Drills 3.0m At 17.4 g/t Gold, Including 1.0m At 43.3 g/t Gold In Nova Scotia
Aurelius Minerals Inc. (TSXV: AUL) has received positive assay results for the eighth, ninth and tenth underground drillholes from its Aureus East Gold Project located in Nova Scotia, Canada.
The reported holes were drilled from the second underground drill pad and were designed to expand the gold zones towards the west. All three holes encountered multiple high grade gold horizons and intersected the expanding Gold Zone 9.
Drilling continues at Aureus East with two rigs. The underground (u/g) rig is currently on the 900 level which is approximately 160m below surface and targeting expansion of the new gold zones towards the west and at depth.
The second rig is on surface at the second pad targeting expansion of the gold mineralisation into the southern legs from surface down to approximately 300m depth.
Highlights include:
- 3.0m @ 17.4 g/t gold, from 80.95m to 83.95m (Gold Zone 9); Including 1.0m @ 43.3 g/t gold, from 81.95m to 82.95m
- 14.2m @ 5.32 g/t gold, from 104.35m to 118.5m (Gold Zone 10); Including 2.2m @ 22.4 g/t gold, from 104.35 to 106.5m; and including 0.8m @ 50.9 g/t gold, from 105.0m to 105.8m; and Including 0.6m @ 38.3 g/t gold, from 111.9m to 112.5m
- 2.9m @ 13.3 g/t gold, from 67.8m to 70.7m (Gold Zone 9); Including 1.0m @ 28.6 g/t gold, from 67.8m to 68.8m
- 2.7m @ 15.1 g/t gold, from 100.5m to 103.2 (Gold Zone 10); Including 1m @ 39.7 g/t gold, from 100.5m to 101.5m
- 5.7m @ 9.42 g/t gold, from 90.3m to 96.0m (Gold Zone 9); Including 1.7m @ 28.8 g/t gold, from 90.3m to 92.0m
“Our Aureus East drilling continues to produce very good results and, we believe, we are starting to see the development of multiple high grade gold zones,” President and CEO, Mark Ashcroft, said.
“Our targeted drilling strategy continues to succeed in identifying new gold mineralisation, and the fact that all ten drill holes released to date at Aureus East have hit significant gold mineralisation, speaks volumes to the quality of the work conducted by our exploration team. Results like this reinforce our focus on advancing our path to production.”
The package of multiple gold zones at Aureus East is east-west trending and occurs within stacked, folded sedimentary mudstones and sandstones. The gold zones have a gentle plunge towards the east.
To date Aurelius has been focused on the western portion of the system near the underground openings to enhance the interpretation of the system and improve the targeting as it steps out along the trend.
However future phases of drilling are planned to target the gold mineralisation along trend towards the east which has been identified in historical drillholes over one kilometre east of the current drilling and is interpreted to continue even further.
