Kiboko drills 0.6 g/t Au over 35 m, 6.1 g/t over 1 m, and 1.0 g/t over 5 m, plus multiple occurrences of visible gold on its Harricana Gold Project
KIBOKO GOLD INC.
#201 – 1405 St Paul Street
Kelowna, British Columbia V1Y 2E4
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Kiboko drills 0.6 g/t Au over 35 m, 6.1 g/t over 1 m, and 1.0 g/t over 5 m, plus
multiple occurrences of visible gold on its Harricana Gold Project
• Gold mineralization intercepted in 7 of 8 drillholes
• Visible gold observed in drill core with assays pending
• Assays from 61% of metres drilled in Phase 1 (36 holes over 6,853 m) still to be reported
• Re-assay program verified preliminary results
• Drilling expected to verify historical results for use in mineral resource estimation
• Maiden pit-constrained mineral resource targeted for Q3-2023
Kelowna, British Columbia (May 31, 2023) – Kiboko Gold Inc. (TSXV: KIB) (“Kiboko” or the “Company”) reported
today results from 8 holes (1,092 metres (“m”)) drilled as part of its systematic 70-hole (11,269 m) exploration
program at its Harricana Gold Project , located 55 km north of Val -d’Or, Québec (see figures 1 and 2) . This
includes additional results from the Marcotte zone (formerly referred to as Fontana Main) and the first-time
reporting of results from the Claverny zone, located a kilometre east of Marcotte. In addition, visible gold was
observed in several drillholes for which assays are pending.
Jeremy Link, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Our drilling at Harricana continues to intersect
significant intervals of mineralization, including visible gold . These results are expected to verify a significant
portion of the nearly 80,000 metres of historical drilling at the Fontana area of our project. With the laboratory
bottleneck recently cleared, we are eager to share more results shortly – and lots of them – as assays from
6,853 metres drilled over 36 holes, representing about 61% of the metres drilled in this program are still to be
reported. With a maiden mineral resource anticipated next quarter , our excitement for the Harricana Gold
Project’s potential remains high.”
Gold mineralization intercepted in 7 of 8 drillholes
Select highlights from Table 1 include:
• Claverny zone
• 0.6 g/t Au over 35 m (DDFON22-008)
• 1.0 g/t Au over 5 m (RCFON22-027)
• Marcotte zone
• 6.1 g/t Au over 1 m (DDFON22-006)
• 0.6 g/t Au over 8 m (RCFON22-025)
Visible gold observed in drill core with assays pending
As shown in Figure 3:
• DDFON23-007 (Marcotte)
• DDFON23-014 (Hooper Bunkhouse)
• DDFON23-015 (Hooper Bunkhouse)
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Figures 4, 5, and 6 presents maps of all the zones and locations of all holes drilled as part of the Phase 1
exploration program on the Fontana area of the Project . Figure 7 is a cross-section through line 6480 of the
central portion of the Marcotte zone, for which all results have been reported. Tables 1 and 2 provide a
summary of all assay results presented in this release and reported to date, respectively . Table 3 provides
location data for the drillholes reported herein.
Assays from 61% of metres drilled in Phase 1 (36 holes over 6,853 m) still to be reported
Assay results from 21 holes drilled (3,796 m) in 2022 and 15 holes (3, 057 m) drilled in 2023 have yet to be
reported for a total of 36 holes (6,853 m), representing about 61% of the total metres drilled in the Company’s
Phase 1 Fontana area verification drill program.
Maiden mineral resource targeted for Q3-2023
The Company believes that the areas targeted in the Phase 1 exploration program have the potential to support
a near-surface, pit-constrained mineral resource. Subject to the timely completion of assay results from the
2023 drill program, which are expected shortly, the Company is targeting the reporting of a maiden mineral
resource for a portion of the Fontana area in Q3-2023.
Re-assay program verified preliminary results
Kiboko has completed the priority portion of the Fontana area’s re-assay program that commenced in late
2022. Kiboko has concluded that original samples collected from large diameter HQ-sized core or 5.25-inch RC
drilling that are rotary split into nominal 0.5 kg sub-samples for assaying represents the original sample grade
with an appropriate level of accuracy. The Company further concludes that the current drilling, sampling, and
assay protocol is well suited for the mineralization being explored.
As a result, Kiboko does not believe it is warranted to undertake a full campaign to re-sample and assay samples
from its own drilling. Additional details are provided in the re-assay test work discussion section below.
