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Aton Resources Announces Further Drill Intersections From Rodruin, Including 38m @ 1.84 g/t Gold From Surface
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aton Resources Inc. (AAN: TSX-V) (“Aton” or the “Company") is very pleased to update investors wi
About this update from Aton Resources Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aton Resources Inc. (AAN: TSX-V) (“Aton” or the “Company\") is very pleased to update investors with further exploration results from the Rodruin prospect, including assay results from drill holes ROP-004 to ROP-007 completed during the ongoing reverse circulation percussion (“RC”) drilling programme. Rodruin is located within the Company’s 100% owned Abu Marawat Concession (“Abu Marawat” or the “Concession”), located in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. Highlights: Assay results are now available from RC drill holes ROP-004 to ROP-007, testing gossan-hosted mineralisation on the margins of Aladdin’s Hill at Rodruin. Drill hole ROP-004 has returned a mineralised intersection of 38m @ 1.84 g/t Au from surface; Drill holes ROP-005 to ROP-007 all had to be abandoned at less than 10m depth after intersecting large ancient underground workings, but all 3 holes intersected gossan-hosted mineralisation at or very near to surface, including 2m @ 8.92 g/t Au (hole ROP-008) from 8m depth, prior to abandonment; RC drilling is continuing, as is drill access road and pad construction. Drill roads and pads have been completed in the Spiral Pit and Central Buttress areas, in the process exposing additional gossan-hosted mineralisation. Aton is continuing to actively open up mineralisation for drill testing over large areas of the South Ridge at Rodruin. “These results continue to demonstrate the extent of the mineralised area around Aladdin’s Hill and the fact that mineralisation extends below surface to depth. It also shows the potential of the large amount of ancient workings that we have identified and mapped over the length of the South Ridge. It is amazing to think of the thousands of ancient miners working over maybe hundreds of years who were chasing the rich deposit they had found. Our ongoing drilling appears to have hit ancient workings down to 85 meters below surface, which would make these amongst the deepest ancient workings found to date in Egypt,” said Mark Campbell, President and CEO. “These results continue to confirm our belief that we are in a significant mineralised system and one which we believe has large bulk tonnage at good grades, with high grade shoots interspersed within. We are preparing to drill test along the length of the South Ridge to ...