Annual Report 2008 - Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines

Lafwila (Au, Ag, Pb, Cu)
On this project located at about 300 km to the
South of Dakhla (Awserd province) and following
the encouraging results obtained on the trenches
carried out in 2007 (10.4 g/t Au over 4 m), a
first survey of 4 core drills totaling 531.6 m was
carried out in an effort to recognize the down
dip of gold bearing structures. The targeted
structures were intercepted with apparent
grades of 6 m for the second drilling and 6
m and 2.5 m for the fourth drilling. Chemical
analyses are carried out on the samples taken.
Madnat As Sadra (Au, Nb, Ta, U, Platinoïds,..)
In Madna As Sadra prospect, located at 200 km
SE of Dakhla (Awserd province), the geological
control of aeromagnetic and spectroardimetric
anomalies permitted to highlight, in El Ghassaliat
sector, quartzose structures with index grades
ranging between 0.2 and 0.8 g/t Au on metric
thickness and iron ore carbonatites with grades
reaching 0.5 % Nb 2 O 5 and 470 ppm Ta 2 O 5 , in
Drag sector, and 0.4 % Nb 2 O 5 ; 520 ppm Ta 2 O 5
and 350 ppm U 3 O 8 in Al Farnan sector.
Activity Report 2008
Tichka-Est (Au)
The project of Tichka Est, situated at 140 km
South of Marrakech, showed grades ranging
between 1 and 14 g/t Au at the occurrence of
the first sampling. Following these encouraging
results, a detailed geological survey at 1/500,
covering an area of 24 acres, and a lithogeochemical
sampling with results ranging
between 0.1 and 33 g/t Au were carried out.
A geophysical study showed that the structure
is deeply rooted. The alluvial prospecting
conducted in this prospect yielded grades
reaching 22 g/t Au.
Bas Draa (Au)
In the Bas Draa inlier (Guelmim, Tan Tan and
Assa Zag provinces), prospecting continued in
the Upper and Lower Proterozoic formations in
Ayoun Lghoumane prospect. Samples taken
in the iron ore quartzose structures encased in
sandstones and Pl pelites or in copper indices
borne by quartz veins encased in Infracambrian
bed formations yielded indices in gold (