Stellar AfricaGold - 18KM Combined Multiple Gold-Anomalous Trends Identified at Zuénoula Permit, Côte D’Ivoire
Vancouver, BC – May 25, 2026 Stellar AfricaGold Inc. (“Stellar” or the “Company”) (TSXV: SPX, TGAT: 6YP and FSX: 6YP) provides the following update on the exploration progress at the Stellar-MetalsGrove Joint Venture Zuénoula Gold Project, Cote d’Ivoire.
Highlights
- Multiple gold anomalous trends with a combined strike length of approximately 18km have
been identified from three major gold anomalous areas by broad-spaced (400m x 400m, 200m x 200m) soil sampling results across the eastern portion of the Zuénoula permit.
- Prospect 55 and NE extension: approximately 9km strike length
- Central Prospect and NE-SW extension: approximately 4km strike length
- Konezra Prospect and NE extension: approximately 5km strike length
- The Fifty-Five Prospect and NE extension trends strike northeast with a peak soil value of 1,242
ppb Au (1.24 g/t Au) returned from the permit boundary.
- In addition to the previously announced potential drill target in Fifty-Five Prospect area (see
News Release May 13, 2026), a further potential drill target is defined in the Central Prospect area defined by NE-trending clusters of gold anomalous soil samples, greater than 3.5 km-long and open to the northeast with assays pending.
- The NE-orientation of multiple gold anomalous trends is parallel to major regional structures,
increasing confidence in the project’s gold discovery potential.
- Three sampling crews are currently working to complete multiple expansive 200m x 50m infill
soil sampling programs, with an additional 1,100 soil samples scheduled on Zuénoula Permit.
- Auger drilling program considered feasible during the coming wet season (June – September)
providing the potential for continued news flow during the wet season.
- Definition of multiple potential drill targets by October 2026 is considered highly probable,
with drilling expected to commence at the start of the dry season.
- Assay results have been received for 1,617 soil samples, with assays for a further 388 soil
samples pending
About the Stellar-MetalsGrove Joint Venture Zuénoula Gold Project, Cote d’Ivoire.
The Stellar-MetalsGrove Zuénoula Gold Project is a joint venture exploration project between Stellar’s Ivorian subsidiary Aucrest SARL (“Aucrest”) and MetalsGrove Mining Ltd.’s Ivorian subsidiary MetalsGrove CDI Pty Ltd (MetalsGrove) to advance Stellar’s 395.78 square kilometer early-stage exploration permit called Zuénoula in Côte d’Ivoire (see Figure 2 below). Pursuant to the joint venture agreement MetalsGrove, the project operator, may earn up to a 50% interest in the Zuénoula Gold Project by incurring US$3,000,000 in exploration expenditures and up to an 80% interest in the Zuénoula Gold Project by incurring a total of US$6,000,000 in exploration expenditures. (For further details of the Stellar-MetalsGrove Joint Venture Agreement see Stellar news release December 9, 2025.)
Stellar Management Commentary
Stellar President and CEO J. François Lalonde commented:
“These latest soil sampling results continue to highlight the strong gold discovery potential emerging at our Zuénoula permit in central-west Côte d’Ivoire”
“The emerging 18km combined multiple northeast-trending gold anomalous trends, including a peak soil sample assay result of 1.24 g/t gold located near the border of the Zuénoula permit, provides increasing confidence in the general northeast anomalous trend and reinforcing the broader district-scale potential of the Zuénoula permit .”
“With three field crews currently completing expansive infill soil sampling programs and further assay results pending, we believe the Stellar-MetalsGrove Joint Venture Zuénoula Gold Project is rapidly advancing towards the definition of multiple potential drill targets ahead of planned drilling activities
later this year.”
