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Aton Resources Reports Updated Results of Surface Channel Sampling at Rodruin, Including Mineralised Intersections of 62.6m @ 2.34 g/t Gold, and 64.9m @ 2.29 g/t Gold
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aton Resources Inc. (AAN: TSX-V) (“Aton” or the “Company") is very pleased to provide investors
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aton Resources Inc. (AAN: TSX-V) (“Aton” or the “Company\") is very pleased to provide investors with an update on the ongoing drilling and channel sampling programmes at the Rodruin prospect at the Company’s 100% owned Abu Marawat Concession (“Abu Marawat” or the “Concession”), located in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. Highlights: Channel sampling of drill access road cuttings is continuing, including sampling of extensions to sample profiles ROC-002, ROC-003, ROC-005, and ROC-008 in the Aladdin’s Hill area (see news release dated August 7, 2018); Sampling of the profile extensions has returned updated mineralised intersections including 62.6m @ 2.34 g/t Au and 1.49% Zn (profile ROC-003), and 64.9m @ 2.29 g/t Au (profile ROC-005); Other mineralised intersections include 48.6m @ 2.12 g/t Au and 0.91% Zn (profile ROC-002), and 36.0m @ 2.09 g/t Au (profile ROC-008); Reverse circulation percussion (“RC”) drilling is underway at Rodruin, with the first 7 holes (ROP-001 to ROP-007) having all intersected mineralisation associated with gossanous carbonates and/or slates, and ancient underground mine workings. Three batches of samples have been dispatched from site for analysis at ALS Minerals in Romania, with the first results expected before the end of September 2018. “These latest results from our current surface prospecting and mapping programme at Rodruin will assist us in understanding the complexity of the mineralised zones and will increase our knowledge of potentially new mineralised structures. These results are very encouraging and demonstrate the potential of our Rodruin prospect, while these long mineralised intersections provide validation and support for this potential. They will also assist in shaping our initial 4,000 to 6,000 metre drilling program at Rodruin.” said Mark Campbell, President and CEO. “But to me, one of the most important discoveries we have already made in the drilling programme is the extent of the maze of ancient workings at Aladdin’s Hill, some of which go down 40 or 50 metres. The hill appears to be honeycombed by them, which indicates that the ancient miners, working by hand, would have been chasing something pretty special to go to all the toil and trouble to mine ...