Hole GR-04 at the newly discovered Grata deposit in Ivory Coast returned
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SAMA RESOURCES INC./
RESSOURCES SAMA INC.
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NR 2022-01
Hole GR-04 at the newly discovered Grata deposit in Ivory Coast returned
6.40 m grading 1.05% nickel, 1.24% copper and 0.48 gpt palladium within a
wider mineralized zone of 141 m grading 0.38% nickel, 0.37% copper and
0.25 gpt palladium
Ivanhoe Electric to continue Earn-In on the Ivory Coast projects
2021 Highlights
• In 2021, Sama drilled 20 holes for 8,768 m leading to the discovery of the near-surface
Grata deposit, located 5 km east of the Samapleu deposit.
• Discovery hole GR-03 intersected 147 m @ 0.26% Ni, 0.29% Cu, 0.25g/t Pd including 56 m
@ 0.39% Ni, 0.45% Cu, 0.33g/t Pd.
• Hole GR-04 intersected 141 m @ 0.38% Ni, 0.37% Cu, 0.25g/t Pd including 6.40 m @ 1.05%
Ni, 1.28% Cu, 0.48g/t Pd.
• Results are pending for 5 holes drilled at Grata in November and December 2021.
Montreal, Quebec, January 25, 2022 – Sama Resources Inc. (“Sama” or the “Company”) (TSX -V:
SME OTC-PK: SAMMF) is pleased to announce drilling results from our 2021 drilling campaign. Sama
drilled a total of 20 drill holes for 8,768 meters (“m”) in 2021, including 5 holes at Yepleu for 2,766 m, 7
holes at the Samapleu deposit, including hole S-312 returning a combined 17.50 m at 1.87% nickel (“Ni”),
1.05% copper (“ Cu”) and 1.64 grams per tonne (“ gpt”) of palladium (“ Pd”), and 7 holes at the Grata
discovery for 2,921 m. Hole GR -04 drilled at the Grata discovery intersected 141m of continuous
mineralization including near surface intervals of 6.40 m and 6.60 m grading 1.05% Ni -1.28% Cu & 0.48
gpt Pd and 0.73% Ni - 0.38% Cu & 0.30 gpt Pd respectively. Table 1 summarizes results for all these
holes. Assays results for GR-05 to GR-09 are still pending.
“Sama was very pleased with hosting the Ivanhoe Electric Inc. (“ IVNE”) – Sama Technical Meeting at
the project site in Ivory Coast in mid-January. IVNE reviewed and acknowledged the large potential of
the entire project especially with our high-quality intersections at the new Grata zone. The IVNE-Sama
joint exploration program for 2022 should include between 5,000 m to 10,000 m of diamond drilling at the
Grata, Samapleu and Yepleu deposits ” stated Dr. Marc -Antoine Audet, President & CEO of Sama
Resources Inc.
Dr. Audet added “Sama also proposes flying a new generation of helicopter -borne Electro-Magnetic
survey to further refine the electromagnetic response of target zones identified in 2013 on PR 838 as well
as to cover the newly acquired Zoupleu permit (PR 837). A dditional funds should also be allocated for
pursuing technical studies for the future open pit operation at the Samapleu deposit.”
Grata: Latest discovery in the Yacouba Intrusive Complex
In September 2021, Sama announce d the Grata discovery located 5 kilometers (“ km”) e ast of the
Samapleu deposit.
The discovery hole, GR-03, drilled in June 2021, returned a 310 m sequence of pyroxenite and gabbro
containing a 147 m interval of disseminated sulfides and several intersections of semi-massive sulphide
mineralization. The second hole GR-04 confirmed the width of the mineralized zone, with a 141 m
mineralized intersection including 6.40 m and 6.60 m intervals grading 1.05% Ni, 1.28% Cu & 0.48 gpt
Pd and 0.73% Ni , 0.38% Cu & 0.30 gpt Pd respectively (see Figures 1 to 5 and Table 1 ). All
measurements are core length.
The mineraliz ation at Grata is similar in composition to the Samapleu deposit but shows a larger
proportion of chalcopyrite and therefore a higher copper to nickel ratio. This relationship between copper
and nickel is particularly evident in the GR-06 mineralized zones (Figures 3 & 4).
The Company is looking at increasing mineral resources at Samapleu and Grata for a future surface
mining operation as well as searching for massive sulphide veins and lenses that could have accumulated
at depth in traps and embayments along the feeder system of the Yacouba Intrusive Complex.