MULTIPLE NORTHEAST-TRENDING GOLD ANOMALOUS TRENDS IDENTIFIED
Stellar is pleased to announce that 18km combined multiple northeast-trending gold anomalous trends (Figure 1) have been identified from three major gold anomalous areas by broad-spaced soil sampling programs completed on 400m x 400m and 200m x 200m spacing across the eastern portion of the Zuénoula Permit in Côte d’Ivoire.
At the Central Prospect, a further potential drill target has been identified from a northeast-trending cluster of gold anomalous soil samples (see Figure 2 and Table 1) over greater than 3.5 km-long which remains open to the northeast. The NE orientation of the soil anomalism is interpreted to reflect favourable structural controls associated with major regional fault systems in this highly prospective greenstone belt. Importantly, the general anomalous trends remain open to the northeast reinforcing the broader district-scale exploration potential of the Zuénoula Permit.
- The Fifty-Five Prospect and NE extension stretches for approximately 9km, and incudes a peak soil result of 1,242 ppb Au (1.24 g/t Au) located near the boundary of the Zuénoula Permit. The anomalous trends remain open to the northeast, reinforcing the broader district-scale
exploration potential across MetalsGrove’s strategic landholding position.
- The Central Prospect and NE-SW extension stretch for approximately 4km. A further potential
drill target has been identified from a +3.5 km-long northeast-trending cluster of gold anomalous soil samples (Figure 2) which remains open to the northeast. The NE- orientation of the soil anomalism is interpreted to reflect favourable structural controls associated with major regional fault systems in this highly prospective greenstone belt.
- The Konezra Prospect and NE extension stretches for approximately 5km from current sample spacing of 400m x 400m and is pending further infill sampling.
The Joint Venture has integrated completed high-resolution LiDAR and orthophoto survey data imaging into the exploration interpretation process to assist with topographical analysis, drainage interpretation, geochemical dispersion assessment and planning of future infill soil sampling and auger drilling traverses. It is noteworthy that on Figure 2 most of the very high soil sample results are located on the crests of the topography.
Three field crews are currently advancing multiple expansive 200m x 50m infill soil sampling programs designed to tighten target definition ahead of drilling, with approximately 1,500 additional soil samples scheduled. Assay results have now been received for 1,617 soil samples, with a further 388 samples pending laboratory analysis.
MetalsGrove, the Zuénoula Joint Venture Operator, considers that auger drilling during the upcoming wet season (June to September) to be feasible following positive site access assessment by the JV Exploration Manager. Auger drilling is expected to provide important geological and geochemical information beneath transported cover and assist in refining drill targeting ahead of planned RC and/or diamond drilling programs during the dry season.
Next Phases of Work
The Joint Venture has planned the following next phases of exploration programs to advance the identification of additional gold exploration targets:
- Central Prospect: Infill soil sampling on 200m x 50m grid (500 samples)
- Fifty-Five Prospect: Infill soil sampling on 200m x 50m grid (630 samples)
Figure 1. Zuénoula Gold Soil Geochemistry on Aeromagnetics (RTP) with Gold Trends Highlighted
Figure 2. Potential drill targets defined at Zuénoula on LiDAR topographical image; Red and Orange: high ground. Blue: low ground with transported soil cover
Table 1. Zuénoula Permit – Soil Samples Assaying Above 70 ppb Au
| Sample ID | Zone | East | North | Au ppb (FA) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KN1566 | WGS84 29N _ | 829900 | 847800 | 1242 | |||||
| KN0551 | WGS84 29N _ | 827300 | 842600 | 583 | |||||
| KN1364 | WGS84 29N _ | 827303 | 838804 | 297 | |||||
| KN1487 | WGS84 29N _ | 828499 | 840199 | 272 | |||||
