Aruma Resources Limited announced results of its recently completed maiden drilling program at the Melrose Gold Project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Aruma completed a 48 hole 4,784m reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at the Melrose Project, which targeted the Gossan Hill prospect located 5km from the Paulsens Gold Mine from Northern Star Resources. Drilling intersected anomalous gold and confirmed the presence of anomalies on an east-west structural target at Gossan Hill.

No high-grade gold mineralisation was intersected. The location of the anomalous material in an oxidised siltstone-greywacke contact is encouraging but the lack of shales in the area is interpreted as a possible reason for the lack of grade and sulphides. The drilling results have confirmed the intersected low-grade mineralised host to be on a contact with the coarse greywacke, a fine siliceous sulphidic siltstone.

The contact Aruma investigated in its drilling is on a shale-dolomite contact, similar to the Mt Olympus and Paulsens gold projects in the region. The Company plans to undertake a mapping program and chip sampling program on historic geophysics as a next phase of exploration at the Project. Aruma has also expanded the Melrose Project area via the award of the balloted exploration licence, E08/3499, which comprises 7 blocks over a 20km2 area.

The Exploration Licence contains the Mt McGrath Gold Project (WAROX Site 87111, Minedex Mt McGrath site S0029247). The area has reported gold in veins, close to the contact of the Wyloo Group Mt McGrath Formation pelites (shale) and Hamersley Marra Mamba Iron Formation cherts. Results have confirmed the intersected low grade mineralised host to be on the contact with the coarse greywacke a fine siliceous sulphidic siltstone.

The target contact Aruma was investigating is on the shale-dolomite contact, similar to Mt Olympus and Paulsens.