10:35 AM EDT, 03/19/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Aurion Resources Ltd. ( AIRRF ) reported Tuesday results for 12 holes from the 2023 scout drilling program in the Sore area, 38 km northwest of Helmi on the Aurion-B2Gold Corp. (BTO.TO) Joint Venture, operated by B2Gold ( BTG ), in the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt in northern Finland.

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New greenfield discovery (Sore) in the NW part of the JV area

Intercepts include:

26.45 g/t Au over 2.45 m from 104.65 m including 108.50 g/t Au over 0.50 m from 105.80 m; 1.74 g/t Au over 14.10 m from 367.10 m (SOR23010)

1.05 g/t Au over 40.70 m from 38.40 m (SOR23002)

1.33 g/t Au over 17.90 m from 5.40 m (SOR23001)

Up to 12.55 g/t Au over 0.40 m in trench channel samples.

The company says results are pending from 4,000 m of diamond drilling.

"A new discovery, greenfield and on a blind target, further highlights the prospectivity of the Aurion-B2Gold 290 km2 JV property, and the quality of B2Gold's ( BTG ) exploration team," said Matti Talikka, Aurion's CEO.

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