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Aurum Resources Says Ivory Coast Gold Project Drilling Hits Multiple Thick Gold Intersections; Shares Up 4%

-- Aurum Resources (ASX:AUE) said the diamond drilling program at the Boundiali gold project in Ivory Coast hit multiple thick gold intersections at the BDT2 deposit, according to a Tuesday Australian bourse filing.

The program encountered intercepts of 36 meters at about 2 grams per tonne (g/t) grade of gold from 280 meters, as well as 2 meters at 11.4 g/t grade of gold from 115 meters.

The drilling confirmed gold mineralization outside of the current mineral resource estimate boundaries at BDT2.

Aurum Resources' shares rose almost 4% in recent trading on Tuesday.

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