Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - February 15, 2019) - Roscan Gold Corporation ("Roscan" or the "Company") (TSXV: ROS) is pleased to announce it is continuing its drill program at its Kandiole Project in Mali, West Africa. This drill program was initiated to follow-up on the recent gold discovery at its Mankouke permit (see location map and cross-section below), where an initial Air Core (AC) drill program (see news release of January 24, 2019) returned grades of:
- 5.94 g/t gold over 14 metres (including 26.7 g/t gold over 2 metres)
- 8.68 g/t gold over 14 metres (including 41.5 g/t gold over 2 metres)
- 8.47 g/t gold over 18 metres (including 29.0 g/t gold over 4 metres)
- 3.06 g/t gold over 8 metres (laterite-hosted)
- 2.71 g/t gold over 4 metres (laterite-hosted)
Note: True widths cannot be determined with the information available
Drilling access roads are being constructed and a multi-purpose drilling rig (AC and reverse circulation capability) is being mobilized. The drill program has been designed to test for the extensions of the mineralization discovered.
QUALIFIED PERSON
The technical content in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Gregory P. Isenor, P. Geo, a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.
ABOUT ROSCAN
Roscan Gold Corporation is a Canadian gold exploration company focused on the acquisition and exploration of gold properties in West Africa. The Company has assembled a significant land position of 100%-owned permits in an area of producing gold mines (including B2 Gold's Fekola Mine which lies in a contiguous property to the west of Kandiole), and major gold deposits, located both north and south of its Kandiole Project in west Mali.
For further information, please contact:
Greg Isenor
President and Chief Executive Officer
Tel: (902) 832-5555 or (416) 293-8437
Email: gpisenor@roscan.ca
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