Tembo Gold Corp. reported the results from the first of a planned series of close-spaced drill holes at the Ngula 1 target at its Tembo Gold Project in the Lake Victoria goldfield of Tanzania. Hole TRC0003 was drilled to test the lateral continuity of a wide zone of mineralization previously intersected and reported in diamond drill hole, TDD0004, which returned, 3.13 g/t gold over 25.89m.

It is interpreted that in a 150m wide east-west structural corridor at Ngula 1, there are at least two wide structural deformation zones that host mineralization. Drill holes TRC003 and TDD0004 intersected the zone that is interpreted as the large structure in the southern half of the structural corridor at Tembo. Meanwhile, hole TDD0041, reported January 15th, 2013, which was the first deep hole at Ngula 1, returned 22.81 g/t gold over 15.00m at a down hole depth of 299m, and is interpreted to have intersected the large structure in the northern half of this structural corridor.

Highlights of the latest drill results include: TRC0003: 4.73 g/t gold over 23.00m from a down hole depth of 54.00m including 28.57 g/t gold over 3.00m and 5.28 g/t gold over 4.00m. The Ngula 1 target consists of a 600m long, 150-200m wide corridor of massive and locally intensely sheared mafic meta-volcanic rocks bounded to the north and south by thin meta-sedimentary units. This package contains numerous intense shear structures that typically have elevated gold values.

Based on the structural intersections achieved to date, the current interpretation is that the corridor of deformed meta-volcanic rocks contains two wide shear zones, one in the northern half and one in the southern half. A single section through the package may host as many as 5-10 such structures ranging in width from less than one metre to several tens of metres. The structures are predominantly steeply north dipping and are thought to represent sub-parallel and often interconnecting splays and subsidiary structures to the principle east-west shears, with secondary cross-cutting northwest and northeast structures also present.

Zones of intersection and convergence are considered to be the favoured location for wider zones of mineralization and higher grade. Gold mineralization is closely associated with quartz veining, alteration and disseminated sulphides, which include dominant pyrrhotite, and lesser pyrite and chalcopyrite. The stronger and more sulphide rich structures (pyrrhotite) are interpreted to correspond closely to lineaments that are evident in the structural interpretation of magnetic imagery.