Aruma Resources Limited has returned broad, high-grade copper and silver assays from the first batch of Phase-2 diamond drilling at the Tillex Copper-Silver Project in Ontario's Timmins mining district.

Drill hole TX26-010 intersected 27 metres at 1.00% copper and 3.92 grams per tonne silver from a depth of 54 metres. The intercept sits 100 metres south-west of the southern margin of the existing drill-defined high-grade zone.

Additional assays from the current program include hole TX26-009, which returned 11.68 metres at 1.07% copper and 5.61 grams per tonne silver from 39 metres, located 35 metres south-west of the high-grade zone. Hole TX26-006 cut 14 metres at 1.38% copper and 5.0 grams per tonne silver from 83 metres, positioned 30 metres east of the eastern extent of the existing high-grade footprint. Meanwhile, hole TX26-007 intersected targeted mineralisation at 182 metres below surface, confirming that the system continues at depth.

"We are extremely excited by the first results from the ongoing Phase-2 diamond drilling at our flagship Tillex Copper-Silver Project, which reinforce our belief that the Project hosts a significant copper system with considerable growth potential."

"The identification of these trends is hugely positive and demonstrate lateral continuity of copper mineralisation and extend the wide, high grade copper-silver footprint 100 metres along strike to the south-west from the southern margin of the existing drill-defined high-grade within drill hole TX26-010, and 30 metres to the east of the eastern extent of the high-grade within hole TX26-006 - underlining the potential for the system to develop into a significant, near-surface copper deposit."

— Grant Ferguson, Managing Director

Aruma Resources holds the Tillex project as its flagship asset. The company expanded the project area to approximately 18.6 square kilometres in August 2026 after acquiring 94 contiguous mineral claims. To fund ongoing work across the expanded tenure, Aruma secured $3.5 million in firm commitments via a share placement in August 2026.

Approximately one-third of the 3,600-metre Phase-2 diamond drilling program has been completed, with the full campaign scheduled to wrap up in October 2026. Drilling is currently underway further south along the Tillex Trend, and assay results for holes TX26-011 through TX26-013—located up to 130 metres south-west of the high-grade zone—are expected in the near term as the company progressively releases analytical data.

Read the full announcement: Exceptional Broad High-Grade Results at Tillex Cu-Ag Project