Kroussou Project
Kroussou Project
The Kroussou Project in Gabon is a large scale, near surface zinc-lead project with exploration to date validating province-scale base metals potential.
Highlights:
- Globally significant initial Exploration Target defined at Kroussou;
- Initial Exploration Target of between 140 and 300 million tonnes at a grade between 2.0% and 3.4% zinc plus lead has been defined from only six of the 23 Target Prospects;
- Benchmarking of the initial Exploration Target for Kroussou demonstrates the Project has the scale potential to be a ‘Super Giant’ deposit;
- Zinc and lead mineralisation is shallow across the target areas with an average depth of only 15 metres, which indicates potential for simple open pit mining extraction;
- Excellent metallurgy confirmed, high recoveries and quality saleable zinc and lead concentrates;
- High confidence in further discoveries across the province scale Project and strong potential for growth with further drilling;
- Mining friendly jurisdiction, with Government support for expanding its mining industry;
Figure 1 – Kroussou Project highlighting 24 Prospects
The Kroussou project is located in south-west Gabon on the central west African coast. The project exploration permits, 100% owned by Apollo Minerals, is approximately 220km south of the capital Libreville within the Ngounié Province.
The Project consist of two exploration permits (G4-569 and G4-456) which cover 2,363km² and have 135km of strike length along the prospective contact between the Cretaceous Cotier Basin to the west and Archean/Proterozoic basement to the east.
Figure 2 – Location of Kroussou in Gabon with regional transport infrastructure
Kroussou Project
Overview
The Kroussou Project is readily accessible using a bitumen highway that runs south from the capital Libreville and all-weather unsealed roads and logging tracks that lead into the project area (Figure 2). The project area is surrounded by significant oil and gas and logging activities which facilitates good access to the Kroussou Project area and useful road, port and communications infrastructure.
Gabon is a mature mining jurisdiction and as such, has a supply of labour that is used to support exploration and mining operations. Of late, there is a growing influx of Australian listed companies in the region.