Drilling expected to verify historical results for use in mineral resource estimation
Today’s results continue to align with or exceed management’s expectation for its first exploration program at
the Fontana area of the Harricana Gold Project.
At the Marcotte zone, formerly referred to as Fontana Main, 32 holes have been drilled in the central portion
of the zone in the area shown in Figures 4 and 5. The Company’s observations are that the variability in gold
grades is coherent with historical data and reflects the natural heterogeneity common to moderate-grade
environments that include fine grains of coarse (native) gold.
The number of mineralized structures, their continuity and variability in apparent thickness supports Kiboko’s
view that the Marcotte zone first-order mineralization is primarily associated with a reasonably large
anastomosing network of altered igneous rocks containing quartz-carbonate veins and veinlets, and shears,
anastomosed within a large, sub-vertical and northwesterly striking shear zone . At this stage in the data
compilation and review, the view is consistent with Kiboko’s interpretation and exploration model. Although
the first-order mineralization displays reasonable continuity along sub-vertical structures, additional work is
required to characterize the structural attitude and determine the significance of second- and third-order
mineralized structures within and along this zone.
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Kiboko’s technical team has concluded that this drilling has sufficiently verified the results of historical drilling
in the central portion of the Marcotte zone and has demonstrated that the zone remains open to the east (see
Figure 6). The northern extension of the Marcotte zone was drilled during the 2023 winter program and assays
are pending. Kiboko did not drill the southern extension of the Marcotte zone in its Phase 1 drill program.
At the Claverny zone, located 1 km east of Marcotte, the two holes drilled in 2022 provided exciting results, as
evidenced by a 35 m interval grading 0.6 g/t Au and a 1 m interval grading 6.1 g/t Au in DDFON22 -008,
confirming Claverny as an area of interest . Kiboko’s technical team is of the view that these results are highly
encouraging, given the limited amount of historical drilling in this area. Considering the lack of historical
structural information in this area and to refine the Company’s understanding of th e geological framework ,
another hole was drilled in this area as part of the 2023 winter drill program, with assay results pending.
Follow-up drilling was also completed in the Hooper Bunkhouse zone. After drill permits were received in late
April, the Company drilled two additional holes totalling 399 m (DDFON23-014 and DDFON23-015) to further
test its interpretation and exploration model. While assays are pending, the Company is pleased to report that
both holes encountered visible gold within the Bunkhouse zone, consistent with its exploration model.
Overall, results in the Marcotte zone are generally consistent with the historical dataset that the Company’s
exploration model is based upon , as 32 of the 34 holes reported to date have intercepted mineralization ,
representing 94% of the holes drilled. The results are therefore validating Kiboko’s exploration model, which
will be refined as part of the resource estimation process.
Kiboko’s technical team continues to review new drilling information in relation to its current understanding
of the geology and mineralization of the area and for reporting purposes. Kiboko also continues to assess the
assay results from the 79,565 m of historical drilling data that its Fontana Area Exploration Target (as defined
herein) is based upon and summarized below.
Re-assay test work discussion
In late 2022, the Company initiated a re -assay test work program on duplicate samples to gain a more
comprehensive understanding of the gold mineralization distribution and evaluate the potential risk for
inadequate sub-sampling and resulting bias, which is typical in the early stages of exploration in coarse (native)
gold environments, like Harricana.
Initially, the Company received a small number of highly encouraging partial assay results. The results were
from 0.5 kg sub-sample duplicates that suggested that the variability in grade indicated the risk of a significant
in situ (or geological) nugget effect . This can result in a natural Poisson distribution, which may lead to a
statistical underestimation of the grade of the origin al sample. Due to the potential implications of this test
work, the Company decided to suspend the reporting of results until all assays for the priority portion of this
test work were available.
Upon review of preliminary results, the small number of samples suggesting the potential for a significant in
situ nugget effect (up to a two order of magnitude difference) were determined to be a result of inadvertent
laboratory errors. After an extensive investigation, it was determined that these errors affected a limited
number of samples, which have been corrected.
While there are still a few instances of a pronounced in situ nugget effect, Kiboko has observed that the assay
results from the 0.5 -kg rotary split samples do not deviate materially from the head grade of the 3 to 4 kg
duplicate samples. While there was variability in individual riffle split duplicates, the overall tenor and metal
content of mineralization along the assessed intervals were largely consistent.
