Aguia Resources (ASX:AGR) is planning diamond drilling at its Santa Barbara Gold Project in Colombia, following channel sampling that returned the company’s ‘highest’ gold values to date.
Shaft two returned 128.5 grams per tonne gold (Au) over 16cm and 60.7g/t Au over 30cm, with several additional samples exceeding 1 ounce per tonne gold.
Managing Director Timothy Hosking says the consistency and distribution of multi-ounce gold grades across the veins reinforces the company’s intent to assess the full scale of the system via deeper exploration.
Development of vein two continues with three sublevels above the main drift and four active mine faces, with vein samples remaining consistent at grades above 10g/t Au.
Aguia says that recent assay results likewise support current breast mining methods aimed at expanding production of high-grade run-of-mine ore above 10g/t Au.
The company has also completed two shafts beneath vein one, with production sublevels and mine faces established. Meanwhile, construction of shafts three, four, and five is underway.
Aguia intends to start its diamond drilling program in Q4 2026.
Aguia Resources is a multi-commodity explorer and developer focused on gold projects in Colombia and phosphate assets in Brazil.
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