Etruscan Resources Inc. - Youga, Banfora & Boromo Gold Belts

Burkina Faso

Youga Gold Mine Youga/Bole-Bolgatanga
Gold Belts Banfora Gold Belt Boromo Gold Belt Maps and Photos

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Outside of the Youga mining permit, Etruscan holds exploration permits covering over 1,000 square kilometers, which cover the 80-kilometer strike length of the Youga Gold Belt. Regional exploration on these permits has already identified significant target areas at Zerbogo (25 kilometers southwest of Youga), Bougre (13 kilometers southwest of Youga) and Bitou (25 kilometers northeast of Youga).

Banfora Gold Belt - Burkina Faso West

The Banfora Gold Belt located in Western Burkina Faso extends for over 150 kilometers and continues into Côte d'Ivoire, where significant gold occurrences have been reported. Etruscan holds exploration permits along the Banfora Gold Belt covering over 1,600 square kilometers.

The Banfora Gold Belt is one of the most under-explored volcano-sedimentary belts in Burkina Faso. Limited regional mapping and geochemical surveys were carried out in the belt by junior explorers in the mid-late 90's. In recent years, gold digging activity (orpailleur fields) has been undertaken in the northern parts of the belt. Etruscan has conducted regional exploration over the Banfora Gold Belt. Follow-up pitting and auger drilling has delineated four primary and eight secondary drill targets. Drill-ready targets on the Komoe Permit include Phaco Hill (350 meter long target with 0.5 -- 4.1 g/t in rock samples coincident with regional arsenic anomaly), and Siniko West (two targets comprising a 700 meter strike length up to 1.3 g/t from pits and auger drilling). Drilling on the Kangounadeni Permit will focus on the Diarabakoko target where recent gold digging has taken place with assays up to 16 g/t along a strike length of 200 meters within a soil anomaly extending for 600 meters. Additional regional soil targets remain to be tested with auger drilling.

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Boromo Gold Belt - Burkina Faso North

An initiative has been undertaken to develop a land position in the Boromo gold belt, which hosts the Bissa Gold Deposit of High River Gold Mines Ltd. with 662,000 ounces of indicated and 669,000 ounces of inferred resource. Preliminary investigations by Etruscan in the areas of active gold digging suggests that the potential exists for significant gold discoveries and a drill program is presently being undertaken by Etruscan.