Aurum Resources Limited has returned high-grade gold intercepts from 22 diamond drill holes totaling 5,774.15 metres at the BST1 deposit, part of the Boundiali Gold Project in Côte d'Ivoire.

The latest assays from the ongoing 100,000-metre diamond drilling program include 5.63 metres at 31.79 grams per tonne gold from 32 metres, including 2.63 metres at 67.60 grams per tonne gold in hole BSDD0097. Other intercepts from the program include 3.07 metres at 17.20 grams per tonne gold from 201.93 metres, including 0.50 metres at 104.13 grams per tonne gold in hole BSDD0104, and 2 metres at 18.71 grams per tonne gold from 149 metres in hole BSDD0108.

Drilling confirmed gold mineralisation down-dip outside the current mineral resource estimate, indicating the system remains open at depth and along strike at BST1. The company holds a combined group resource of 4.4 million ounces of gold, anchored by the flagship 3.22 million-ounce Boundiali project and the 1.16 million-ounce Napié Gold Project. Aurum is deploying an active fleet of 16 company-owned diamond drill rigs across the Boundiali tenements to drive ongoing exploration.

“These 22 holes form part of the ongoing 100,000m CY2026 Boundiali program, targeƟng resource growth and higher confidence ahead of the next Boundiali MRE update. These holes have intersected shallow, high-grade mineralisaƟon, including 5.63m @ 31.79 g/t Au from 32m (BSDD0097). The shear-hosted gold mineralisaƟon at BST1 shows thick, wide zones with mulƟple intersecƟons downhole, and as demonstrated in our PFS4 , this style of mineralisaƟon is amenable to open pit mining. We see similar wide zones along the same trend on the BD tenement (BDT1 and BDT2) to the north.”

— Dr Caigen Wang, Managing Director

The new assay data will be incorporated into the next Mineral Resource Estimate update for the Boundiali project, which is targeted for early in the fourth quarter of 2026, using a drilling cut-off at the end of September. The updated resource figures will subsequently feed into a Definitive Feasibility Study expected in late 2026.

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