22 December 2016
December 22nd, 2016
Vancouver, British Columbia – Dec 22nd, 2016 – Auryn Resources Inc. (TSX: AUG, OTCQX : GGTCF) (“Auryn” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an exploration update from it’s Peruvian portfolio and further information about its proposed 2017 exploration plans.
Auryn focused on capitalizing on the advancements achieved in a very successful 2016 field season. Targeting efforts have provided 17 high priority drill targets at the flagship Committee Bay gold project. The company has also been successful at assembling a world-class exploration portfolio with the additional acquisitions of the advanced Homestake Ridge project in the “Golden Triangle” of northwestern British Columbia and the Sombrero, Huilacollo and Baños del Indio projects in southern Peru. Auryn’s global exploration plan in 2017 will be to aggressively drill all projects across its portfolio with the primary focus on new discoveries.
The proposed drill plan for 2017 is to drill a total of 55,000 meters of which 25,000 meters will be drilled across 17 multi-kilometer long targets in the Committee Bay project, 15,000 meters across the Homestake Ridge project and another 15,000 meters across the Sombrero, Huilacollo, and Baños del Indio projects in southern Peru.
Shawn Wallace, President and CEO, commented, “we are thrilled to have been able to acquire these high quality projects over the past 2 years. Each project provides a significant standalone opportunity for major discoveries while our portfolio approach significantly lowers Auryn’s overall risk profile. 2017 will be a year where our technical and financial teams will capitalize on this foundation and execute our operational plan to realize the goal of value creation for all stakeholders and investors.“
Auryn has revised its portfolio video which is now available on our website, please visit: http://www.aurynresources.com/investors/video