Aton drills high grade sulphide mineralisation at Rodruin, with 39.4 g/t gold and 261.7 g/t silver over 9.9 metres, within an overall intersection of 88.6 metres grading 5.76 g/t gold, 42.0 g/t silver, 0.31% copper and 2.40% zinc
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 10, 2022 -- Aton Resources Inc. (AAN: TSX-V) ("Aton" or the "Company") is very pleased to update investors on the latest assay results from the Phase 2 diamond drilling programme at its advanced Rodruin gold exploration project. Rodruin is located in the Company's 100% owned Abu Marawat Concession ("Abu Marawat" or the "Concession"), in the Eastern Desert of Egypt.
Highlights:
Diamond drilling is ongoing at Rodruin, with 35 drill holes now having been completed to date, ROD-048 and ROD-051 to ROD-084, for a total of 3,862 metres;
Drill holes ROD-048, ROD-070, and ROD-071 were drilled to test for potential deep sulphide mineralisation to the north of the Aladdin's Hill zone;
Drill hole ROD-071 returned a mineralised intersection grading 5.76 g/t Au, 42.0 g/t Ag, 0.31% Cu and 2.40% Zn over 88.6m, from 117.2m down hole depth, which included a very high grade zone grading 39.4 g/t Au, 261.7 g/t Ag, 0.84% Cu and 3.55% Zn over 9.9m;
The Au-Ag-Cu-Zn sulphide mineralisation in hole ROD-071 is hosted within heavily siliceous and phyllic altered tuffogenic sediments;
Other drill holes also returned significant mineralised intersections including 17.1m grading 1.07 g/t Au and 15.7 g/t Ag (hole ROD-048), and 5.7m grading 4.21 g/t Au and 14.6 g/t Ag (hole ROD-070);
These latest results indicate the potential for the development of significant high grade polymetallic sulphide gold resources at Rodruin.
- Published: 10 May 2022
- Written by Editor