24 August 2017
Auryn Resources Inc. is pleased to announce initial results from its summer exploration drill program at the Committee Bay Gold Project located in Nunavut, Canada. The results represent 15% or 21 holes out of 148 holes currently drilled across 18 targets in the belt this summer. Highlights include 9.15 meters of 3.48 g/t Au and 1.53 meters of 7.48 g/t Au which ended in mineralization where the hole was lost at West Plains. West Plains remains open at depth. Committee Bay program highlights:
•Drilling 5 additional targets (total drilled targets increased from 13 to 18)
•Increased drill meters from 25,000 to 29,000
•Extended high-grade mineralization to a vertical depth of 150 meters
•Purchased $1.8 million of fuel for a 2018 drill program