Other Licenses

Alawa gold licence
The Alawa gold licence lies south of the Kwaga Licence in the southernmost part of the Kushaka Schist Belt. Known gold mineralisation occurs near Alawa Village in the southern part of this area. This is dominantly an alluvial site although there are also some minor reef workings. EcoPhoenix’s licence covers the highly prospective northern and southern along-strike areas of the Kushaka Schist Belt.

‘Artisanal workings on placer gold are extensive and miners have reported that all streams in the local area have some gold.’ CSA Global

Exploration on this site will include:
• Lithological and structural mapping
• Stream sediment geochemistry
• Follow-up soil geochemical grids

Location of areas of anomalous gold in soil grids will enable identification of targets for further investigation by trenching, auguring and drilling.

Kwaga gold licence
The Kwaga licence lies to the south of the Birnin Gwari goldfield, in another part of the Kushaka Schist Belt. The host rocks are schists like at Birnin Gwari. Artisanal mining excavations have been mapped over a strike length of 3km. These provide immediate drilling targets.

‘Work by EcoPhoenix is still at an early stage, but the outcropping vein at Kwaga has clear potential to be brought rapidly to drilling stage.’
CSA Global

It is planned to use geological and geochemical techniques to establish drilling targets at the Kwaga site. The primary objective will be to find extensions of the Kwaga vein to the north, as well as parallel veins.

Gandau 1 gold licence
The Gandau gold prospect lies in the Maru Schist Belt. The mineralisation here is similar to the Birnin Gwari gold veins except that the host rocks are hard meta-volcanics instead of relatively soft schists. The proposed work programme here will be similar to that at Alawa.

‘The existence of artisanal mining and the favourable style of mineralisation suggest significant potential.’ CSA Global