Cora Gold Ltd (LON:CORA) CEO Bert Monro explains why the first results from the company’s 2026 drilling programme could have implications well beyond a single high-grade intercept. With 34 metres at 6.78g/t gold, including 9 metres at nearly 24g/t, drilled outside the existing resource pit shell at Zone B, the programme is testing how far Sanankoro can grow at depth, whether fresh-rock mineralisation could support an underground component, and how a larger resource could reshape the mine plan.
Monro also discusses the remaining permitting steps in Mali, progress towards replacing part of the Goldstream with senior debt, and the milestone that now matters most before construction can begin.
Key Moments
00:11 — First 2026 assays deliver standout Zone B grades
01:12 — Why drilling outside the pit shell could grow the resource
02:37 — Fresh-rock mineralisation opens underground potential
04:04 — 10,600 metres drilled with more assays still to come
05:01 — Sanankoro II renewal moves permitting forward
06:06 — How Bokoro II and Kodiou fit into the mining permit plan
07:24 — Replacing 50% of the Goldstream with senior debt
08:40 — New operational expertise strengthens the route to construction
09:28 — The mining permit emerges as the key milestone
About Cora Gold
Cora Gold is a West African-focused gold company advancing the Sanankoro Gold Project in southern Mali. The project hosts an approximately one-million-ounce mineral resource estimate, predominantly in oxide material, and Cora is progressing drilling, permitting, financing and development work with the aim of moving Sanankoro towards construction and a longer-life mining operation.
