Aurum Resources has launched a 30,000-metre diamond drilling campaign at its 0.87-million-ounce Napié project, centred about 110 kilometres southeast of the company’s flagship Boundiali project in Côte d’Ivoire.
The two-rig program aims to expand the current Napié resource, drill other thinly tested targets and deliver an updated mineral resource estimate for the project by the end of the year.
Management says it plans to add two more rigs to the program, which it hopes to complete by the end of the year.
Previous drilling intercepts at Napié offer plenty of encouragement for success, delivering long runs and high grades at shallow depths. These include 13 metres at 20.82 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from 32m, 32m assaying 7.10g/t gold from 13m, and 9m going 22.73g/t gold from 36m.