Sama Reports additional high-grade drill intercepts from the Grata Prospect, located in the Ivory Coast, West Africa Hole GR-17 intercepted 303 metres of mineralisation including 8.1 metres of 1.00% nickel, 0.81% copper and 1.13 gpt palladium
NR 2022-07
Sama Reports additional high-grade drill intercepts from the Grata
Prospect, located in the Ivory Coast, West Africa
Hole GR-17 intercepted 303 metres of mineralisation including 8.1 metres
of 1.00% nickel, 0.81% copper and 1.13 gpt palladium
Hole GR-15 intercepted 199 metres of mineralisation including 8.5 metres
of 0.86% nickel, 0.86% copper and 1.00 gpt palladium
Montréal, Quebec, Sept 07, 2022 – Sama Resources Inc. (“Sama” or the “Company”) (TSX -V: SME
OTC-PK: SAMMF) is pleased to announce the assay results from additional drilling from the 2021-22
drilling campaign at the Grata Nickel –Copper–Palladium prospect. To date, Sama has drilled a total of
64 drill holes totalling 15,924 metres at the project in 2022 with 45 drill holes totalling 14,995 metres at
Grata alone. The assay results for holes GR -12 to GR-19b are summarized in this release, remaining
results are pending.
Highlights
• 15,924 metres in 64 holes drilled to date at the Samapleu-Grata-Yepleu deposits
o 8,000 metres initially budgeted
o Mineralised intersections are up to 303 metres in thickness from surface.
o Results confirm mineralisation over 850 metres of strike
• Assays results are pending for 22 remaining Grata drill holes
• Detailed metallurgical studies on Grata material are ongoing
“Given our successful drill efforts to date at the Grata discovery, we are expecting to enhance our mineral
resources for the entire project. Today’s results continue to demonstrate the upside potential of the Grata
deposit but also for the entire property” stated Dr. Marc -Antoine Audet, President & CEO of Sama
Resources Inc.
Mr. Audet added: “ We will continue exploring the Grata prospect for massive sulphide lenses and
accumulations within this large feeder zone of the Yacouba ultramafic -mafic intrusive complex while
pursuing multiple other promising targets within the Samapleu-Yepleu exploration area that have been
totally unexplored.
Assays results for 9 holes (GR-12 to GR -19b) drilled in Q1 2022 are presented in Table 1 . All
measurements are core lengths and may not represent true geological widths.
Table 1: Summary of 2021-22 drilling program at Grata. Results for GR-12 to GR-19b using a cut-of-grade
of 0.1% nickel.
Sequence Hole Length From Length Ni Cu Co Pd Pt Au
m m m % % % gpt gpt gpt
GR-12 488 117.80 31.50 0.29 0.30 0.01 0.36 0.07 0.04
includes 1.55 0.92 1.08 0.03 1.16 0.18 0.07
includes 4.85 0.66 0.83 0.02 0.94 0.07 0.04
153.35 126.65 0.31 0.26 0.02 0.30 0.13 0.04
