Aurion Resources drills high-grade gold at Kaaresselkä area, Risti property, Finland
Aurion Resources Ltd. [TSXV: AU; OTCQX: AIRRF] reported results for five holes drilled at the Kaaresselkä area of the wholly owned Risti property, located in the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt in northern Finland.
Summary: Gold mineralized system at Kaaresselkä (Vanha prospect) continues to grow; 10.93 g/t Au over 5.00 metres from 289.90 metres and 1.68 g/t Au over 13.00 metres from 308.90 metres (KS25141).
Approximately 100 metres below 1.06 g/t Au over 3.95 metres from 202.50 metres (KS25112) and 150 metres below 2.96 g/t Au over 16.25 metres from 135.75 metes (KS24092); 3.73 g/t Au over 4.45 metres from 246.75 m (KS25142).
Approximately 80 metres below 2.94 g/t Au over 1.50 metres from 128.50 metres and 1.58 g/t Au over 0.70 metres from 157.10 metres (KS25096); 1.32 g/t Au over 9.35 metres from 342.80 metres (KS25143).
Approximately 120 metres below 3.33 g/t Au over 2.70 metres from 216.00 metres and 3.07 g/t Au over 1.40 metres from 232.00 metres (KS24088).
All holes intersected gold mineralization within wide zones of altered and deformed metavolcanic and metasedimentary lithologies. High-grade copper intercept: 4.87% Cu and 0.93 g/t Au over 1.90 metres from 88.00 metres (KS25132). Copper-gold mineralization hosted within mafic intrusive rock south of the main gold mineralized trend at Vanha.
Results pending for over 15 holes, drilling ongoing. Focus on testing the potential extensions of the mineralized system at Kaaresselkä and selected scout drill targets within the 175 km2 Risti property.
KoBold Metals–Aurion Critical Minerals Exploration Agreement. USD$1,000,000 minimum exploration expenditure completed. An extensive base of till and bedrock sampling program ongoing.
“The progress at the Kaaresselkä area during 2025 was highly encouraging. The strike of the mineralized system at the Vanha prospect was extended from 600 m to 1,400 m and high-grade gold has been intersected from surface to 250 metres depth,” commented Matti Talikka, CEO of Aurion. “The ongoing drill program is designed to provide further evidence on the scale of the Vanha mineralized system that remains open in multiple directions, and to test selected scout targets within the extensive Risti property.”
Results for five holes, totaling 1,596.40 metres, drilled at the Vanha prospect in the Kaaresselkä area in the southern part of Aurion’s 100%-owned Risti property are being reported here. The holes targeted interpreted structural features with an aim to identify and/or extend the gold mineralized system. All holes intersected zones of strongly deformed and hydrothermally altered rocks associated with gold mineralization.
Recent results are interpreted to extend the mineralized system approximately 100 metres below previously intersected mineralization in several profiles. The gold mineralized system at Vanha is interpreted to extend over 1,400 metres along strike and to at least 250 metres depth. The gold mineralization is open along strike and at depth. The results reported in this press release and the scout drill holes, which intersected gold 1.8 km west and 600 metres east of the Vanha prospect, highlight the potential for an extensive gold mineralized system in the Kaaresselkä area.
The Kaaresselkä area is located 15 km east of the recent Vuoma discovery (28.64 g/t Au over 4.90 m) by Aurion-B2Gold JV, along the mainly unexplored, structural corridor that extends over 25 km within Aurion’s fully owned Risti property and the JV property with B2Gold.
Initial mineralogical and metallurgical test work on two samples from the Vanha prospect (Kaaresselkä) demonstrated high recoveries (>93.6%) from bottle roll leaching tests, confirming predominantly free-milling gold and amenability to industry standard processing methods.
The geologic setting and the style of mineralization at Kaaresselkä resembles several recent and past discoveries such as Helmi (16 km from the Vanha prospect, Aurion-B2Gold JV) and Ikkari (14 km from the Vanha prospect, Rupert Resources) as well as the past producing Saattopora mine.
Aurion’s strategy is to generate or acquire early-stage precious metals exploration opportunities and advance them through direct exploration by its experienced team or by business partnerships and joint venture arrangements. Aurion’s current focus is exploring on its Risti project, as well as advancing its joint venture properties with B2Gold Corp., Kinross Gold and KoBold Metals in Finland.
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