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As a result, Kiboko has concluded that samples collected from large diameter HQ -sized core or 5.25 -inch RC
drilling that are rotary split into nominal 0.5 kg sub -samples for assaying represent the sample grade with
reasonable accuracy. The Company further concludes that the current sub-sampling and assay protocol is well
suited for the mineralization being explored. Based upon this conclusion, Kiboko does not believe it is
warranted to undertake a full campaign to re-sample and assay samples from its own drilling.
Notwithstanding, Kiboko will continue to assess duplicate samples to locally monitor the in situ nugget effect
and potential for sub-sampling bias as part of its exploration programs.
Exploration intended to verify historical Fontana drilling and partially validate Exploration Targets
The Phase 1 program is intended to verify a significant portion of the 79,565 m of historical Fontana area
drilling, characterize gold mineralization in the wall rock surrounding the main vein systems, and partially
validate the Fontana area Exploration Targets (as defined herein).
The near-surface Exploration Targets for the Fontana area of the P roject total 13.6 million to 23.1 million
tonnes at a range of grades of 3.0 to 3.4 grams of gold per tonne (“g/t Au”). The primary Exploration Targets
for the Harricana Project are summarized in Table 4 at the end of this release.
The Company cautions that while the Exploration Targets are based upon results from historical drilling, the
potential quantity and grade of the Exploration Targets are conceptual in nature, there has been insufficient
verifiable exploration to define a mineral resource, and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in any of
the Exploration Targets being delineated as a mineral resource.
The Phase 1 exploration program is only intended to partially validate a portion of the Exploration Targets for
the Fontana area of the Project , which does not have any mineral resources or mineral reserves. For further
details regarding scientific or technical information relating to the Harricana Project, includin g the
recommended exploration programs to validate the Exploration Targets, please refer to the technical report
entitled “Harricana Gold Project Technical Report, Duverny Township, Québe c” with an effective date of April
1, 2022, and an issue date of May 2, 20 22 (the “Harricana Technical Report”) , which is filed under the
Company’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com and on the Company’s website at www.kibokogold.com.
Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Orientated HQ-size drill core was delivered directly from the drill site to Kiboko’s field office in Amos, Québec,
where it was systematically logged, photographed, and sampled on 1 m intervals by a geologist. Core was cut
in half lengthwise along a pre-determined line, with one half (same half, consistently), bagged, securely sealed,
labelled, and submitted for analysis. The other half of the core was stored securely at Kiboko’s core logging
facility as a witness sample.
For each metre of RC drilling, the stream of RC chips was split into three samples. Two nominal 5 kg samples
were collected for analysis, and the remnant nominal 25 kg was bagged for future use if required. The samples
were collected directly from the RC drill rig’s cyclone , where they were bagged and labeled. The two 5 kg
samples were delivered by Kiboko personnel to Kiboko’s field office in Amos, Québec , for processing. One of
the 5 kg samples was submitted to the laboratory for analysis , and the other was stored securely as a witness
sample until the results of the first stream of samples were received. At site, a small sub-sample of RC chips
was collected from the remnant 25 kg, washed , placed in chip trays, and then delivered by Kiboko personnel
to the field office in Amos, where they were systematically logged by a geologist.
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In addition to the laboratory’s QA/QC practices, Kiboko personnel inserted certified reference materials
(standards) and blank samples at regular intervals into the sample stream to monitor laboratory performance.
Duplicates have been inserted at the laboratory, and selected intervals are in the process of being analyzed as
field duplicates. Only results that have met the requirements of Kiboko’s quality control program are
considered final and are reported.
Bagged samples were collected in larger bags by Kiboko personnel to ensure an appropriate chain of custody
until the samples were delivered to the laboratory . Samples were delivered by either courier or Kiboko
personnel on pallets to ensure an appropriate chain of custody during transport to MSALABS INC.’s (“MSA”)
secure facility in Val-d’Or, Québec for processing and analysis.
The entire half-drill core sample was crushed to approximately 70% passing 2 millimetres. RC chips required
no crushing. Sub -samples were rotary split to fill a 350 ml sealed plastic jar for PhotonAssay containing
approximately 0.5 kg of sample material. MSA operates numerous laboratories worldwide and maintains ISO-
17025 accreditation for many metal determination methods. Accreditation of the PhotonAssay method at
MSA’s Val D’Or laboratory is in progress.