| KN0741 | WGS84 29N _ | 829299 | 842800 | 263 | |||||
| KN0955 | WGS84 29N _ | 827102 | 832199 | 200 | |||||
| KN0670 | WGS84 29N _ | 826299 | 842001 | 189 | |||||
| KN0276 | WGS84 29N _ | 827600 | 835800 | 148 | |||||
| KN0089 | WGS84 30N _ | 169324 | 836993 | 144 | |||||
| KN1338 | WGS84 29N _ | 827700 | 837399 | 143 | |||||
| KN0793 | WGS84 29N _ | 828697 | 843798 | 131 | |||||
| KN1095 | WGS84 29N _ | 825906 | 834994 | 130 | |||||
| KN0768 | WGS84 29N _ | 827901 | 843399 | 128 | |||||
| KN1257 | WGS84 30N _ | 169802 | 840202 | 118 | |||||
| KN0802 | WGS84 29N _ | 829700 | 843601 | 105 | |||||
| KN1470 | WGS84 29N _ | 828499 | 839993 | 95 | |||||
| KN1423 | WGS84 29N _ | 827496 | 838597 | 84 | |||||
| KN0783 | WGS84 29N _ | 829504 | 843399 | 80 | |||||
| KN0708 | WGS84 29N _ | 829100 | 842599 | 79 | |||||
| KN1112 | WGS84 29N _ | 826699 | 834999 | 79 | |||||
| KN0749 | WGS84 29N _ | 828301 | 843001 | 77 | |||||
| KN0045 | WGS84 29N _ | 828001 | 831999 | 72 |
Qualified Person
The technical information contained in this release has been reviewed and approved by Mr. Robert Perring, a current member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (MAIG) and Exploration Manager of MetalsGrove Mining Limited. Mr. Perring is a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101.
About Stellar Africagold Inc.
Stellar AfricaGold Inc. is a Canadian precious metal exploration company focused on precious metals in North and West Africa, with active programs in Morocco and Côte d’Ivoire. Stellar’s principal exploration projects are its advancing gold discovery at the Tichka Est Gold Project in Morocco, and its early-stage exploration Zuénoula Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire which is operated in Joint Venture with MetalsGrove Mining Ltd subsidiary, MetalsGrove CDI Pty Ltd.
The Company is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange symbol TSX.V: SPX, the Tradegate Exchange TGAT: 6YP and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange FSX: 6YP.
The Company maintains its head office in Vancouver, BC and has a country office in Marrakech, Morocco.
QA/QC
JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1 Section 1- Sampling Techniques and Data
| Criteria | JORC Code Explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|
| Sampling | • Nature and quality of sampling (e.g. cut | No drilling has been undertaken on Zuénoula |
| Techniques | channels, random chips, or specific | PR-750 |
| specialized industry standard | ||
| measurement tools appropriate to the | All soil samples collected on Zuénoula PR-750 | |
| minerals under investigation, such as | have been analysed for gold by fire assay at | |
| down hole gamma sondes, or handheld | Bureau Veritas laboratory in Abidjan, Côte | |
| XRF instruments, etc.) These examples | d’Ivoire. | |
| should not be taken as limitnig the broad | ||
| meaning of sampling. | SOIL SAMPLING STAGES | |
| • Include reference to measures taken to | • Stage 1: Initial, permit-wide, broad-spaced | |
| ensure sample representivity and the | soil sampling on 1000m x 1000m grid | |
| appropriate calibration of any | • Stage 2: Gold anomalous clusters and trends | |
| measurement tools or systems used. | defined by multiple anomalous soil samples | |
| • Aspects of the determination of | (+20ppb Au) are then infilled with soil | |
| mineralisation that are Material to the | samples collected on 400m x 400m grid | |
| Public Report. | • Stage 3: Coherent gold soil anomalies are | |
| then infilled with soil samples collected on | ||
| In cases where ‘industry standard’ work has | 200m x 200m grid | |
| been done, this would be relatively | • Stage 4: Higher density 200m x 50m soil | |
| simple (e.g. ‘reverse circulation drilling | sampling to sharpen definition of gold soil | |
| was used to obtain 1 m samples from | anomalies | |
| which 3 kg was pulverised to produce a | • Stage 5: Augering and trenching of coherent | |
| 30 g charge for fire assay’). In other | gold soil anomalies | |
