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09.01.2020
Osino Resources Drills 92m at 1.40 g/t and 37m At 2.58 g/t, Increases Strike by 50% at Twin Hills Central Discovery, Karibib Gold Project, Namibia

 

-          Assays received for a further 16 RC and diamond drill holes at Twin Hills Central

-          26 of 31 holes from the Phase 1 and 2 drill programs intersected significant gold mineralization, with several exceptional new intercepts including wide zones of mineralization with high-grade shoots

-          Highlights from the latest results include:

  • 92m @ 1.40g/t (20 – 112m), incl. 35m @ 2.54g/t
  • 37m @ 2.58g/t (173 – 200m), incl. 8m @ 7.50g/t
  • 68m @ 0.99g/t (8 - 76m), incl. 24m @ 2.07g/t
  • 54m @ 0.89g/t (90 – 144m), incl. 13m @ 1.44g/t and 5m @ 2.03g/t

-          Highest individual meter assays include 52.0g/t, 18.3 g/t, 15.8g/t and 15.2g/t

-          The strike of confirmed gold mineralization has now increased by 50% from 800m to 1200m and remains open to the east, west and at depth

-          The objectives of the drill program included defining higher grade shoots, testing strike extensions at Twin Hills Central and completing initial drill traverses at Twin Hills West, Barking Dog and Clouds

-          The balance of Phase 2 drill results from all targets is expected before the end of January 2020

 

Vancouver, British Columbia, January 9, 2020Osino Resources Corp. (TSXV: OSI) (FSE: RSR1) ("Osinoor “the Company”), is pleased to announce the receipt of assays for a further 16 holes at its Twin Hills Central discovery (THC), including high grades over significant widths contained in structurally controlled shoots.

 

Significant intersections include 92m @ 1.40g/t (OKD024) and 37m @ 2.58g/t (OKD022). The latest results increase the strike length of gold mineralization by 50% to 1200m (open both east and west and at depth). The Company is anticipating receipt of additional results from 2 holes at THC as well as 14 holes at Twin Hills West, Clouds and Barking Dog. Previous results were reported in news releases dated September 26 and November 14, 2019.

 

David Underwood, Osino’s VP Exploration commented: These new drill results at Twin Hills Central expand the gold mineralization to a strike length of 1200m so far and include our best intersection yet of 92m @ 1.40g/t in hole OKD024. This exceptional intersection is situated at the south west end of the THC drill coverage, approximately 1000m from another exceptional new assay result in OKD022, demonstrating the continuity, scale and economic potential of the growing Twin Hills gold system. We are excited about the prospect of extending the various new high-grade shoots and wide zones of gold mineralization further to the east, south and west in the next drill program. Once we have received the assays from the remaining two drill holes the next steps include updating the geological, structural and mineralization models for THC and planning for the next round of drilling.

 

Heye Daun, Osino CEO commented further: To put the results of our Twin Hills drill program to date into perspective, we compared the assay results from our initial 31 drill holes with the first 31 exploration holes drilled at B2 Gold’s Otjikoto Gold Project after discovery, between 1999 and 2004. Based on this analysis, Twin Hills average gold mineralization intercept multiplied by the average unconstrained borehole grade is 51 Gram-Meters (using the commonly used shorthand method of multiplying intersection width with grade). This is about 50% more than Otjikoto’s average intersection width multiplied by average borehole gold grade of 33 Gram-Meters for the initial 31 holes drilled at Otjikoto. What this demonstrates is that the early exploration success at Twin Hills is indeed similar and arguably better than the early exploration success at Otjikoto. Twin Hills is proving to be a large mineralized system with the strike length, thickness and gold grades which hold the promise of rapid conversion and bulking up of resource ounces as the next phase of drilling advances to the resource definition stage. This analysis is based on Osino’s own Twin Hills assay results to date, and the reported borehole intercepts as contained in the Independent Technical Report on the Otjikoto Gold Project, by SRK Consulting in August 2009.”

