ASX-listed Aurum Resources has announced the latest gold results from its ongoing 100 000m diamond drilling program at the 3.03Moz Boundiali Gold Project in Côte d'Ivoire. These assay results from BDT3 and BST1 are from holes designed to grow Mineral Resources and increase confidence. These results will be incorporated in the next MRE update of these deposits expected later this year (Q3 CY2026).
Key drill intercepts include:
BST1 Deposit:
- 29m @ 1.00 g/t Au from 444m inc. 1m @ 18.14 g/t Au (BSDD0053)
- 8m @ 3.38 g/t Au from 279m inc. 1m @ 22.80 g/t Au (BSDD0052).
BDT3 Deposit:
- 7m @ 1.23 g/t Au from 352m inc. 3.58m @ 2.05 g/t Au (DSDD0364A)
- 7.09m @ 1.09 g/t Au from 291m inc. 1.09m @ 3.91 g/t Au (DSDD0376).
Investment Highlights:
- BST1 depth extension: Drilling confirms gold mineralisation outside of current MRE down to 220m vertically below current resource model; gold system remains open.
- 130,000m planned for CY2026: 14 diamond drill rigs turning to drive resource growth and news flow.
- Boundiali Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) expected in Q2 CY2026 and Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) expected late CY2026.
- Combined group resources of 4.2Moz gold, including the flagship 3.03Moz Boundiali Gold Project and the 1.16Moz Napié Gold Project.
- Strong financial position: Aurum is well-funded with $61M cash (31 March 2026 unaudited) for continued exploration success.
Aurum’s Managing Director Dr. Caigen Wang said: “These new results continue to demonstrate the Boundiali system has a potential gold endowment well above our current Mineral Resources. At BST1, we have confirmed depth (220m below current MRE) and strike extensions. This confirms that the BST1 system remains open and has significant depth persistence in the fresh rock.
These results demonstrate the scale potential on offer at Boundiali. Our drilling at Boundiali has targeted only the most obvious outcropping anomalies and we have achieved rapid resource growth to 3.03Moz since acquiring the ground. All deposits remain open and we now have 14 diamond drill rigs operating to drive resource growth of these deposits as well as testing the potential for blind discoveries, which in our view remains enormous.
Group gold resources now stand at 4.2Moz and with $61M in the bank, we are perfectly positioned for our diamond drills to deliver further resource growth in addition to reporting the results of the Boundiali PFS in Q2 CY2026 and drive towards a DFS in late 2026."
