{"id":128470,"title":"Ariana Resources Kicks Off Exploration Drive at Dokwe Gold Project","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2025-10-23T09:37:11+00:00","modified":"2025-10-23T09:37:11+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/ariana-resources-kicks-off-exploration-drive-at-dokwe-gold-project/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/ariana-resources-kicks-off-exploration-drive-at-dokwe-gold-project.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/ariana-resources-kicks-off-exploration-drive-at-dokwe-gold-project.json","category":"Mining","categories":["Mining"],"tags":["AAU","Ariana Resources","Dr. Kerim Sener","Gold","Kiziltepe","Mine","open pit","production","silver","Tavsan","Zenit Madencilik San"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ariana-Resources.webp?fit=1200%2C800&quality=80&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"**Ariana Resources Commences Drilling at Dokwe Gold Project in Zimbabwe**\n\n**Ariana Resources PLC** has provided an **exploration update** for its **100%-owned Dokwe Gold Project** in **Zimbabwe**, confirming the **start of drilling** at both **Dokwe North** and **Dokwe Central**, alongside **regional exploration** that has identified **new high-potential targets**.\n\n**Highlights:**\n\no  Exploration drilling commencing imminently at the Dokwe North and Dokwe Central areas and their extensions; regional exploration across the project area has outlined several additional targets.\n\no 10,086 soil samples collected for multi-element portable XRF (“pXRF”) and detectORETM gold analysis on a 50m by 100m grid across the entire project area totalling 44km2.\n\no  Drilling planned for follow-up of historical intercept of 7.3m @ 6.63g/t Au from 32.2m at the Sinkwe prospect.\n\no  Drilling planned for follow-up of the historical intercept of 0.5m @ 81.09g/t Au from 243m at the Siduli Pan prospect.\n\no  Gold mineralisation at Dokwe North, Central and Siduli Pan are hosted by shear zones which juxtapose distinct litho-structural domains, separating volcanic and sedimentary units.\n\no  Prospective shear zones have a combined strike length of at least 12km within the project area and remain largely untested.\n\nA comprehensive **project-wide soil sampling programme** has been completed, with **10,086 samples** collected across a **44km² area**. These samples are being analysed using **multi-element pXRF** and **detectORE™ gold analysis** to refine target definition.\n\nFollow-up **drilling is planned** for the **Sinkwe prospect**, where historical intercepts returned **7.3 metres at 6.63 g/t gold from 32.2 metres**, and the **Siduli Pan prospect**, which previously yielded **0.5 metres at 81.09 g/t gold from 243 metres**.\n\nThe company noted that several **prospective shear zones**, with a **combined strike length exceeding 12 kilometres**, remain **largely untested**, presenting significant potential for further resource growth.\n\nAriana said the ongoing programme is designed to **expand the known mineralised footprint** and **advance the Dokwe project** toward defining a **major new gold resource** in Zimbabwe’s underexplored greenstone belt.\n\n**Dr. Kerim Sener, Managing Director of Ariana Resources, commented**:\n\n“Over the course of several months, the Dokwe site team have completed an extensive new soil geochemical programme over the entire project area, covering 44km2 and undertaken on a tight grid. This work, in addition to an extensive assessment and re-processing of previous geological, geophysical and geochemical data, has resulted in a much-improved understanding of why the gold deposits at Dokwe North and Central are located where they are. \n\n“Major shear zones, which separate broadly ENE-WSW trending litho-structural domains comprising an alternating sequence of volcanic and sedimentary units, host the known mineralisation at Dokwe North and Central. Our mission is to commence drill testing at certain locations along over 12km of strike of these shear zones in the broader project area. Given that there is over 1Moz of gold contained within only about 10% of this strike length, with the rest remaining essentially untested by drilling, suggests there may be considerable upside and discovery potential elsewhere in the project area.\n\n“We have already identified a number of target areas along these shear zones or their related structural splays, including the newly named Sinkwe, Wabayi and Mpunzi prospects, which have yielded anomalous gold grades in prior exploration. Some of these targets, along with the Siduli Pan prospect, are due to be tested in upcoming exploration drilling.”"}