Kodal Minerals announces details of work programme to be completed in Mali

Kodal Minerals disclosed details of the work programme to be completed at the company's Bougouni lithium project in Southern Mali this season to expand known areas of mineralisation and conduct definition drilling over previously drilled areas.

Alongside the commencement of drilling at multiple high priority targets, the company highlighted that metallurgical test-work was continuing on samples of diamond core dispatched to China and Australia, with a bulk sample of 5,000t to be mined and shipped to China for further large scale processing test work.

The company added that geophysical survey work was continuing to target areas of known pegmatite veining and tracing these into areas of cover and vegetation with Kodal chief Bernard Aylward saying the company would focus on building upon the results achieved to date.

"Since acquiring the Project just over a year ago, Kodal has completed regional first pass exploration and drill tested six areas with very encouraging results at all locations. This next phase of work is designed to build on the results achieved to date and involves drilling, geophysics, metallurgy and bulk sampling.

"Importantly a number of holes are designed to test targets generated using ground geophysics. If successful this will confirm geophysics as valuable tool in locating extensions to pegmatites under cover."