Critical step forward at Committee Bay

Auryn Resources Inc. Oct. 3 released partial results from its summer exploration program at the Committee Bay gold project in Nunavut.

During the eight-week program, Auryn completed roughly 10,000 meters of rotary air blast drilling at various prospects, 3,750 meters of diamond drilling at the Three Bluffs deposit, 5,500 regional till samples, 3,100 XRF till samples, 1,000 line-kilometers of mapped boulders and 3,500 square kilometers of drone imagery.

This year's RAB drilling was designed to test new target structures underneath till cover and to drill the source rock of gold in till anomalies and mineralized boulder trains.

One hole drilled at the Anuri prospect cut 13.71 meters averaging 1.91 grams per metric ton gold.

"The initial RAB exploration drill results successfully intersected structures with gold mineralization underneath till cover. This has been a critical step forward on our path to discovery as it allows us to effectively target and drill the numerous high-grade corridors that have been highlighted from our 2016 summer reconnaissance work," said Michael Henrichsen , COO and chief geologist, Auryn Resources. "At the Three Bluffs deposit, the modest five-hole drill program demonstrated that the mineralized system extends to depth and remains open."

Highlights from Tree Bluffs include 23 meters of 2.5 g/t from a depth of 419 meters; and 30 meters of 2.12 g/t from a depth of 777 meters.

"We were able to achieve a tremendous amount of work this summer and look forward to the remaining drill results as well as the details of the six new multi-kilometer high-grade target corridors that we plan to drill in our 25,000-meter Committee Bay drill program in 2017," Henrichsen added.

-SHANE LASLEY