Awalé Hits Multiple High-Grade Intervals Outside Current MRE At Charger 2, Including 18.0 G/T Over 7 Metres
| Hole ID | From (m) | To (m) | Length (m) | Au (g/t) | Ag (g/t) | Cu (ppm) | Mo (ppm) | Composite Trigger (Au g/t) |
| CHDD0021 | 100 | 100.5 | 0.50 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 1261 | 1 | 0.5 |
| | 154 | 155 | 1.00 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 108 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 197 | 198 | 1.00 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 171 | 5 | 0.5 | |
| 240 | 247 | 7.00 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 136 | 3 | 0.5 | |
| including | 240 | 242 | 2.00 | 9.4 | 2.6 | 173 | 3 | 2 |
| | 253 | 258 | 5.00 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 143 | 2 | 0.5 |
| including | 254 | 255 | 1.00 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 130 | 3 | 2 |
| | 275 | 280 | 5.00 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 115 | 3 | 0.5 |
| CHDD0022 | 82.5 | 84.5 | 2.00 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 90 | 3 | 0.5 |
| | 253 | 254 | 1.00 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 348 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 330 | 332 | 2.00 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 327 | 5 | 0.5 | |
| 369 | 370 | 1.00 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 230 | 3 | 0.5 | |
| 446 | 447 | 1.00 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 92 | 4 | 0.5 | |
| CHDD0023 | 3 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 184 | 1 | 0.5 |
| | 27 | 27.5 | 0.50 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 442 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 60.5 | 61 | 0.50 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 224 | 2 | 0.5 | |
| 104 | 110 | 6.00 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 159 | 2 | 0.5 | |
| 146 | 147 | 1.00 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 259 | 3 | 0.5 | |
| 153 | 169 | 16.00 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 118 | 3 | 0.5 | |
| including | 153 | 157 | 4.00 | 14.1 | 5.3 | 211 | 3 | 2 |
| | 179 | 180 | 1.00 | 6.1 | 35.8 | 1665 | 3 | 0.5 |
| 214 | 216 | 2.00 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 200 | 3 | 0.5 | |
| 235 | 236 | 1.00 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 111 | 3 | 0.5 | |
| CHDD0024 | 68 | 68.5 | 0.50 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 161 | 6 | 0.5 |
| | 81.5 | 82 | 0.50 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 115 | 2 | 0.5 |
| 144 | 162 | 18.00 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 374 | 3 | 0.5 | |
| including | 155 | 162 | 7.00 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 664 | 2 | 10 |
| CHDD0025 | 177 | 179 | 2.00 | 13.9 | 7.1 | 295 | 3 | 0.5 |
Table 2: Charger Drill Collar Details - (all collars from this release)
| Hole ID | Easting | Northing | RL (m) | Azimuth_True | Dip | EOH (m) |
| CHDD0021 | 647717.4 | 1032067.1 | 470.0 | 306.4 | -58.7 | 377.3 |
| CHDD0022 | 647881.0 | 1032134.4 | 465.4 | 306.5 | -58.2 | 468.5 |
| CHDD0023 | 647679.0 | 1032097.1 | 471.4 | 308.5 | -57.6 | 263.3 |
| CHDD0024 | 647643.1 | 1032074.3 | 470.9 | 309.1 | -57.5 | 248.8 |
| CHDD0025 | 647685.6 | 1032044.2 | 469.6 | 306.3 | -58.7 | 359.8 |
About Awalé Resources
Awalé Resources is a diligent and systematic mineral exploration company focused on discovering large-scale gold and gold-copper deposits in Côte d'Ivoire. The Company's flagship Odienné Project now hosts an initial inferred Mineral Resource Estimate1 of 1.71 million ounces gold equivalent across the BBM, Charger, and Empire deposits (32.4 Mt at 1.33 g/t Au and 0.33% Cu), providing a strong foundation for ongoing growth and future economic studies.
The Odienné Project covers 2,346 km2 across seven permits, including 797 km2 held under the Awalé-Newmont Joint Venture. Awalé manages exploration activities across the joint venture area, with funding currently provided by Newmont Ventures Limited under the Exploration Agreement signed in May 2022.
In addition to the current resource base defined on the joint venture ground, Awalé controls a substantial 100%-owned land position across the broader Odienné district, where multiple untested and early-stage targets provide additional potential discovery upside. Across the Project, Awalé has identified multiple gold and copper-gold systems and continues to build a pipeline of targets with potential to support further discoveries and resource growth.
With a skilled and experienced technical team, Awalé is advancing exploration in an underexplored and pro-mining jurisdiction with clear potential for district-scale discoveries.
Quality Control and Assurance
Analytical work for drill samples is being carried out at the independent Intertek Laboratories in Ghana and Australia, an ISO 17025 Certified Laboratory. Samples are prepared and stored at the Company's field camps and put into sealed bags until collected by Intertek from the Company's secure Odienné office and transported by Intertek to their preparation laboratory in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, for preparation. Samples are logged in the tracking system, weighed, dried, and pulverized to greater than 85%, passing a 75-micron screen. Two pulps are prepared from each sample with one stream to Intertek Ghana for fire assay and a second to Australia where the sample is analyzed by 52 element ICP/MS with a 4-Acid digest. Blanks, duplicates, and certified reference material (standards) are being used to monitor laboratory performance during the analysis. Where visible gold is observed in drill core, a quartz wash is applied between every sample to reduce or eliminate any contamination. Once fire assay results are received, samples over 5 g/t gold are routinely screen fire assayed, samples lower than 5 g/t gold continued within a high-grade interval are also screen fire assayed.
Mineralized Interval Calculations
Significant intervals reported in this news release are calculated as downhole length-weighted intercepts. For the Charger target, initial mineralized zones are calculated at a 0.5 g/t Au trigger and include up to 3 metres of internal waste for delineating mineralized zones. Included intervals are calculated at 1 g/t Au, 3 g/t Au, 5 g/t Au, and 10 g/t Au trigger values, with up to 3 metres of internal waste. Table 2 contains a list of all Charger holes reported in this release. True widths are estimated to be 70% of the downhole widths. Holes not reported do not make the 0.5 g/t Au grade trigger.
Qualified Person
The technical and scientific information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved for release by Andrew Chubb, the Company's Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Chubb is the Company's Chief Executive Officer and holds an Economic Geology degree, is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG), and is a Member of the Society of Economic Geoscientists (SEG). Mr. Chubb has over 25 years of experience in international mineral exploration and mining project evaluation.
Abbreviations Used in this Release
| Au | Gold | |
| Ag | Silver | |
| AuEq. | Gold equivalent | |
| Cu | Copper | |
| g/t | Grams per tonne | |
| km | Kilometres | |
| m | Metres | |
| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| MRE | Mineral Resource Estimate | |
| ppm | Parts per million |
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