DeSoto Resources commences Timbakouna Project drilling

DeSoto Resources (ASX:DES) commenced a 10,000-metre maiden drilling programme at its flagship Timbakouna Gold Project.

The systematic programme is designed to target a substantial six-kilometre strike extent of extensive historic artisanal workings, which have previously yielded exceptional, yet never-followed-up, historic intercepts, including an 18m at 11.8 grammes per tonne of gold.

The exploration initiative represents a step forward for the company as it seeks to modernise and systematically test the high-grade potential of this under-explored gold system.

Newly released exploration maps detail the extensive planned power auger drilling network, which has been meticulously overlain across historical drilling data and DeSoto’s own recent comprehensive soil sampling programmes.

Initial soil geochemistry and historical assay results within the permit area have already identified multiple high-priority targets, with notable historic intercepts scattered across the lease, including 19.93g/t Au, 8.70g/t Au, and 1.51g/t Au.

By integrating the historical datasets with current grid-based soil contours and structural linear interpretations, DeSoto’s geology team aims to rapidly define the geometry and continuity of the mineralisation.