includes 8.45 0.86 0.79 0.04 1.00 0.44 0.04
includes 1.00 1.78 0.92 0.08 1.58 0.03 0.02
includes 0.60 0.95 1.62 0.05 0.55 0.07 0.15
includes 1.00 0.51 0.43 0.03 0.19 0.04 0.10
284.50 41.00 0.20 0.18 0.02 0.20 0.10 0.04
331.20 3.80 0.29 0.47 0.02 0.33 0.12 0.04
442.65 34.75 0.34 0.29 0.02 0.38 0.10 0.04
includes 6.15 0.61 0.37 0.03 0.51 0.09 0.03
481.50 1.40 0.11 0.07 0.01 0.10 0.03 0.02
GR-13 259 25.35 18.55 0.24 0.35 0.01 0.41 0.12 0.05
47.05 114.25 0.23 0.22 0.01 0.35 0.15 0.05
includes 1.15 0.68 0.95 0.03 0.99 0.20 0.17
includes 2.95 0.57 0.39 0.03 0.72 0.15 0.06
includes 2.55 0.63 0.49 0.03 0.85 0.15 0.04
164.00 29.50 0.14 0.14 0.01 0.14 0.11 0.03
196.00 9.50 0.13 0.11 0.01 0.14 0.10 0.03
212.70 16.85 0.31 0.24 0.02 0.56 0.06 0.03
includes 1.55 1.55 0.84 0.06 1.91 0.08 0.04
GR-14 458 23.60 127.90 0.33 0.26 0.02 0.37 0.13 0.05
includes 0.45 1.06 1.58 0.04 1.00 0.05 0.06
includes 1.05 1.25 0.30 0.05 1.42 0.24 0.05
includes 3.05 1.66 1.65 0.06 0.91 0.04 0.11
includes 0.40 2.18 1.03 0.08 0.43 0.17 0.05
includes 0.85 0.78 0.43 0.03 0.88 0.07 0.02
includes 0.15 2.21 0.19 0.08 0.53 0.15 0.07
includes 0.50 1.66 0.62 0.06 1.74 0.13 0.04
includes 0.90 0.50 0.48 0.02 0.74 0.30 0.16
includes 1.00 0.54 0.52 0.02 0.85 0.29 0.10
includes 1.30 0.59 0.59 0.03 0.69 0.11 0.06
includes 2.25 0.67 0.43 0.03 0.47 0.08 0.05
156.00 21.00 0.10 0.06 0.01 0.07 0.11 0.03
255.00 9.85 0.15 0.13 0.01 0.33 0.08 0.04
273.50 4.50 0.12 0.02 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.01
294.75 0.15 0.46 0.40 0.02 0.79 1.54 0.06
297.30 17.45 0.21 0.10 0.01 0.24 0.07 0.03
includes 0.60 1.40 0.35 0.06 0.98 0.02 0.02
336.00 12.60 0.13 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01
354.50 44.50 0.24 0.23 0.02 0.20 0.11 0.04
includes 1.50 0.64 0.42 0.04 0.60 0.09 0.06
401.50 12.95 0.11 0.09 0.01 0.10 0.07 0.03
Sequence Hole Length From Length Ni Cu Co Pd Pt Au
m m m % % % gpt gpt gpt
GR-15 253 22.40 20.85 0.21 0.19 0.01 0.32 0.12 0.02
includes 0.70 2.02 1.29 0.09 3.03 1.04 0.04
46.25 5.55 0.97 1.20 0.04 1.40 0.32 0.03
includes 3.35 1.48 1.85 0.06 2.11 0.23 0.05
56.50 4.00 0.53 0.70 0.02 0.82 0.11 0.05
65.80 11.30 0.29 0.60 0.01 0.44 0.08 0.08
82.85 156.85 0.28 0.27 0.02 0.28 0.12 0.04
includes 4.55 0.66 0.88 0.03 0.09 0.96 0.02
includes 3.50 0.93 0.72 0.04 1.02 0.11 0.12
includes 1.65 0.62 0.97 0.02 0.61 2.80 0.06
includes 2.40 1.17 0.76 0.04 1.20 0.06 0.07
GR-16 250 21.00 103.30 0.21 0.08 0.01 0.21 0.06 0.02
includes 0.85 1.01 0.94 0.05 1.23 0.62 0.06
includes 1.50 0.51 0.78 0.02 1.76 0.77 0.14
131.55 14.30 0.57 0.62 0.02 0.78 0.08 0.06
includes 4.00 1.33 1.09 0.05 1.65 0.08 0.07
includes 0.95 0.51 0.79 0.02 0.69 0.15 0.06
190.55 4.45 0.38 0.28 0.02 0.27 0.06 0.02
includes 0.45 1.32 0.52 0.06 0.63 0.08 0.02