| cases, more explanation may be | • Stage 6: Drill testing of gold soil and auger | |
| required, such as where there is coarse | anomalies. | |
| gold that has inherent sampling |
| problems. Unusual commoditeis or | SOIL SAMPLING PROCEDURES | |
|---|---|---|
| mineralisation types (e.g. submarine | • MGA has contracted the experienced | |
| nodules) may warrant disclosure of | consulting group SEMS Exploration Services | |
| detailed information. | (SEMS) to conduct all soil sampling | |
| • Up to four sampling crews may be active at | ||
| any one time | ||
| • The MGA Exploration Manager was onsite at | ||
| the start of the field program to instruct the | ||
| sampling crew on the Standard Sampling | ||
| Procedure required by MGA | ||
| • MGA provided SEMS Exploration Services | ||
| with an Excel table listing the designated | ||
| sample point locations using WGS-84 UTM | ||
| zone 29N coordinates | ||
| • Each soil sample is collected from within 20 | ||
| metres of the designated sample point, with | ||
| the actual sample point then recorded | ||
| • At each sample point: 1) the organic rich soil | ||
| is brushed away, 2) a 40cm deep hole dug | ||
| and the sample collected by taking a channel- | ||
| cut along the bottom 20cm of the hole, 3) | ||
| 1000g of the minus 2mm sieved fraction of | ||
| each sample is collected from the sample | ||
| point, 4) gold is determined by fire assay (LDL | ||
| 2ppb) | ||
| • Duplicate samples are collected every 20th | ||
| sample, certified reference material (CRM) | ||
| inserted every 20th sample, and blanks | ||
| inserted every 20th sample. | ||
| • Samples are stored at the secure SEMS field | ||
| compound in Zuénoula prior to transport to | ||
| Bureau Veritas in Abidjan of gold analysis. | ||
| Drilling | • Drill type (e.g. core, reverse circulation, | • No drilling has been undertaken. |
| Techniques | open-hole hammer, rotary air blast, | |
| auger, Bangka, sonic, etc.) and details | ||
| (e.g. core diameter, triple or standard | ||
| tube, depth of diamond tails, face-sampling bit | ||
| or other type, whether core is oriented and if so, | ||
| by what method, etc). | ||
| Drill Sample | • Method of recording and assessing core | • No drilling has been undertaken. |
| Recovery | and chip sample recoveries and results | |
| assessed. | ||
| • Measures taken to maximise sample | ||
| recovery and ensure representative | ||
| nature of the samples. | ||
| • Whether a relationship exists between | ||
| sample recovery and grade, and whether | ||
| sample bias may have occurred due to | ||
| preferential loss/gain of fine/coarse | ||
| material. |
| Logging | • Whether core and chip samples have | • No drilling has been undertaken |
| been geologically and geotechnically | • Soil samples are comprehensively logged for | |
| logged to a level of detail to support | a range of parameters including colour, soil | |
| appropriate Mineral Resource | horizon, sample weight, slope, dominant | |
| estimation, mining studies and | grain size (clay, silt, sand), general | |
| metallurgical studies. | topography, residual or transported, | |
| • Whether logging is qualitative or | proximity to artisanal workings, other ground | |
| quantitative in nature. Core (or | disturbances such as field plowing, and | |
| costean, channel, etc.) photography. | general land use (grassland, plantation, crop, | |
| • The total length and percentage of the | etc.). | |
| relevant intersections logged. | ||
| Sub-sampling | • If core, whether cut or sawn and | • No drilling has been undertaken |
| Techniques and | whether quarter, half or all core taken. | • No sub-sampling of the 1000g soil samples is |
| Sample | • If non-core, whether riffled, tube | undertaken prior to the sample arriving at |
| Preparation | sampled, rotary split, etc. and whether | Bureau Veritas laboratory |
| sampled wet or dry. | • At Bureau Veritas, the entire 1000g sample is | |
| • For all sample types, the nature, | pulped prior to the laboratory taking a 50g | |
