Aurion Resources (TSX-V:AU) Ltd said diamond core drilling has restarted on its wholly owned Risti and Launi properties in the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt in northern Finland.
Exploration had been temporarily suspended at the sites while staff had a seasonal summer break.
The now recommenced drill program is designed to test the continuity of the mineralized zones at the NW and Gap Zone targets.
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The precious metals company also plans to follow up on the recently identified zones of gold mineralization in gabbro and other lithologies at the Aamurusko discovery.
Additional drilling is also planned to test several regional targets within the company’s flagship properties Risti and Launi. According to Aurion, the program is a continuation of the previously announced 10,000-metre drill program.
"Aurion looks forward to an active second half of 2021,” Matti Talikka, Aurion's CEO said in a statement. "Drill programs will be aimed at expanding the footprint of our ongoing discoveries as well as testing selected regional targets in search of new discoveries. We will also continue generative activities within the highly prospective, unexplored parts of the Risti and Launi properties."
The exploration company will also restart a property-wide base of till sampling program. An update on the till and base of till program performed during the first half of 2021 is expected to be released in the coming weeks.
Data from a recently completed drone magnetic survey covering the western part of the Risti property is also being awaited by the company. The survey is expected to provide high quality data sets to support the interpretation of lithologies and structures on an unexplored part of the property.
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