Panthera reports positive metallurgical test results in Mali

Gold exploration and development company Panthera Resources, with gold assets in West Africa and India, reports that positive results have been returned for carbon-in-leach (CIL) bottle roll tests and column leach tests, that were carried out on bulk composite samples from the Kalaka deposit in Mali.

Results achieved indicate that:

• The ores are amenable to cyanide leaching.
• CIL extractions can achieve excellent results – recovery average of 93.4%.
• Column leach tests confirm the ore is amenable to heap leaching – recovery average of 76.3%.

Commenting on the results, Mark Bolton, Managing Director of Panthera said: 

“The positive results from this metallurgical testing together with the previously reported favourable Bottle Roll and Leachwell test results further underpin our growing confidence in the potential at Kalaka, which is a significant mineralised gold system. 

Albeit preliminary in nature, this test programme was expansive, and represents an important milestone towards assessing the potential for Kalaka mineralisation to be developed.”