| quality and appropriateness of the | split for lead collectoin fire assay | |
| sample preparation technique. | determination of gold concentration. | |
| • Quality control procedures adopted for | ||
| all sub-sampling stages to maximise | ||
| representivity of samples. | ||
| • Measures taken to ensure that the | ||
| sampling is representative of the in-situ | ||
| material collected, including, for | ||
| instance, results for field | ||
| duplicate/second-half sampling. | ||
| • Whether sample sizes are appropriate | ||
| to the grain size of the material being | ||
| sampled. | ||
| Quality of Assay | • The nature, quality and | • Bureau Veritas is an internationally accredited |
| Data and | appropriateness of the assaying and | assay laboratory located in Abidjan, Cote |
| Laboratory Tests | laboratory procedures used and | d’Ivoire. |
| whether the technique is considered | • Assay results for all samples presented in the | |
| partial or total. | announcement were determined by fire assay | |
| • For geophysical tools, spectrometers, | (Lab Code: FE450, LDL 2ppb), which is a total | |
| handheld XRF instruments, etc., the | gold extraction method for analysis. | |
| parameters used in determining the | • The lower detectoin limit (LDL) of 2ppb is | |
| analysis, including instrument make | considered appropriate for greenfields, early | |
| and model, reading times, calibration | stage, exploration soil sampling | |
| factors applied, and | • Fire assay gold is considered one of the most | |
| their derivation, etc. | reliable assay techniques for gold analyses. | |
| • Nature of quality control procedures | ||
| adopted (e.g. standards, blanks, | ||
| duplicates, external laboratory checks) | ||
| and whether acceptable levels of | ||
| accuracy (i.e. lack of bias) and precision | ||
| have been established. | ||
| Verification of | • The verification of significant | FIRE ASSAY ANALYSIS |
| Sampling and | intersections by either independent or | • All samples have been analysed for gold by |
| Assaying | alternative company personnel. | fire assay at Bureau Veritas laboratory in |
| • The use of twinned holes. | Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire | |
| • Documentation of primary data, data | • The 1000g -2mm sample collected in the | |
| entry procedures, data verification, | field is analysed for gold by fire assay (Lab | |
| data storage (physical and electronic) | Code: FE450, LDL 2ppb) | |
| protocols. | • At the laboratory, the 1000g -2mm sample |
| • Discuss any adjustments to assay data. | is dried and pulverised to 85% passing 75 | |
|---|---|---|
| microns. | ||
| • This sample pulp is then mixed with a | ||
| combination of chemical reagents, which | ||
| when heated to high temperatures results | ||
| in the formation of a lead butotn and slag. | ||
| The lead butotn that contains the precious | ||
| metals (including gold) is cupelled at high | ||
| temperature. The lead is adsorbed by the | ||
| cupel leaving behind a bead that contains | ||
| the precious metals. | ||
| • The bead is acid digested and analysed by | ||
| AAS, with a lower detection limit of 2ppb Au | ||
| Location of | • Accuracy and quality of surveys used to | • A handheld GPS is used to locate the soil data |
| Data Points | locate drillholes (collar and down-hole | positoins, with a +/-5m vertical and |
| surveys), trenches, mine workings and | horizontal accuracy | |
| other locations used in Mineral | • Sample locations (UTM WGS-84 zone 29N) | |
| Resource estimation. | and sample descriptions are noted on a | |
| • Specification of the grid system used. | standard form in the field and entered on a | |
| • Quality and adequacy of topographic | computer. | |
| control. | • GPS measurements of sample positoins are | |
| sufficiently accurate for exploration targeting | ||
| gold systems. | ||
| Data Spacing | • Data spacing for reporting Exploration | • An 1,000m x 1,000m ofsfet grid patetrn has |
| and | Results. | been adopted for the entire permit area, |
| Distribution | • Whether the data spacing and | excluding areas of irrigated sugar cane and |
