Aurum Resources has announced encouraging high-grade gold results from its ongoing 100 000m infill drilling program at the 2.41 moz Boundiali Gold Project in Côte d'Ivoire.
The drilling is designed to grow and increase confidence in Mineral Resources at Boundiali’s BDT2 deposit and has successfully confirmed multiple high-grade gold intercepts.
Encouraging new drill intercepts include:
- BDT2 Deposit:
- 18m @ 3.93 g/t Au from 198m inc. 5m @ 11.07 g/t Au (DSDD0267)
- 28m @ 1.54 g/t Au from 82m inc. 4m @ 7.51 g/t Au (DSDD0265)
- 17m @ 0.99 g/t Au from 55m inc. 1m @ 9.16 g/t Au (DSDD0265)
- 9m @ 1.38 g/t Au from 78m inc. 3m @ 3.23 g/t Au (DSDD0267)
Project Growth & Development:
- Mineralisation remains open: Gold mineralisation remains open along strike and at depth, indicating significant potential for resource growth.
- Drilling fleet expanded: Two new rigs have been added, expanding Aurum’s owned fleet to 12. This expansion will accelerate the program, targeting more than 130,000m of drilling at Boundiali and Napié in CY2025.
- Major Resource updates pending: Two major MRE updates (Boundiali and Napié) are scheduled for early Q1 CY2026, aimed at growing the Company’s current 3.28Moz resource base.
- Boundiali PFS Underway: Boundiali Project Pre-Feasibility Study results, due in Q1 CY2026.
- Well-funded for growth: Aurum maintains a strong balance sheet with $45M cash (inclusive of Montage shares, unaudited) to fully fund its exploration and development programs.
Aurum’s Managing Director Dr. Caigen Wang said: “We are very pleased to see shallow high-grade intercepts from our infill and extensional drilling at BDT2. These new hits, including 5m @ 11.07 g/t Au from 200m in DSDD0267, are very encouraging and sit outside of the current Mineral Resource for BDT2. We are increasing the tempo of drilling at Boundiali ahead of our next major resource update expected early in Q1 CY2026. We now have 12 diamond drill rigs active at Boundiali on multiple deposits as we focus on delivering an increase in confidence and quantity in our Boundiali Mineral Resources. As we have stated, this success is not isolated to Boundiali. At our Napié Project, recent drilling has also returned a fantastic result of 17m @ 9.38 g/t gold from 236m, significantly extending mineralisation at depth. This demonstrates our ability to deliver potential high-grade ounces across multiple assets. Our unique advantage is our owned and operated fleet of 12 diamond drill rigs, which allows us to aggressively and cost-effectively test these systems. With a strong cash balance of more than $45 million at the end of September, a clear development pathway with the Boundiali PFS underway, and major resource updates at both gold projects pending, we are in an excellent position to deliver substantial shareholder value through 2025 and into 2026.”