ASX-listed Aurum Resources has announced high-grade gold results from its ongoing 100,000m diamond drilling program at the 2.41Moz Boundiali Gold Project in Côte d'Ivoire. Results from BDT3 and BST1 focus on expanding the resource footprint and increasing classification confidence ahead of the upcoming Boundiali Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) update this quarter.
Key drill intercepts include:
BDT3 Deposit:
- 9m @ 8.15 g/t Au from 207m inc. 2m @ 35.83 g/t Au (DSDD0361)
- 9m @ 8.00 g/t Au from 223m inc. 1m @ 70.37 g/t Au (DSDD0355)
BST1 Deposit:
- 10m @ 2.51 g/t Au from 170m inc. 5m @ 4.74 g/t Au (BSDD0036)
- 18.40 m @ 1.04 g/t Au from 240m inc. 4m @ 2.00 g/t Au (BSDD0043)
Investment Highlights:
- BDT3 strike grows: Hole DSDD0361 confirms high-grade mineralisation 600m north of the current resource model’s limit.
- BST1 depth extension: Drilling confirms gold mineralisation to an average of 130m vertically below current resource model; system remains open.
- Q1 2026 catalysts: Boundiali and Napié MRE updates plus the Boundiali PFS are on track for release this quarter.
- Strong cash position: Unaudited cash balance of ~$40.2M (as of 31 Dec 2025) to fund aggressive 130,000m 2026 drill program across Boundiali and Napié.
Aurum’s Managing Director Dr. Caigen Wang said: “These new results continue to demonstrate the Boundiali system remains underexplored, demonstrating a scale of gold endowment well above our current Mineral Resources. At BDT3, hole DSDD0361 returned 9m @ 8.15 g/t Au from 207m inc. 2m @ 35.83 g/t Au, which confirms we have multiple high-grade plunging shoots in the system with the new intercept located 800m north of high-grade hole DSDD0162 (22.71m @ 4.78 g/t Au from 177.59m). DSDD0361, along with the other new holes, has confirmed gold mineralisation extends more than 600m north of the current resource model and will drive resource growth in this area.
The new results reported from drilling at BST1 have confirmed depth and strike extensions, with the new drilling extending gold mineralisation by an average of around 130m vertically below the current MRE on sections that we have drilled. This confirms that the BST1 system remains open and has significant depth persistence in the fresh rock.
All these results will be integrated into the upcoming Boundiali MRE update due this quarter. So far, our drilling at Boundiali has targeted only the most obvious outcropping anomalies. The potential for blind discoveries remains enormous.
With our 12 company-owned rigs active and $40M in the bank, we are perfectly positioned to deliver our Boundiali PFS towards the end of this quarter and move rapidly toward a DFS in late 2026."