Apollo Minerals Ltd (ASX:AON) is doubling down on a new structural trend at its wholly-owned Kroussou Zinc-Lead Project in Southern Gabon.
The base metals explorer pinpointed the trend during an airborne electromagnetic survey over Kroussou’s TP1 prospect. Since then, geological mapping has confirmed the trend’s structure could mirror the TP13 target — home to a stellar 3.5-metre intersection grading 40% zinc and lead.
Work to date has scoped out a 10-kilometre prospective trend, defined up to 1.5 kilometres west of Kroussou’s main basal contact.
As the prospect takes shape, Apollo believes Kroussou has all the hallmarks of a super giant base metals project, poised to feature among the most prolific and underdeveloped zinc and lead assets in the world.
Groundwork continues
In addition to its findings at TP1, Apollo has also been on the ground at the TP22 target, where work to date has included field mapping and soil geochemistry.
The base metals explorer has also collected more reconnaissance samples at the historical Salane gold prospect in the hopes of defining its modern prospectivity.
Results from rock chip and soil sampling work are with the lab, expected sometime this quarter.
In the meantime, Apollo has flagged that Kroussou’s emerging structural trends will form the focus of its next fieldwork campaign.
Generating drill-ready targets
Apollo managing director Neil Inwood said mapping confirmed the presence of mineralised sub-crop, gossans and barite within the 10-kilometre structural trend to the west of TP1.
“This area of interest was generated from the company’s 2022 airborne electromagnetic survey and is interpreted to have strong potential to host mineralisation similar to the massive sulphides displayed at TP13,” he explained.
“Follow-up fieldwork is planned with a view to extending the strike length of trend and generating drill-ready targets.
“The company eagerly awaits the assay results pending from the recent fieldwork, which are expected to be received from the laboratory in the current quarter.”