includes 0.30 1.19 0.83 0.06 0.85 0.03 0.03
GR-17 361 33.00 113.00 0.28 0.25 0.01 0.28 0.12 0.05
includes 0.20 1.53 2.34 0.05 2.15 0.04 0.12
includes 2.80 0.93 0.74 0.04 1.10 0.10 0.03
151.10 34.75 0.22 0.17 0.01 0.13 0.09 0.04
197.35 63.75 0.39 0.41 0.02 0.42 0.11 0.04
includes 0.30 1.30 0.84 0.05 1.07 0.03 0.03
includes 0.65 0.61 0.52 0.03 0.64 0.20 0.06
includes 0.25 0.94 1.14 0.04 1.08 0.05 0.18
includes 0.85 0.58 0.87 0.03 0.65 0.05 0.05
includes 8.05 1.00 0.81 0.04 1.13 0.14 0.05
263.15 91.65 0.21 0.26 0.01 0.65 0.16 0.09
includes 1.50 0.73 1.08 0.03 1.60 0.11 0.07
includes 0.35 1.20 1.27 0.06 4.86 1.12 0.13
includes 1.60 0.55 0.73 0.03 2.38 0.37 0.25
includes 0.20 1.12 0.82 0.05 2.29 0.12 0.28
includes 0.30 0.82 0.39 0.03 8.64 1.97 0.03
includes 1.95 0.52 0.88 0.02 0.81 0.10 0.19
GR-18 404 23.8 18.2 0.12 0.05 0.01 0.10 0.08 0.02
45.65 113.25 0.18 0.15 0.01 0.15 0.10 0.03
includes 0.2 0.63 0.69 0.03 0.52 0.33 0.06
includes 0.95 1.01 1.14 0.05 0.78 0.04 0.16
222.15 5.4 0.16 0.10 0.01 0.10 0.08 0.02
Sequence Hole Length From Length Ni Cu Co Pd Pt Au
m m m % % % gpt gpt gpt
GR-19 418 27.20 21.50 0.12 0.03 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.00
55.50 85.25 0.21 0.26 0.01 0.15 0.09 0.05
includes 3.80 0.62 1.06 0.03 1.12 0.27 0.20
includes 3.25 0.98 0.90 0.04 1.61 0.31 0.05
includes 0.30 0.67 1.40 0.03 1.39 0.07 0.17
includes 0.20 0.61 0.60 0.03 0.26 0.09 0.06
155.50 7.25 0.15 0.13 0.01 0.48 0.19 0.02
182.90 34.00 0.20 0.18 0.01 0.15 0.08 0.04
includes 0.20 0.53 0.47 0.03 0.22 0.09 0.05
includes 0.35 0.53 0.45 0.03 0.37 0.11 0.02
includes 0.30 0.54 1.10 0.03 0.40 0.18 0.03
includes 0.25 1.10 1.56 0.05 0.94 0.08 0.25
includes 0.35 0.67 0.70 0.03 0.33 0.30 0.04
229.00 6.00 0.11 0.08 0.01 0.15 0.12 0.03
254.75 7.80 0.13 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
306.80 58.90 0.21 0.14 0.02 0.15 0.09 0.05
includes 0.40 0.99 0.46 0.04 0.44 0.10 0.08
GR-19B 400 88.15 12.85 0.19 0.31 0.01 0.17 0.10 0.08
141.50 90.00 0.21 0.23 0.01 0.17 0.11 0.04
252.50 13.50 0.14 0.21 0.01 0.20 0.10 0.05
273.90 106.75 0.25 0.23 0.02 0.25 0.12 0.03
includes 0.30 1.23 0.50 0.05 0.71 2.79 0.04
includes 0.50 0.95 1.42 0.05 0.66 0.03 0.07
includes 1.75 0.68 1.20 0.03 0.48 0.05 0.04
includes 0.70 0.50 0.40 0.03 0.65 0.09 0.06
includes 0.35 0.92 0.32 0.04 0.91 0.09 0.03
includes 0.50 0.84 0.53 0.04 0.78 0.53 0.02
includes 0.80 0.81 0.49 0.04 0.76 0.06 0.04
includes 0.25 1.05 0.8 0.04 1.8 0.19 0.08
386.45 6.10 0.14 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01
Grata: Latest discovery in the Yacouba Ultramafic-Mafic (“UM”) Intrusive Complex
In September 2021, Sama announced the Grata discovery located 5 kilometres east of the Samapleu
deposit (Figure 1).