 

Assay Results for Twin Hills Central Drilling

 

Assays have been received to date for a total of 16 reverse circulation (RC) and 8 diamond (DD) holes from the Phase 2 drill program at Twin Hills Central which ended in early December 2019 – see Figure 1. The Phase 2 program included step out and in-fill drilling to follow-up the successful Phase 1 program reported on September 26, 2019 which consisted of 7 DD holes. All holes at THC were drilled at an azimuth of 160 degrees (SSE) with the exception of OKD022 which was drilled in the opposite direction (340 degrees) in order to check down dip continuity. Significant intersections for the Phase 1 and 2 programs are presented in Table 1.

 

In the diagram below, borehole collars have been color-coded according to a commonly used shorthand method of ranking gold intercepts: Multiplying intercept average grade (g/t) by width (meters) resulting in a “g/t x meterintercept measure (combining both average gold grade and intercept width into a single metric known as “Gram-Meter). On this basis, Osino considers any intercept of more than 50 as very good and any intercept of more than 100 as exceptional.

 

Using this metric, Osino has a total of 9 exceptional and very good intercepts out of 31 holes drilled so far (since June 2018), compared with Otjikoto’s 7 exceptional and very good intercepts achieved out of the initial 31 boreholes drilled between 1999 and 2004.

 

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Figure 1: Twin Hills Central Drill Plan including significant results to date

 

Twin Hills Central remains open along strike towards the east and west, and down dip at depth below 200m.

 

The next phase of drilling at Twin Hills Central will focus on closing off the mineralization towards the south, following the emerging high-grade shoots towards the south west and east as well as ongoing infill drilling.

 

Initial results for Twin Hills West, Clouds and Barking Dog will be reported once the balance of assays have been received. The next phase of drilling at these targets will be planned to follow up all significant assay results.

 

Following receipt and interpretation of all remaining assay results, Osino will compile and announce the expected 2020 work program. This is expected to be published in January/February 2020, with the next round of drilling to commence late Q1 2019.

 

Table 1: Summary of All Drill Intercepts from Phase 1 and 2 Drilling at Twin Hills Central

 

Hole ID

From (m)

To (m)

Width (m)

Au (g/t)

X UTM 33S

Y UTM 33S

RC Drilling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OKR001

22

122

100

0.68

600634

7584745

incl.

67

70

3

1.33

 

 

incl.

88

91

3

1.38

 

 

incl.

117

122

5

2.89

 

 

OKR002

No significant intercepts

 

600386

7584818

OKR003

179

197

18

0.85

600421

7584729

incl.

196

197

1

5.47

 

 

OKR004

77

83

6

1.78

600455

7584633

 

124

131

7

1.02

 

 

OKR005

No significant intercepts

 

600761

7584968

OKR006

134

166

32

0.60

600794

7584874

incl.

134

138

4

1.28

 

 

incl.

163

166

3

1.57

 

 

OKR007

57

106

49

1.04

600827

7584779

incl.

57

73

16

1.23

 

 

incl.

83

99

16

1.58

 

 

OKR009

145

149

4

1.68

601086

7584986

incl.

145

147

2

2.82

 

 

OKR010

No significant intercepts

 

599716

7584580

OKR011

148

171

23

1.121

601120

7584891

incl.

155

171

16

1.44

 

 

or

158

166

8

2.03

 

 

OKR012

72

74

2

3.27

599682

7584675

 

181

188

7

1.19

 

 

OKR013

68

83

15

0.651

601154

7584798

Incl.

76

78

2

1.68

 

 

OKR017

8

76

68

0.991

600741

7584743

incl.

21

23

2

1.03

 

 

incl.

28

52

24

2.07

 

 

or

46

51

5

3.73

 

 

incl.

63

65

2

1.80

 

 

incl.

72

76

4

1.00

 

 

OKR018

68

70

2

1.02

600698

7584834

 

93

151

58

0.781

 

 

incl.

99

101

2

1.03

 

 

incl.

