Aurum Resources - businessfocusmagazine.com

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Aurum Resources says its Côte d’Ivoire gold portfolio is advancing quickly, with Boundiali already defined at 2Moz after two-and-a-half years of drilling and Napié targeted for more aggressive drilling from October to lift resources toward 2Moz. Management says the early project could support 185koz/yr for the first five years and 1.5Moz over 11 years, though those figures are still being refined for the definitive study.

The company also highlighted a special two-year exploration licence and forest access protocol as key to extending the tenement by about 500koz, while maintaining a 16-rig drilling capacity across 470 sq km of mineralised ground. The article is largely company-promotional, but the core message is a growing West African gold pipeline with potential future supply addition rather than an immediate market catalyst.