{"id":651877,"date":"2017-02-22T04:06:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T04:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/22\/aton-begins-diamond-drilling-at-hamama-deposit\/"},"modified":"2017-02-22T04:06:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T04:06:03","slug":"aton-begins-diamond-drilling-at-hamama-deposit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/22\/aton-begins-diamond-drilling-at-hamama-deposit\/","title":{"rendered":"Aton begins diamond drilling at Hamama deposit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aton Resources has launched diamond drilling operations (deep-drilling that leaves rocks intact) at its Hamama gold deposit at the Abu Marawat concession, the company announced in<a href=\"http:\/\/www.geologyforinvestors.com\/aton-announces-that-drilling-is-underway-to-increase-resources-and-to-test-new-exploration-targets\/\">a statement<\/a>. 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