104

107

3

1.08

 

 

incl.

113

120

7

1.00

 

 

incl.

126

131

5

1.22

 

 

incl.

138

140

2

3.01

 

 

incl.

147

151

4

2.08

 

 

OKR019

33

38

5

1.19

600924

7584820

incl.

33

35

2

2.41

 

 

 

90

144

54

0.891

 

 

incl.

100

109

9

1.03

 

 

incl.

113

118

5

2.03

 

 

incl.

131

144

13

1.44

 

 

or

136

140

4

3.05

 

 

OKR020

14

31

17

1.141

600960

7584724

incl.

14

17

3

1.90

 

 

incl.

27

30

3

3.39

 

 

 

63

67

4

1.91

 

 

incl.

65

67

2

3.33

 

 

 

89

93

4

2.12

 

 

OKR021

Assays pending

 

600890

7584914

 

Diamond Drilling

 

 

 

 

 

OKD001

115

263

148

0.651

600240

7584658

incl.

115

125

10

1.27

 

 

incl.

197

222

25

1.03

 

 

incl.

246

258

12

1.00

 

 

OKD002

21

262

241

0.651

600275

7584559

incl.

106

120

14

1.14

 

 

incl.

190

197

7

1.42

 

 

incl.

205

217

12

1.11

 

 

incl.

231

236

5

1.51

 

 

OKD003

91

169

78

0.641

600616

7584794

incl.

93

116

23

1.01

 

 

OKD004

16

81

65

1.371

600649

7584703

incl.

42

73

31

2.2

 

 

OKD005

178

180

2

2.38

600203

7584746

OKD006

105

106

2

1.53

600991

7584952

 

160

168

8

0.80

 

 

OKD007

16

23

7

1.10

601024

7584861

 

87

197

110

0.791

 

 

incl.

87

90

3

2.73

 

 

incl.

116

133

17

2.17

 

 

incl.

165

176

11

1.76

 

 

incl.

182

188

6

1.29

 

 

OKD008

83

101

18

0.84

600308

7584471

incl.

86

98

12

1.08

 

 

OKD009

No significant intercepts

 

600017

7584666

OKD010

96

98

2

1.44

599971

7584803

OKD012

Assays pending

 

600051

7584577

OKD018

59

64

5

1.15

601060

7584767

 

86

89

3

1.22

 

 

OKD020

99

210

111

0.811

600085

7584481

incl.

58

65

7

1.04

 

 

incl.

110

112

2

1.03

 

 

incl.

118

129

11

1.12

 

 

incl.

136

151

15

1.00

 

 

incl.

157

181

24

1.00

 

 

incl.

184

188

4

4.04

 

 

incl.

194

198

4

1.07

 

 

incl.

208

210

2

1.02

 

 

OKD022*

47

49

2

1.17

601076

7584724

 

67

79

12

1.66

 

 

incl.

73

79

6

2.63

 

 

 

116

125

9

1.69

 

 

incl.

116

122

6

2.38

 

 

 

173

200

37

2.58

 

 

incl.

182

190

8

7.5

 

 

OKRD023

53

58

5

1.10

600364

7584588

 

72

83

11

0.601

 

 

incl.

72

74

2

1.65

 

 

 

131

142

11

0.841

 

 

incl.

131

133

2

1.84

 

 

incl.

137

140

3

1.06

 

 

 

179

181

2

2.22

 

 

OKRD024

20

112

92

1.401

600119

7584388

incl.

20

27

7

1.00

 

 

incl.

34

69

35

2.54

 

 

or

34

54

20

3.54

 

 

or

45

54

9

6.99

 

 

incl.

72

83

11

1.12

 

 

incl.

99

108

9

1.04

 

 

1 Unconstrained intersections

*Drilled in NNW orientation (opposite to all other holes) to ascertain continuity

 

Notes: All reported intercepts are apparent widths rounded to the nearest meter. True widths are unknown at this stage. Included intercepts are at 0.4g/t cut-off, minimum 2m wide and no more that 2m internal dilution.