The discovery hole, GR-03 (Figure 2), drilled in June 2021, returned a 310-metre sequence of pyroxenite
and gabbro containing a 147-metre interval of disseminated sulfides and several intersections of semi -
massive sulphide mineralisation. The second hole, GR-04, confirmed the width of the mineralised zone
with a 141-metre mineralised intersection including 6.4 metres(“m”) grading 1.05% nickel (“Ni”), 1.28%
copper (“Cu”) and 0.48 grams per tonnes (“gpt”) palladium (“Pd”) and 6.6 m grading 0.73% Ni, 0.38%
Cu and 0.30 gpt Pd.
This release discloses mineralised intersections ranging from 134 m (GR -16) to 303 m (GR -17). Hole
GR-17 returned a combined 303 m of mineralised material, including 8.1 m grading 1.00% Ni, 0.81% Cu
and 1.13 gpt of Pd and 2.8 m at 0.93% Ni, 0.74% Cu and 1.10 gpt Pd. Hole GR-12 intersected a combined
239 m of mineralised material grading 0.30% Ni including 8.5 m at 0.86% Ni, 0.79% Cu and 1.0 gpt Pd.
Hole GR-15 intersected a combined 199 m grading 0.30% Ni and 0.30% Cu including 3.4 m at 1.48% Ni,
1.85% Cu and 2.11 gpt Pd.
The mineralisation at Grata is similar in composition to the Samapleu deposit (“Samapleu”) but shows a
higher proportion of chalcopyrite.
Sama’s goal is to increase mineral resources at Samapleu and Grata as well as searching for massive
sulphide veins and lenses that could have acc umulated at depth in traps and embayments along the
feeder system of the Yacouba UM Intrusive Complex.
Figure 1: Newly discovered zone at Grata is located 5 km east of Samapleu, Image displays current and
historic drilling. A total of 15 additional holes for 3,111 metres were drilled.
Figure 2: Surface layout for the 45 holes drilled at the Grata property. Current mineralisation is extending
over a strike length of 850 metres, open on both ends. The depth extension of mineralisation exceeds
400 metres from surface.
Figure 3: Cross-section SW-NE at Grata showing the interpreted subvertical mineralised horizons.
Assay results for 28 holes out of the 45 holes drilled to date, are still pending.
QA/QC
Core logging and sampling was performed at Sama’s Samapleu and Yepleu field facilities. Sample
preparation was conducted at the Bureau Veritas Mineral Laboratory in Abidjan, Ivory Coast . Sample
pulps were delivered to Activation Laboratories Ltd, Ancaster and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, for
assaying. All samples were assayed for Ni, Cu, Co, Pt, Pd, Au, Fe and S.
The technical information in this release has been reviewed and approved by Dr. Marc -Antoine Audet,
Ph.D Geology, P.Geo and President and CEO of Sama, and a ‘qualified person’, as defined by National
Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
ABOUT SAMA RESOURCES INC.
Sama is a Canadian -based, growth -oriented resource company focused on exploring the Samapleu
Nickel– Copper project in Ivory Coast, West Africa. The Company is managed by experienced industry
professionals with a strong track record of discovery. Sama, is committed to develop and exploit the
Samapleu Ni-Cu and Platinum Group of Elements Resources.
Sama’s projects are located approximately 600 km northwest of Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire and straddle
both sides of the Ivorian and Guinean borders in West Africa. Sama’s projects are located adjacent to
the large world-class nickel-cobalt laterite deposits of Sipilou and Foungouesso forming a 125 km long
new Base Metal Camp in West Africa.
Sama owns 70% interest in the Ivory Coast project with its joint venture partner Ivanhoe Electric owning
30%. Ivanhoe Electric has the option to purchase up to a 60% interest in the project. For more information
about Sama, please visit Sama’s website at www.samaresources.com.
ABOUT IVANHOE ELECTRIC INC.
Ivanhoe Electric (NYSE American: IE, TSX: IE), is an American technology and mineral exploration
company that is re-inventing mining for the electrification of everything by combining advanced mineral
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SAMA RESOURCES INC./RESSOURCES SAMA INC.
Dr. Marc-Antoine Audet, President and CEO
Tel: (514) 726-4158
OR
Mr. Matt Johnston, Corporate Development Advisor
Tel: (604) 443-3835
Toll Free: 1 (877) 792-6688, Ext. 5