| distribution is sufficient to establish the | villages. | |
| degree of geological and grade | • Broad-spaced soil sampling (1000m by | |
| continuity appropriate for the Mineral | 1000m) and low level gold fire assay analysis | |
| Resource and Ore Reserve estimation | (LDL 2ppb) is considered an efefctvie | |
| procedure(s) and classifications applied. | technique for identifying and delimiting gold | |
| • Whether sample compositing has been | anomalous clusters and trends, which are | |
| applied. | then followed up with higher density | |
| sampling at 400m × 400m, 200m x 200m, | ||
| and in some areas 200m x 50m, as the next | ||
| phases of sampling ahead of trenching, | ||
| augering, and drill testing of coherent gold | ||
| soil anomalies. | ||
| Orientation | • Whether the orientation of sampling | • The sample location configuration has been |
| of data in | achieves unbiased sampling of possible | deliberately planned to avoid directoinal |
| relation to | structures and the extent to which this is | bias. |
| geological al | known, considering the deposit type. | |
| structure | • If the relationship between the drilling | |
| orientation and the orientation of key | ||
| mineralised structures is considered to | ||
| have introduced a sampling bias, this | ||
| should be assessed and reported if | ||
| material. |
| Sample | • The measures taken to ensure sample | • 1000g of -2mm sieved fraction of soil |
| security | security. | samples are collected in plastic bags, |
| assigned individual sample numbers and | ||
| transported to the secure SEMS compound | ||
| in Zuénoula | ||
| • Samples have been analysed by fire assay at | ||
| Bureau Veritas in Côte d’Ivoire and were | ||
| personally transported to the laboratory by a | ||
| senior member of the MetalsGrove Abidjan- | ||
| based exploration team. | ||
| Audits or | • The results of any audits or reviews of | • The sampling and assay techniques adopted |
| Reviews | sampling techniques and data. | by MetalsGrove has been efefctviely used in |
| the Vavoua-Kounahiri district, and more | ||
| widely in Côte d’Ivoire, to define drill targets | ||
| and it is considered an efefctive initail | ||
| approach for defining gold anomalous | ||
| lithogeochemical trends. |
Section 2 - Reporting of Exploration Results (Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section.)
| Criteria | JORC Code Explanation | Commentary |
| Mineral | • Type, reference name/number, location and | • Following the acquisition of the three |
| Tenement and | ownership, including agreements or | Gemica joint venture (JV) permits PR-454 |
| Land Tenure | material issues with third parties such as | (granted), PR-1063 (application) and PR- |
| Status | joint ventures, partnerships, overriding | 1102 (application) in Côte d’Ivoire, |
| royalties, native title interests, historical | MetalsGrove entered another JV with TSX- | |
| sites, wilderness or national park and | V listing company Stellar AfricaGold Inc. | |
| environmental settings. | (Stellar) on PR-750 Zuénoula. | |
| • The security of the tenure held at the time | • Zuénoula PR-750 was granted on 17 April | |
| of reporting, along with any known | 2024 for an initial four-year period, | |
| impediments to obtaining a licence to | renewable for two additional three-year | |
| operate in the area. | periods. | |
| • The Vavoua permit is located with | ||
| Kounahiri West, Vavoua West and | ||
| Zuénoula permits occupy a combined area | ||
| of 1,315 km², strategically situated along | ||
| the Abujar–Napie gold trend within the | ||
| Oumé–Fetekro Birimian greenstone belt in | ||
| central west of Côte d’Ivoire, | ||
| approximately 100 km north of the Abujar | ||
| gold mine and 160 km south of the Napié | ||
| gold project. | ||
| Exploration | • Acknowledgement and appraisal of | • MetalsGrove is not aware of any previous |
| Done by Other | exploration by other parties. | systematic exploration for gold having been |
| Parties. | conducted within either Zuénoula PR-750, | |