 

Geology and Structure

 

The Twin Hills Project lies within the Kuiseb Formation, a sequence of turbiditic marine sediments several kilometers thick, which was folded during the Damaran orogen. The gold mineralization at Twin Hills Central is hosted by a meta-greywacke unit which has been tightly folded into an overturned syncline. The mineralization is contained within the southern limb of the syncline in millimeter to centimeter scale quartz-sulphide veins, which are parallel to the steeply NNW dipping foliation.

 

The meta-greywacke unit is underlain by biotite schist and cordierite schist. Sulphide minerals include pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite and pyrite in veinlets and as disseminated alteration. Geochemical data indicates a strong correlation between gold and arsenopyrite within the meta-greywacke unit.

 

The assay results to date clearly indicate the presence of structurally controlled high-grade shoots within the larger mineralized halo. The process of modelling geology, structure and grade in 3-D has now commenced prior to the planning of the next drill program.

 

Qualified Person

 

David Underwood, BSc. (Hons) is Vice President Exploration of Osino Resources Corp. and has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information related to geology and exploration in this news release, and is a registered Professional Natural Scientist with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (Pr. Sci. Nat. No.400323/11) and a Qualified Person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101.

 

Quality Assurance

 

All Osino sample assay results have been independently monitored through a quality assurance / quality control ("QA/QC") program including the insertion of blind standards, blanks and duplicate samples. QA/QC samples make up 10% of all samples submitted. Logging and sampling is completed at Osino’s secure facility located in Omaruru near the Twin Hills Project. Drill core is sawn in half on site and half drill-core samples are securely transported to the Actlabs sample prep facility in Windhoek, Namibia. The core is dried, crushed to 95% -10mesh, split to 250g and pulverised to 95% -150mesh. Sample pulps are sent to Actlabs in Ontario, Canada for analysis. Gold analysis is by 30g fire assay with AA finish and automatically re-analysed with Gravimetric finish if Au >5g/t. In addition, pulps undergo 4-Acid digestion and multi-element analysis by ICP-AES or ICP-MS. RC drill samples are prepared at Actlabs sample prep facility in Windhoek, Namibia. The RC chips are dried, crushed to 95% -10mesh, split to 250g and pulverised to 95% -150mesh. Sample pulps are sent to Actlabs in Ontario, Canada for analysis. Gold analysis is by 30g fire assay with AA finish and automatically re-analysed with Gravimetric finish if Au >5g/t.

 

About Osino Resources

 

Osino is a Canadian gold exploration company, focused on the acquisition and development of gold projects in Namibia. Our 23 exclusive prospecting licenses are located within Namibia’s prospective Damara mineral belt, mostly in proximity to and along strike of the producing Navachab and Otjikoto Gold Mines. Osino is targeting gold mineralization that fits the broad orogenic gold model. We are actively advancing a range of gold discoveries, prospects and targets across our 6,577km2 ground position by utilizing a portfolio approach geared towards discovery.

 

Osino’s focus in 2019 is on further advancing the Twin Hills and Goldkuppe discoveries within the developing Karibib Gold District, testing our Otjikoto East and Otjiwarongo targets and generating new ones on our remaining licenses. Our core projects are favorably located north and north-west of Namibia’s capital city Windhoek. By virtue of their location, the projects benefit significantly from Namibia’s well-established infrastructure with paved highways, railway, power and water in close proximity. Namibia is mining-friendly and lauded as one of the continent’s most politically and socially stable jurisdictions. Osino continues to evaluate new ground with a view to expanding its Namibian portfolio.

 

Further details are available on the Company's website at https://osinoresources.com/

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

Osino Resources Corp.

Heye Daun: CEO

Tel: +27 (21) 418 2525

hdaun@osinoresources.com

 

Julia Becker: Investor Relations Manager

Tel: +1 (604) 785 0850

jbecker@osinoresources.com

 

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