# Kobo Resources Identifies Multiple High-Priority Gold Targets at its Kotobi Project in Côte d'Ivoire *2025-11-13T07:30:00-05:00* Kobo Resources Identifies Multiple High-Priority Gold Targets at its Kotobi Project in Côte d’Ivoire _Initial Trenching Returns up to 4.0 m at 3.10 g/t Au and 4.0 m at 2.68 g/t Au __within Strong Geochemical Anomalies _ - **First-pass exploration confirms four robust gold-in-soil anomalies **across the 301.8 km² Kotobi Project, including values exceeding **1,400 ppb Au ** - **Trenching at the Kotobi 1 target intersects up to 4.0 m at 3.10 g/t Au **, confirming a bedrock source to strong surface anomalies and supporting follow-up trenching and drilling - **Aggressive mechanised trenching and follow-up drilling planned for early 2026 **  Kobo Resources Inc. (“ **Kobo” **or the “ **Company” **) ( **TSX.V: KRI **) is pleased to report the results of its first phase grassroots exploration program on its 100% owned Kotobi Licence (the “ **Kotobi Project **”) covering a 301.8 km 2 area. The Kotobi Project is situated 20 km east of Bongouanou in central eastern Cote d’Ivoire and is underlain by folded Birimian-aged volcano-sediment and meta-sediment units. Main structures are oriented ENE-WSE to ESE-WNW. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: [https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251113794597/en/ ](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251113794597/en/)  Figure 1: Current Soil Geochemical Sampling Coverage with Geophysical Interpretation – Kotobi Project The Company considers this area to be highly prospective for gold mineralisation and originally selected the Kotobi Project area based on the extensive alluvial artisanal gold diggings in the main drainage channels in northern parts of the permit. Edward Gosselin, CEO and Director of Kobo commented: _“ __Our first phase of work at Kotobi has established a clear foundation for a new exploration pipeline within our Côte d’Ivoire portfolio. I am very encouraged by these results, which outline four well-defined geochemical anomalies with gold-in-soil concentrations exceeding 500 ppb Au along significant strike lengths. Our systematic exploration approach is successfully outlining multiple areas with significant potential on the property.” _ He continued: _“The compelling gold mineralisation intersected in the initial trenches at the Kotobi 1 Target suggest that the current soil geochemical anomalies have a bedrock source containing economic gold grades. We will be starting an aggressive mechanised trenching program to better understand the geological controls to gold mineralisation at surface before starting drilling which is expected to begin in early 2026.” _ **Soil Geochemistry and Initial Trench Results ** Four highly anomalous gold targets have been outlined from the soil geochemistry completed to-date (referred to as **Kotobi 1, Kotobi 2, Kotobi 3, **and **Kotobi 4 **). The locations of the individual targets are shown in Figure 1. Soil sampling on a 25 metre (“ **m **”) by 25 m grid at the Kotobi 1 target has defined a 700-m long NNW trending anomaly located approximately 150 m west of the interpreted contact between metasediments and a granodiorite intrusion (Figure 2). **The peak gold in soil concentrations reach 1,420 ppb Au **. Three trenches (KTR014, KTR015 and KTR016) manually excavated along a 350-m strike intersected gold mineralisation in KTR014 and KTR016. Trench KTR014 intersected **4.0 m at 2.68 g/t Au **with a 1-m wide sub-vertical quartz vein assaying **9.64 g/t Au **. Trench KTR016 returned a broad low-grade zone of 18.0 m at 0.88 g/t* Au including 4.0 m at 3.10 g/t Au and 1.0 m at 10.20 g/t Au (Figure 2 & Table 1). **Table 1: Trench Intersections at the Kotobi 1 Target ** | **Trench ID ** | **From (m) ** | | **To (m) ** | | **Interval ** | | **Au (g/t) ** | | **Target ** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | KTR014 | 38 | | 47 | | 9 | | 1.30 | * | Kotobi 1 | | incl. 41 | | 45 | | 4 | | 2.68 | | Kotobi 1 | | | incl. 44 | | 45 | | 1 | | 9.64 | | Kotobi 1 | | | KTR015 | No significant mineralised intersections | | Kotobi 1 | | | | | | | | KTR016 | 14 | | 32 | | 18 | | 0.88 | * | Kotobi 1 | | incl. 23 | | 27 | | 4 | | 3.10 | | Kotobi 1 | | | incl. 25 | | 26 | | 1 | | 10.20 | | Kotobi 1 | | | **Notes: ** * Signifies a greater than 3.0 m interval with <0.30 g/t Au grades included in calculated interval. | | | | | | | | | | **Kotobi 2 & 3 Targets ** The Kotobi 2 Target is situated 2 km south-east of Agoua Village with peak gold in soil concentrations of 430 ppb Au contained within a 400 m 2 area (Figure 4). Kotobi 3 Target is situated 3 km east of the Brou Akpaoussou Village with p