About the Harricana Gold Project
Kiboko’s Harricana gold project is a consolidated 10 0+ km2 prospective mineral claim package that is located
55 km north of Val- d’Or, Québec, in the world-renowned Abitibi greenstone belt. Historical records compiled
and digitized by Kiboko into a new geospatial dataset includes data from 937 historical diamond drillholes
totalling 139,397 metres.
The Harricana Project benefits from an exceptional location, close to operating mines, with excellent access
and proximity to existing infrastructure, including road, rail, and clean, low -cost, renewable hydroelectric grid
power. The Harricana Project also benefits from low royalty coverage with the most significant royalty being a
2% NSR production royalty held by Globex Mining Enterprises Inc. on 19 5 claims covering an area of 8 5 km2,
which includes the areas drilled in the Company’s Phase 1 drill program.
Additional information about Kiboko and its Harricana Gold Project can be found on SEDAR at www.sedar.com
and on the Company’s website at www.kibokogold.com.
Qualified Person
Ivor W.O. Jones, B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc., FAusIMM, P. Geo., (OGQ Special Authorization Permit 74658), Kiboko’s
Vice-President, Technical Services & Project Evaluation, has reviewed and approved the pertinent technical or
scientific information contained in this news release. Mr. Jones is the Company’s designated “Qualified Person”
as defined by Canadian Securities Administrators within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 Standards
of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”).
Exploration programs at the Harricana Project are managed by Mr. Jones and Yves Caron , M.Sc., géo (OGQ
548), both of whom are “Qualified Persons” as defined by NI 43-101.
About Kiboko Gold Inc.
Kiboko is a Canadian-based gold exploration company focussed on advancing its 100+ km2 Harricana Project,
located 55 km north of Val -d’Or, Québec , within the world -renowned southern Abitibi gold belt . Kiboko’s
shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “KIB”.
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For further information, please contact:
Jeremy Link
President and CEO
+1 (778) 381-5949 x 1
Brad Boland
Executive Vice-President & CFO
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Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Forward Looking Statements
This news release includes certain “forward -looking statements” which are not comprised of historical facts. Forward looking
statements include estimates and statements that describe the Company’s future plans, objectives or goals, including words to
the effect that the Company or management expects a stated condition , belief, estimate or opinion, or result to occur. Forward
looking statements may be identified by such terms as “believes”, “anticipates”, “expects”, “interpreted”, “pending”, “suggests”,
“preliminary”, “estimates”, “may”, “aims”, “targets”, “could”, “would”, “will”, or “plans” and similar expressions, or that events
or conditions “will, “would”, “may”, “can”, “could” or “should” occur, or are those statements, which, by their nature, refer to
future events. Since forward -looking statements are based on assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their
very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Although these statements are based upon information cu rrently
available to the Company, the Company provides no assurance that actual results will meet management’s expectations. Risks,
uncertainties, and other factors involved with forward -looking information could cause actual events, results, performance,
prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking information.
Forward looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to the Company’s objectives, goals or future pl ans,
statements, exploration results, assay results, re-assay results, potential mineralization, the interpretation of drilling and assay
results, the results of the drilling program and re -assay program , mineralization and the discovery of zones of high -grade
mineralization, verification of historical drilling results; the Company’s cost estimates and plans to execute and complete its Phase
1 exploration program including the completion of a maiden mineral resource; future exploration and mine development plans;
future news releases by the Company, and the funding of the exploration program, and the timing of the commencement of
operations and estimates of market conditions. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward -
looking information include, but are not limited to failure to identify mineral resources, the preliminary nature of metallur gical
test results, delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental, environmental or other project approvals, political
risks, inability to fulfill the duty to accommodate First Nations and other Indigenous peoples, uncertainties relating to the
availability and costs of financing needed in the future, changes in equity markets, inflation, scarcity and cost of skilled and
unskilled labour, changes in exchange rates, fluctuations in commodity prices, delays in the development of projects, capital and
operating costs varying significantly from estimates and the other risks involved in the mineral exploration and development
industry, an inability to predict and counteract the effects of COVID-19 on the business of the Company, including but not limited
to the effects of COVID -19 on the price of commodities, capital market conditions, restriction on labour and travel and supply
chains, and those risks set out in the Company’s public documents filed on SEDAR. Although the Company believes that the
assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward -looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance
should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be giv en
that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or
revise any forward -looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as
required by law.