| Vavoua PR-454, Vavoua West PR-1102, or | ||
| Kounahiri West PR-1063 | ||
| Geology | • Deposit type, geological setting, and style of | • The Vavoua, Vavoua West, Kounahiri West |
| mineralisation. | and Zuénoula permits are located in the | |
| central west of Côte d'Ivoire at the south | ||
| edge of the West Africa craton. This region | ||
| is the world’s largest Proterozoic gold- | ||
| producing region, and Côte d’Ivoire |
| contains 35% of the region’s Birimian | ||
| Group rocks, which host multpile multi- | ||
| million-ounce gold ore systems. | ||
| • The GEMICA JV permits and Stellar JV | ||
| permit, together cover a combined area of | ||
| 1,315 km², and are strategically situated | ||
| along the Abujar–Napié gold trend within | ||
| the Oumé–Fetekro Birimian greenstone | ||
| belt, and are located approximately 100 km | ||
| north of the Abujar gold mine and 160 km | ||
| south of the Napié gold project. | ||
| Drillhole | • A summary of all information material to | • No drilling results are included in this |
| Information | the understanding of the exploration | release. |
| results, including a tabulation of the | ||
| following information for all Material drill | ||
| holes: | ||
| • easting and northing of the drillhole collar | ||
| elevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation | ||
| above sea level in metres) of the drillhole | ||
| collar dip and azimuth of the hole | ||
| • down hole length and interception depth | ||
| hole length. | ||
| Data Aggregation | • In reporting Exploration Results, weighting | • No data aggregation methods were |
| Methods | averaging techniques, maximum and/or | applied to the soil sampling data. |
| minimum grade truncations (e.g., cutting of | ||
| high grades) and cut-of fgrades are usually | ||
| Material and should be stated. | ||
| • Where aggregate intercepts incorporate | ||
| short lengths of high-grade results and | ||
| longer lengths of low-grade results, the | ||
| procedure used for such aggregation should | ||
| be stated, and some typical examples of | ||
| such aggregations should be shown in | ||
| detail. | ||
| • The assumption used for any reporting of | ||
| metal equivalent values should be clearly | ||
| stated. | ||
| Relationship | • If the geometry of mineralisation with | • Not applicable. |
| Between | respect to the drillhole angle is known, its | |
| Mineralisation | nature should be reported. | |
| Widths and | ||
| Intercept Lengths |
| Diagrams | • Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) | • See maps in the body of the report. |
| and tabulations of intercepts should be | ||
| included for any significant discovery being | ||
| reported. These should include, but not be | ||
| limited to, a plan view of drillhole collar | ||
| locations and appropriate sectional views. | ||
| Balanced | • Where comprehensive reporting of all | • The soil assay data was interpreted by the |
| Reporting | Exploration Results is not practicable, | MGA Exploration Manager who has more |
| representative reporting of both low and | than 40 years of gold exploration | |
| high grades and/or widths should be | experience. MGA assay results are also | |
| practiced, avoiding misleading reporting of | interpreted with reference to the surface | |
| Exploration Results. | geochemical expressions of more than 15 | |
| of the major gold discoveries in Cote | ||
| d’Ivoire. | ||
| Other Substantive | • Other exploration data, if meaningful and | • LiDAR or Laser imaging, Detectoin, and |
| Exploration Data | material, should be reported, including (but | Ranging is a method for |
| not limited to): geological observations; | determining ranges by targeting an object | |
| geophysical survey results; geochemical | or a surface with a laser and measuring the | |
| survey results; bulk samples – size and | time for the reflected light to return to the | |
| method of treatment; metallurgical test | receiver. LiDAR may operate in a fixed | |
