en.Wedoany.com Reported - Dalaroo Metals (ASX: DAL) has initiated a large-scale soil geochemical sampling program at the Goldridge prospect within its Bondoukou gold project in northeastern Côte d'Ivoire. The program, planning to collect approximately 4,400 samples, aims to define the extent, continuity, and intensity of gold mineralization within a roughly 9-kilometer-long structural corridor.
The sampling is laid out on a 200-meter by 50-meter grid, with a total of 61 survey lines planned across the Dingbi and Kogodjan areas. During the initial field work completed the week ending March 29, 2026, the company has established 12.75 kilometers of sampling lines and collected 262 soil samples. Preliminary field observations identified geological indicators consistent with a hydrothermal gold system, including abundant quartz clasts within lateritic clays and gravels, accompanied by hematite, goethite, and limonite alteration.
This 9-kilometer structural corridor was interpreted based on aeromagnetic data and recent surface exploration activities. Dalaroo Metals will focus on targeting extensions of this "high-priority" mineralized zone, which currently hosts a gold corridor with a strike length of up to 2.5 kilometers. The aim is to identify other parallel or blind structures along this structural trend. Previous geological mapping and rock chip sampling results showed that 8 out of 56 rock chip and saprolite samples from the project returned gold grades exceeding 0.5 g/t, with a peak assay result of 17.95 g/t Au. The Bondoukou project is located within the prolific Birimian greenstone belt of West Africa, approximately 35 kilometers from Endeavour Mining's Tanda-Iguela gold project.
Dalaroo Metals CEO John Morgan stated that this program "represents a significant step towards unlocking the scale potential of the Bondoukou project," noting that "the combination of a 9-kilometer structural corridor, intense artisanal mining activity, and high-grade rock chip sample results highlights the potential for a large-scale, structurally-controlled gold system." Morgan said the systematic soil work aims to rapidly delineate coherent geochemical anomalies and deliver multiple drill-ready targets in the short term.
Frank Twum-Berima Bosompem, Dalaroo Metals' Côte d'Ivoire Exploration Manager, described this soil geochemical program as a "critical value inflection point" for the project. "Our objective is to extend the structurally-controlled gold system identified through geological mapping and rock sampling, with the goal of defining continuous mineralization over multi-kilometer corridors," Bosompem said. "Early field observations, including widespread alteration and quartz clasts in soils, are consistent with a robust hydrothermal system. This work will provide the geochemical framework needed to unlock the project's full potential."
Headquartered in Perth, Australia, Dalaroo Metals was established in 2021 and focuses on building a diversified portfolio of gold and critical mineral exploration projects in Western Australia, Côte d'Ivoire, and Greenland. The company's portfolio in Côte d'Ivoire also includes several gold projects acquired through acquisition, covering a total area of over 1,368 square kilometers within the Birimian greenstone belt.
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