Aurum Resources lands 2 ounce-plus gold in West Africa drill hits

Aurum Resources has once again lit up the screen with more bonanza-grade gold hits, including a stunning 3.1 metres at 70.78 g/t gold in its 100,000-metre infill and extension drilling program at the company’s 2.41 million ounce Boundiali project in West Africa. The 3.1m at 70.78g/t gold is part of a broader 5.10m intercept at 43.13g/t gold from just 112.9m down-hole. Significantly, the intercept sits outside Aurum’s current gold resource estimate for its 16.2 million tonne, 590,000 ounce BMT3 deposit.

Four other top hits include a hole that delivered 5.20m at 4.46g/t gold from 167.8m, including 2m at 10.71g/t, while a third hole gave up 12.35m at 1.80g/t gold from 258.65m, including 5m at 3.38g/t. The fourth hole intercepted 5.6m at 3.90g/t gold from 373m, including 3.6m assaying 5.73g/t, while a fifth hole probed 9.32m at 2.07g/t gold from 168m, including 6m at 3.08g/t.

Aurum Resources managing director Dr. Caigen Wang said: “We have again hit shallow high-grade gold intercepts with 3.10m at 70.78g/t Au from 112.90m in MBDD291 at Boundiali. This bonanza-grade gold intercept is sitting outside of the current MRE and is about 375m south of 4.20m at 80.64g/t Au from 107m, including 1.43m at 234.35g/t Au in MBDD214B4.”