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Adyton Resources Completes over 4,000m Drilling at Wapolu and Prepares for Gameta Drilling with Unanimous Landowner Support
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea--(Newsfile Corp. - March 26, 2025) - Adyton Resources Corporation...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Adyton Resources Completes over 4,000m Drilling at Wapolu and Prepares for Gameta Drilling with Unanimous Landowner SupportPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea--(Newsfile Corp. - March 26, 2025) - Adyton Resources Corporation (TSXV: ADY) (\"Adyton\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to provide an update on its drilling and activities with Joint Venture partner, EVIH, at the Company's Wapolu and Gameta Gold Projects on Fergusson Island.KEY HIGHLIGHTSOver 4,000m of drilling completed at Wapolu, with the first phase of drilling expected to conclude in the coming weeks and mobilization of drill rigs to the nearby Gameta project is set to commence soon.Drilling site preparation commenced and Landholder Awareness completed at Gameta.First batch of Wapolu drill samples has been dispatched to the Intertek laboratory in Lae, PNG, for analysis.Successful completion of Wapolu Wardens Hearing, with a 100% vote in favour of renewal and support for Adyton.Following mobilization by barge from Port Moresby in early December, EVIH successfully constructed a 20-person camp, established pioneering roads and drill pads, and completed 48 diamond drill holes totaling approximately 4,088m. Two diamond core rigs have been operating continuously through day and night shifts, with the first batch of 10 priority drill hole samples dispatched to the Intertek laboratory in Lae, PNG. Drilling is also progressing at Adyton's 100% owned Feni Island Gold-Copper Project, with two diamond core rigs operating continuously through day and night shifts. Further updates on Feni drilling will be provided in due course.\"Drilling at Wapolu has progressed exceptionally well with 48 holes completed, totalling just over 4,000m,\" stated Tim Crossley, Chief Executive Officer. \"This resource extension program, led by our JV partner EVIH, marks the first step towards evaluating the viability of restarting mining operations at the abandoned Wapolu gold mine project. Historically, Wapolu produced approximately 9,000 ounces of gold in the early 1990's before operations ceased due to low gold prices. As a past-producing brownfields site with over 18,000m of historical drilling and a 2022 Mineral Resource Estimate, we are confident in our ability to rapidly move the project forward to a restart of operations. With the first phase of drilling at Wapolu nearing completion, the EVIH team ha...