Zodiac Gold Inc.
“David Kol”
President & CEO
For additional knowledge, please talk over with the Zodiac-Gold site at www.zodiac-gold.com or touch:
David Kol
President & CEO
information@zodiac-gold.com
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