Yepleu: Dynamic magmatic system
At the Yepleu mineralized zone, hole YE-19 returned 45m of disseminated and semi -massive sulphide
mineralization including 1.15m @ 1.40% Ni. Hole YE -20 drilled 600 m to the north-northeast returned
16m @ 0.49%Ni including 4.25 m @ 1.01% Ni (Figures 5 & 6).
Following the completion of hole YE-23 in mid-2021, which aimed at testing the strong electromagnetic
conductor target with a 20,000 conductivity-thickness (“CT”), the Company decided to perform a wedge
from the YE-23 hole. The wedged hole is aiming at the centre of the 20,000 CT target. However, due to
delays in obtaining equipment and heavy rains during the las t four months of 2021, the start of the
wedging operation is now planned for the end of this month.
Yepleu is the centre of the intrusive feeder system with evidence of multiple magma injections generating
a large volume of host rock assimilation.
At Yepleu and Grata, all newly intersected mineralization is characterized by aggregates of the nickel,
copper and iron sulphides – pentlandite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite, respectively. Pentlandite occurs
together with pyrrhotite, while the chalcopyrite is either mixed with the pentlandite and pyrrhotite or occurs
as millimetric to centimetric sulphide veins/accumulations. The textures of the sulphide mineralization
vary from disseminated to semi-massive and massive.
Figure 1: Newly discovered zone at Grata is located 5 km east of Samapleu.
Figure 2: IVNE representatives reviewing Grata mineralised material at the Samapleu project site on
January 14, 2022.
Figure 3: GR-06 cross section. The hole remained within the Yacouba complex for 340 m with
mineralization ranging from disseminated to numerous intervals of semi-massive copper rich sulphide
stringers.
Figure 4: Gr-04-Gr-06 & Gr-08 section showing links between various mineralized zones.
Table 1: Summary of 2021 drilling program at Samapleu, Grata and Yepleu
Sequence Hole-ID Az (°) Dip (°) EOH Date LENGTH Ni Cu Co Pt Pd Au
Completed COG "m" % % % g/t g/t g/t
Yepleu
YE-19 YE47-361408b 185° -57° 596 2021-05-16 (cog: 0.1% Ni) 48.95 0.28 0.16 0.01 0.95 0.73 0.11
(cog: 0.5% Ni) 6.45 0.78 0.42 0.03 0.76 1.14 0.08
YE-20 YE38-626778 105° -85° 448 2021-04-25 (cog: 0.1% Ni) 16.30 0.49 0.29 0.02 0.03 0.11 0.01
(cog: 0.5% Ni) 6.55 0.87 0.55 0.04 0.04 0.19 0.01
YE-21 YE38-445704 110° -85° 463 2021-05-16 (cog: 0.1% Ni) 13.55 0.39 0.20 0.02 0.07 0.14 0.02
(cog: 0.5% Ni) 2.50 1.30 0.53 0.06 0.07 0.23 0.02
YE-22 YE45-386796 115° -80° 377 Cancelled
YE-23 YE45-386796B 115° -75° 881 2021-07-25 (cog: 0.1% Ni) 6.60 0.31 0.34 0.01 0.03 0.06 0.04
(cog: 0.5% Ni) 0.80 1.16 1.49 0.05 0.02 0.15 0.13
2,766
Samapleu
S-312 SM44-454256 227° -50° 153 2021-03-26 (cog: 0.1% Ni) 87.55 0.57 0.41 0.03 0.20 0.54 0.04
(cog: 0.5% Ni) 17.50 1.87 1.05 0.07 0.43 1.64 0.07
S-313 SM44-428267 225° -48° 114 2021-03-30 (cog: 0.1% Ni) 62.00 0.29 0.38 0.02 0.10 0.26 0.05
(cog: 0.5% Ni) 5.30 1.43 1.55 0.06 0.18 1.08 0.06
S-314 SM25-440370 315° -65° 175 2021-05-27 (cog: 0.1% Ni) 43.05 0.23 0.08 0.01 0.08 0.19 0.01
(cog: 0.5% Ni) 2.05 1.36 0.75 0.07 0.42 1.22 0.04
S-315 SM34-105691 135° -75° 272 2021-06-06 (cog: 0.1% Ni) 70.85 0.20 0.16 0.01 0.08 0.31 0.03
(cog: 0.5% Ni) 6.20 0.57 0.69 0.03 0.13 1.33 0.06
