Aton Resources announced that Hamama West, one of three contiguous zones that comprise the Hamama Project, holds an inferred mineral resource of 341k ounces gold equivalent (AuEq) and an indicated mineral resource of 137k ounces AuEq. Aton says Hamama West has excellent potential to grow resources along strike and at depth, attractive open pit characteristics, opportunity to improve grade, increase resources, and upgrade the resource category in the oxide cap. The focus of the company’s exploration program in 2017 will be expanding resources at both Hamama and at the Abu Marawat gold deposit.

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