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Canada\u2019s Aton Resources began last Monday drilling at the Rodruin gold mine prospect in Egypt\u2019s Arabian-Nubian Shield, the company announced last week<\/a>. The first phase of the program will see the company drilling 4,000-6,000 meters deep for preliminary tests on gold mineralization, and is expected to take two months to complete. \u201cThe start of our Phase 1 exploration drilling programme at Rodruin is a milestone for the Company as I believe Rodruin to be one of the most prospective undrilled gold targets in Egypt. This drilling programme will be the first test of our belief that Rodruin can become a high grade and bulk mineable gold project,\u201d said Aton CEO Mark Campbell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canada\u2019s Aton Resources began last Monday drilling at the Rodruin gold mine prospect in Egypt\u2019s Arabian-Nubian Shield, the company announced last week. The first phase of the program will see the company drilling 4,000-6,000 meters deep for preliminary tests on gold mineralization, and is expected to take two months to complete. \u201cThe start of our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9309],"tags":[2416,72],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-624240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basic-materials-commodities","tag-basic-materials-commodities","tag-enterpriseam","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"b3ca45c1-e05b-4144-b3dc-512e451811a5","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","full_issue_title":"Aton begins drilling at Rodruin gold mine prospect","related_issue":[624211],"teaser":"","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/6\/.5e4eafb5-6e1b-423d-ae17-638948c40798.mp3"},"yoast_head":"\nAton begins drilling at Rodruin gold mine prospect - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/09\/03\/aton-begins-drilling-at-rodruin-gold-mine-prospect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aton begins drilling at Rodruin gold mine prospect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Canada\u2019s Aton Resources began last Monday drilling at the Rodruin gold mine prospect in Egypt\u2019s Arabian-Nubian Shield, the company announced last week. 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