S-318 SM28-482345 145° -65° 323 2021-07-14 Not sampled
S-319 SM34-691598 240° -75° 852 2021-09-08 (cog: 0.1% Ni) 141.50 0.19 0.12 0.01 0.09 0.30 0.02
(cog: 0.5% Ni) 5.05 0.75 0.53 0.04 0.09 0.60 0.06
S-320 SM34-671616 230° -75° 848 2021-10-24 (cog: 0.1% Ni) 125.30 0.20 0.15 0.01 0.07 0.27 0.02
(cog: 0.5% Ni) 5.65 0.61 0.72 0.03 0.17 1.40 0.08
2,737
Grata
GR-03 SM20-070410 235 -60 573 2021-06-07 (cog: 0.1% Ni) 48.25 0.23 0.2 0.01 0.06 0.14 0.03
(cog: 0.1% Ni) 76.00 0.29 0.33 0.02 0.11 0.24 0.04
(cog: 0.3% Ni) 9.25 0.39 0.36 0.02 0.12 0.30 0.03
(cog: 0.3% Ni) 4.10 0.65 0.71 0.03 0.21 0.43 0.06
(cog: 0.3% Ni) 9.00 0.38 0.42 0.02 0.08 0.29 0.03
(cog: 0.3% Ni) 5.00 0.33 0.32 0.02 0.12 0.20 0.02
(cog: 0.3% Ni) 13.00 0.37 0.43 0.02 0.14 0.33 0.07
(cog: 0.3% Ni) 12.10 0.38 0.54 0.02 0.26 0.43 0.06
(cog: 0.1% Ni) 23.10 0.25 0.32 0.02 0.18 0.26 0.04
GR-04 SM19-680400 135° -60° 342 2021-11-07 (cog: 0.1% Ni) 12.4 0.23 0.08 0.011 0.03 0.2 0.02
(cog: 0.1% Ni) 141.15 0.38 0.37 0.02 0.1 0.25 0.03
(cog: 0.5% Ni) 6.40 1.05 1.24 0.04 0.07 0.48 0.04
(cog: 0.5% Ni) 3.65 0.56 0.68 0.02 0.05 0.63 0.02
(cog: 0.5% Ni) 1.65 0.59 0.52 0.03 0.11 0.45 0.03
(cog: 0.5% Ni) 6.60 0.73 0.38 0.03 0.15 0.30 0.03
(cog: 0.5% Ni) 4.20 0.50 0.41 0.02 0.08 0.30 0.02
(cog: 0.5% Ni) 3.05 0.76 0.59 0.04 0.08 0.41 0.03
GR-05 SM20-025500 250° -60° 452 2021-11-21 Results awaited
GR-06 SM20-010590 320° -60° 356 2021-12-04 Results awaited
GR-07 SM19-323548 145° -66° 269 2021-11-26 Results awaited
GR-08 SM20-008677 335° -60° 433 2021-12-21 Results awaited
GR-09 SM19-463561 90° -60° 495 2021-12-16 Results awaited
2,921
S-317 NZ36-770430 225° -70° 345 2021-07-01 NSR
8,768
Samapleu North
(see PR Sept 02, 2021)
(see PR May 12th, 2021)
Figure 5: Cross-section at Yepleu showing drill results for the first three holes drilled in 2021.
Figure 6: Hole YE-23: 20 cm of massive sulphide grading 1.31% Ni & 2.74 % Cu at 853m downhole.
Note: sharp contact and a chilled margin suggesting mobilization of mineralization.
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. Sample pulps were
delivered to Activation Laboratories Ltd, Ancaster, Thunder Bay, 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,
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 mineral exploration and development company with projects in West Africa
and now in Canada.
On March 19, 2021 Sama formalised a Joint Venture Agreement Ivanhoe Electric Inc, a private mineral
exploration company in which mining entrepreneur Robert Friedland is a significant stakeholder, in order
to develop its Ivorian Nickel-Copper and Cobalt project in Côte d’Ivoire, West-Africa. For more information
about Sama, please visit Sama’s website at http://www.samaresources.com.
ABOUT IVANHOE ELECTRIC INC.
Ivanhoe Electric Inc. is a privately -owned company focused on making technology -enabled metals
discoveries for the electrification of everything. The Company deploys proprietary and disruptive
technology that de-risks mineral and water discoveries. Ivanhoe Electric is focused on “electric metals”
(copper, nickel, gold and silver) mining assets for the electric revolution . For further information, please
visit www.ivanhoeelectric.com.
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