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Table 1: Harricana Gold Project - Fontana Area Assay Results
Drillhole
ID
From
(m)
To
(m)
Interval
(m)
Grade
(g/t Au)
Comment Zone Line
DDFON22-006 17 18 1 6.1 visible gold Marcotte 6240
and 24 25 1 0.5 Marcotte 6240
and 31 32 1 0.5 Marcotte 6240
and 81 82 1 0.7 Marcotte 6240
DDFON22-008 12 14 2 0.7 Claverny 5840
and 21 56 35 0.6 Claverny 5840
and 76 77 1 1.1 Claverny 5840
and 84 85 1 0.6 Claverny 5840
and 103 104 1 0.5 Claverny 5840
RCFON22-008 117 118 1 0.4 Marcotte 6480
RCFON22-009 7 8 1 0.4 Marcotte 6480
RCFON22-020 no significant intersections Marcotte 6400
RCFON22-024 79 81 2 0.7 Marcotte 6520
and 161 162 1 0.9 Marcotte 6520
RCFON22-025 15 16 1 0.6 Marcotte 6600
and 34 35 1 0.5 Marcotte 6600
and 45 46 1 0.7 Marcotte 6600
and 104 112 8 0.6 Marcotte 6600
RCFON22-027 8 14 6 0.4 Claverny 5840
and 27 32 5 1.0 Claverny 5840
and 56 57 1 0.8 Claverny 5840
and 67 68 1 0.9 Claverny 5840
Intervals are reported over a minimum downhole length of 1 m at a minimum length-weighted grade of 0.4 g/t
Au with up to 4 m of consecutive internal dilution. Included high -grade intercepts are reported as any
consecutive interval with grades greater than 10 g/t Au. No assays were capped. Due to the exploratory nature
of this program and the variable orientations of the mineralized zones the intervals presented m ay not
represent the true width of mineralization.
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Table 2: Harricana Gold Project - Fontana Area Assay Results to Date
Drillhole
ID
From
(m)
To
(m)
Interval
(m)
Grade
(g/t Au) Comment Zone Line
DDFON22-001 90 91 1 2.1 Marcotte 6480
and 121.1 128 6.9 0.5 Marcotte 6480
and 180 182 2 1.3 Marcotte 6480
and 191 192 1 0.5 Marcotte 6480
DDFON22-003 15 23 8 0.9 Marcotte 6520
DDFON22-004 98 99 1 47.2 Marcotte 6400
DDFON22-005 no significant intersections
Marcotte 6240
DDFON22-006 17 18 1 6.1 visible gold Marcotte 6240
and 24 25 1 0.5 Marcotte 6240
and 31 32 1 0.5 Marcotte 6240
and 81 82 1 0.7 Marcotte 6240
DDFON22-007 5 12 7 0.6 Marcotte 6320
and 56 59 3 0.6 Marcotte 6320
and 103.5 106 2.5 2.3 Marcotte 6320
and 114 117 3 1.5 Marcotte 6320
DDFON22-008 12 14 2 0.7 Claverny 5840
and 21 56 35 0.6 Claverny 5840
and 76 77 1 1.1 Claverny 5840
and 84 85 1 0.6 Claverny 5840
and 103 104 1 0.5 Claverny 5840
RCFON22-001 75 76 1 0.4 Marcotte 6520
RCFON22-002 36 38 2 3.2 hole ended in
mineralization
Marcotte 6520
and 149 150 1 0.7 Marcotte 6520
RCFON22-003 31 32 1 0.9 Marcotte 6520
and 98 99 1 0.7 Marcotte 6520
RCFON22-004 9 10 1 5.2 Marcotte 6400
RCFON22-005 64 65 1 0.5 Marcotte 6400
RCFON22-006 18 19 1 1.1 Marcotte 6400
and 26 28 2 7.2 Marcotte 6400
including 27 28 1 14.0 Marcotte 6400
RCFON22-007 70 71 1 0.5 Marcotte 6480
RCFON22-008 117 118 1 0.4 Marcotte 6480
RCFON22-009 7 8 1 0.4 Marcotte 6480
RCFON22-010 42 43 1 1.1 Marcotte 6480
RCFON22-011 19 22 3 1.6 Marcotte 6400
and 37 39 2 0.6 Marcotte 6400
RCFON22-012 no significant intersections Marcotte 6240
RCFON22-013 71 75 4 0.4 Marcotte 6240
RCFON22-014 57 59 2 0.9 Marcotte 6240