| results; bulk density, groundwater, | directoin, or it may scan directoins in a | |
| geotechnical and rock characteristics; | special combination of 3D scanning. LiDAR | |
| potential deleterious or contaminating | on a drone platofrm is being used at | |
| substances. | Zuénoula to make high-resolution (3cm | |
| resolution) topographical maps. For the | ||
| survey, SEMS used a DJI Matrix 300 RTK | ||
| drone mounted with a Zenmuse L@ LiDAR | ||
| using a flight altitude of 150m AGL. The | ||
| point cloud density was 94 points/m2 with | ||
| a horizontal accuracy of 5cm and a vertical | ||
| accuracy of 4cm. The sensor pulse rate was | ||
| 240,000 laser points per second. Five base | ||
| reference points were established linked to | ||
| National Survey Beacons to continuously | ||
| record x, y and z data for RTK positioning | ||
| and correctoin of data and flight trajectory. | ||
| Data processing was undertaken using an | ||
| MSI Tomahawk workstation with an Intel | ||
| Core i9-9900k processor using Dji Terra and | ||
| Global Mapper Pro software. An optical | ||
| camera of 20 Megapixel resolution was | ||
| used to generate, afetr processing, | ||
| orthoimages with an accuracy of 1 to 3cm. | ||
| • Orthophotography (orthophoto) are | ||
| orthoimages geometrically corrected | ||
| (orthorectfiied) to remove distortion from | ||
| camera tilt and terrain relief. These images | ||
| have a uniform scale, allowing for direct, | ||
| accurate measurements of distances, | ||
| areas, and angles, functoining as a map | ||
| that represents true surface locations. The |
| orthophotography was captured as part of | ||
| the LiDAR survey using an optical camera of | ||
| 20 Megapixel resolution. | ||
| • Historical Aeromagnetic Data | ||
| The aeromagnetic images used in this ASX | ||
| announcement were imaged from gridded | ||
| aeromagnetic data acquired from US- | ||
| based company Condor Consultnig Inc., | ||
| who compiled the data from multpile | ||
| company and Government-sponsored | ||
| surveys and marketed the data as West | ||
| African Magnetic Compilation. No | ||
| metadata was supplied with the gridded | ||
| data. The gridded aeromagnetic data was | ||
| imaged by a Consultant Geophysicist in | ||
| Perth, WA, with each image optimized to | ||
| characterize the published geology of the | ||
| Birimian granite and greenstone terrains | ||
| of Cote d’Ivoire, and to highlight the | ||
| structural features of these terrains. | ||
| • Each image covers the whole of Cote | ||
| d’Ivoire and was digitally trimmed from | ||
| these images for inclusion in this | ||
| announcement. The data was not imaged | ||
| as a subset of the original gridded | ||
| aeromagnetic to optimize the character of | ||
| the geological features present within the | ||
| company’s Cote d’Ivoire project areas and | ||
| is only intended to be indicative of the | ||
| featured that might be highlighted by a | ||
| high- resolution, project-scale | ||
| aeromagnetic survey. | ||
| Further Work | • The nature and scale of planned further | • Completion of 400m x 400m and 200m x |
| work (e.g. tests for lateral extensions, or | 200m at several prospects. | |
| depth extensions, or large-scale step-out | • Plotting and interpreting the assay results | |
| drilling). | for the 617 soil samples currently being | |
| • Diagrams clearly highlighting the areas of | assayed at Bureau Veritas. | |
| possible extensions, including the main | • Planning and scheduling 200m by 50m infill | |
| geological interpretations and future | soil sampling at Fifyt-Five Prospect. | |
| drilling areas, provided this information is | • Searching +50ppb Au sites for quartz vein | |
| not commercially sensitvie. | outcrop and/or float. | |
| • Sampling termite mounds at gold | ||
| anomalous soil sites. |
Stellar’s President and CEO J. François Lalonde can be contacted at +1 514-9940654 or by email at [email protected]. Additional information is available on the Company’s website at
www.stellarafricagold.com.
On Behalf of the Board J. François Lalonde President & CEO