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Strategically located on the western margin of the

Siguiri Basin along a major regional structure (Sassandra Fault)

• Bankan gold camp – SW corner

of the Siguiri Basin, a component of the

early Proterozoic Birimian orogenic belt

(2.0-2.1by) in

NE Guinea

• Siguiri Basin - largely turbiditic

sediments with lesser mafic volcanics &

minor felsic intrusives.

• Bankan area – mafic volcanics and shelf

sediments (e.g. limestones,

conglomerates, sandstones)- indicating

original basin

margin position

Sources: Lebrun et al.2017. WAXI _West African Exploration Initiative
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