Aurum Resources Limited has intersected high-grade gold mineralization outside its current resource boundaries at the Boundiali Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire, returning assays from 60 diamond drill holes totaling 12,251.55 metres across the BM tenement.

The drilling program comprised 41 holes for 8,460.65 metres at the BMT1 deposit and 19 holes for 3,790.90 metres at the BMT2 prospect. Key intercepts at BMT1 included 1.35 metres grading 43.32 grams per tonne gold from 17 metres in hole MBDD418, 1 metre at 47.56 grams per tonne gold from 182 metres in hole MBDD396, and a deeper intercept of 19 metres at 1.90 grams per tonne gold from 243 metres in hole MBDD405.

At the BMT2 prospect, where no Mineral Resource is currently defined, drilling successfully identified gold mineralisation outside the existing resource model. Hole MBDD404 intersected 2.38 metres at 22.01 grams per tonne gold from 277 metres and a separate zone of 14.20 metres at 2.36 grams per tonne gold from 205.80 metres. Additional notable intercepts at BMT2 included 1.50 metres at 41.78 grams per tonne gold from 27 metres in hole MBDD372 and 5.15 metres at 5.85 grams per tonne gold from 110 metres in hole MBDD388A.

Aurum is executing its ongoing 100,000-metre diamond drilling program at the project utilizing a fleet of 16 company-owned diamond drill rigs. The company delivered the Boundiali Pre-Feasibility Study and Maiden Ore Reserve in June 2026.

“BMT2 results are particularly encouraging because it currently sits outside our Mineral Resource. Hole MBDD404 returned two separate zones: 14.20m @ 2.36 g/t Au from 205.80m and 2.38m @ 22.01 g/t Au from 277m. Results from both areas will be assessed for the next Boundiali Mineral Resource update, which is targeted for early in the December quarter. It will then feed into the DFS due late this year.”

— Dr Caigen Wang, Managing Director

Data from the ongoing drilling will be assessed for the next Boundiali Mineral Resource Estimate update, which is targeted for early in the fourth quarter of calendar 2026 with a drilling cut-off at the end of September 2026. Aurum expects to complete a Definitive Study for the project in late calendar 2026.

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