Kefi Minerals (LON:KEFI) continues to expand gold mineralisation at its Jibal Qutman project in Saudi Arabia.
Ongoing drilling and trenching work has expanded the zone of mineralisation on all four deposits, the company revealed today.
Kefi operates the project under its 40% owned Gold & Minerals joint venture (G&M).
Among the highlight results were 17 metres at 2.91 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, which included an intersection of seven metres at 6 g/t of the precious metal.
Kefi's managing director Jeff Rayner said: "We are delighted with the continued expansion of mineralisation at the Jibal Qutman prospect. We are working hard as we progress towards our first mining lease application.
"We very much look forward to providing further development updates from our projects in both Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia and are excited about the year ahead."
Also, Kefi has received results from ongoing metallurgical work for the pre-feasibility study (PFS) to test leaching characteristics of typical higher grade mineralisation in the shallow zones at west, main and south areas.
Bottle roll tests - an industry standard first test to assess recovery from cyanide leaching - on three composite samples returned extractions of 94.8%, 95.6% and 96.5% at a grind of 80% passing 75 micron, the company said.