News Releases
WAI Starts Drilling The Wondima Target
Vancouver, BC – West African Iron Ore Corp. (“WAI” or the “Company”) is pleased to report start of an 8,000 meter reverse circulation drilling campaign on the Wondima target. The prospect was discovered as a result of a follow-up geological mapping and surface sampling progamme over the northern portion of the Forecariah property…
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WAI Starts Drilling The Wondima Target – March 21, 2012
WAI Outlines Additional Targets On Forécariah Property
Vancouver, BC – West African Iron Ore Corp. (“WAI” or the “Company”) is pleased to report that geological mapping over the northern portion of the Forecariah property has revealed two highly prospective new target areas south of Wondima…
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WAI Outlines Additional Targets On Forécariah Property – January 26, 2012
WAI Intersects High Grade Iron Ore Mineralization in 19 Drill Holes at Sambalama
Vancouver, BC – West African Iron Ore (“WAI” or the “Company”) is pleased to report new assays from 7 new reverse circulation holes and complete assays from 12 reverse circulation drill holes where partial results had previously been released (November 10th and 20th, 2011). The results clearly demonstrate thick intersections and continuity of near surface and sub-surface iron ore mineralization at the Sambalama target in Guinea. Sambalama is located just 40km from the proposed deep-sea port recently announced by the Guinean government, potentially giving WAI’s project a significant operating cost advantage over other iron ore projects in West Africa…
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WAI Intersects High Grade Iron Ore Mineralization in 19 Drill Holes at Sambalama – January 23, 2012
WAI Phase One Drilling Continues to Intersect High Grade Iron Ore Mineralization - Sambalama
Vancouver, BC – West African Iron Ore (“WAI” or the “Company”) is pleased to report substantial intersections of near surface and sub-surface, high-grade iron ore mineralization from its on-going phase one drilling program. The current set of results just received from SGS analytical facilities in both South Africa and Canada include partial results for five (5) reverse circulation (RC) drill holes and complete results for SAMRC 011…
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WAI Phase One Drilling Continues to Intersect High Grade Iron Ore Minerlization – Sambalama – November 22, 2011
WAI Phase One Drilling Continues to Intersect High Grade Iron Ore Minerlization
Vancouver, BC – West African Iron Ore Corp (TSX-V: WAI) West African Iron Ore is pleased to report the intersection of near surface and sub-surface, high-grade iron ore mineralization from its ongoing phase one drilling program. Results being reported include a set of three (3) diamond drill holes and a first set of partial results of six (6) reverse circulation (RC) drill holes, the mineralisation of 2 RC (SAMRC 001 and SAMRC 008) have the grades and chemistry to be shipped with minimal processing (Direct Shipping Ore or DSO)…
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WAI Phase One Drilling Continues to Intersect High Grade Iron Ore Minerlization – November 10, 2011
WAI Announces Permit Extension, Board Appointment & Notice of New Guinea Mining Code
Vancouver, BC – West African Iron Ore Corp (TSX-V: WAI). On September
8, Sky Alliance Resources Guinée SA (“SARG”), a fully owned subsidiary of WAI, received a
response letter from the Minister of Mines announcing that a 3 month extension has been granted
in order for the Company to continue the field work in its licensed areas, with no new conditions…
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WAI Announces Permit Extension, Board Appointment & Notice of New Guinea Mining Code – October 17, 2011
