Golden Hill

One of West Africa’s most exciting and rapidly advancing gold exploration projects.  Uniquely situated on the Houndé belt in Burkina Faso.  Numerous high-grade, near-surface and deeper gold discoveries indicate district-scale potential.

415koz
Indicated
Mineral Resources(1)

644koz
Inferred
Mineral Resources(1)

Current
Drill Program
Targets
12+ Prospects

Quick Facts: Golden Hill Advanced Exploration Project

Location
Located in southwestern Burkina Faso within the Houndé Greenstone Belt

Geology
Shear-hosted mineralized zones within a package of mafic volcanics and mixed intrusive units within a dominant north-easterly trending structural corridor.

Ownership
100%

Land Area
The Golden Hill project includes three exploration permits covering 468 square kilometres in close proximity and along strike to other deposits within the Houndé Greenstone Belt.

2020 Exploration Budget
$8.5M

Metres Drilled
As of January 1st 2020, more than 800 holes have been drilled totaling more than 90,000 metres of RC and core.

Golden Hill Mine

Overview of Golden Hill

Teranga acquired Golden Hill as an early-stage exploration project in 2016 as part of its acquisition of Gryphon Minerals.

Formerly part of a joint venture, Golden Hill is now 100% wholly owned by Teranga. Located within the central part of the highly mineralized Houndé Greenstone Belt, Golden Hill is surrounded by an area known for gold discoveries, including the Siou, Houndé (contiguous with Golden Hill) and high-grade Yaramoko deposits.

Exploration is advancing rapidly. In just three years, Golden Hill has produced a series of excellent grade, near surface and deeper drill results at a variety of prospects. Currently there are over a dozen prospects and deposits, the majority of which are located within 10 kilometres from a central point on the property.

Utilizing both core and reverse circulation drills, the 2019-2020 drill program is targeting the Ma Structural Complex (Main, North, South, East, Far North and Jonction), Peksou, Peksou North, Copper, Gogoba West, Gogoba North, Pourey, A, B and C-Zones. A resource estimation update is scheduled for the second quarter of 2020.

Based on encouraging drill results to date, confidence continues to increase that Golden Hill may be Teranga’s third gold mine. For a detailed geologic summary and a cumulative table of exploration drill results, please refer to the exploration section.

 

Early-Stage Initial Mineral Resource

On February 21, 2019 (effective date November 30, 2018), following an 18-month exploration and drilling program, Teranga announced an early-stage initial mineral resource estimate for Golden Hill’s most advanced prospects (Ma Main, Ma North, Peksou, C-Zone, A-B Zone, Jackhammer Hill and Nahiri). The resource estimate included an indicated mineral resource of 6.40Mt averaging 2.02 g/t gold for 415,000 ounces and an inferred mineral resource of 11.95Mt averaging 1.68 g/t gold for 644,000 ounces.

Current Drilling and Exploration Program

On July 26, 2019, Teranga announced an extensive drilling and exploration program for the second half of 2019. The program has a budget estimated to be at least $5 million, and will be financed by the Golden Hill tranche of the Taurus debt facility. This $25-million tranche is intended to advance the project through the feasibility stage of development.

The 27,000-metre exploration program was designed as a combined reverse circulation and diamond core drilling program. More than a dozen separate drill targets were identified for inclusion in this drilling evaluation program, including five that have not been previously drilled. In addition to the drilling component, approximately 15,000 metres of auger drilling and 10,000 metres of excavator trenching are also planned for this exploration campaign.

On January 22, 2020, Teranga announced that the 20,000 metres drilled as part of the current 27,000-metre program have returned high-grade gold intercepts from near surface to depth at several existing targets and encouraging gold grades in numerous step-out holes. The campaign has also uncovered a new discovery: The Ma Jonction prospect, located between Ma Main and Ma North.

Next Steps

Complete the current 27,000-metre drill program late in Q1 2020. Commence a new $8.5 million exploration and drilling program to continue to evaluate the numerous prospects and deposits identified to date and expand drilling outward to new areas of interest.

Continue with early-stage engineering studies, metallurgical test work, environmental and social assessments as we move toward a preliminary economic assessment (PEA).

Submit a request to the Burkina Faso government for the conversion of the Golden Hill Exploration Permits to a Mine License in H2 2020 based on a PEA level technical study supported by a resource estimate update.

(1) Golden Hill’s Mineral Resource estimate as at November 30, 2018. For more information regarding Golden Hill’s Mineral Resource and related notes, please refer to the press release dated February 21, 2019 available on the Company’s website at www.terangagold.com and SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

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