The Aurumin Ltd (ASX: AUN) share price is on the move today.
This comes after the Australian gold miner released its first assays results from its wholly-owned Central Sandstone Gold Project.
At the time of writing, Aurumin shares are up 34.78% to 15.5 cents apiece.
What were the results?
In its release, Aurumin announced that assay results were returned for the first hole from its current drilling campaign.
The goal of the reverse circulation (RC) and diamond drilling program is to extend and better define the existing mineral resource estimate (MRE) at Two Mine Hill.
On the first hole, RC drilling took place as a pre-collar to a depth of 109.5 metres before the diamond drilling took over. This was extended to a depth of 582.5 metres.
The visible gold showed a total intersection of 344 metres at 1.29 grams per tonne (g/t) of gold (Au).
A breakdown of these results includes:
- 40.9 meters at 2 g/t Au from a depth of 243.5 metres
- 21.8 meters at 2 g/t Au from a depth of 363.9 metres
- 16.1 meters at 2.9 g/t Au from a depth of 409.9 metres
- 19.3 meters at 2 g/t Au from a depth of 528.7 metres
- 22.2 meters at 2.5 g/t Au from a depth of 555 metres
Aurumin managing director, Brad Valiukas touched on the outstanding result saying:
We are very happy with how Sandstone is progressing. We have been expanding our tenement footprint, looking for new deposits and advancing the 500koz Au Two Mile Hill underground deposit with deep holes.
This is a great result from our first hole at Two Mile. We look forward to further results, with the 4th diamond drill hole and programme now completed.
We continue to see the Two Mile Hill underground deposit as a key part of the project going forward, with the scale to potentially underpin future production.
Aurumin share price summary
Despite today's euphoric gains, it has been a disappointing 12 months for Aurumin investors.
The company's shares are down 22.5% since this time last year, with year-to-date falling almost 14%.
Aurumin presides a market capitalisation of roughly $12.56 million.
