02:14 PM EST, 11/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Awale Resources ( AWLRF ) on Friday said an 88,000 meter diamond-drilling program is underway at the Odienne project in Cote d'Ivoire, with four rigs currently operating and two additional rigs arriving in December.

The company said the program is designed to advance the BBM, Charger, and Empire targets toward an initial resource estimate, while continuing greenfield exploration across priority targets in the Odienne East and Odienne West permits.

Awale said that the program shifts to greenfield and discovery expansion drilling in the first quarter of 2026. "Recently completed AGG data is now being integrated with extensive new termite-mound geochemistry to refine and prioritize greenfield discovery targets," the company noted in a statement.

Shares of the company were last seen up $0.01 at $0.55 on the TSX Venture Exchange.

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