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By: NewsRamp Editorial Staff
September 16, 2026
Auro Metals Hits 905m Gold-Copper Interval at Santa Barbara
TLDR
- Auro Metals' DSB-68 hit 905.22 metres at 0.60 g/t gold and 0.12% copper, extending mineralization at Santa Barbara.
- Auro Metals completed 11,047.35 metres in Phase I and began a 20,000-metre Phase II program with 22 holes drilled.
- Auro Metals' Santa Barbara project could yield gold and copper resources that support global technology and economic development.
- Auro Metals' DSB-68 is the longest and deepest hole at Santa Barbara, reaching 1,282 metres and remaining mineralized to the end.
Impact - Why it Matters
The results from Auro Metals' Santa Barbara project underscore the potential for a significant porphyry discovery in Ecuador's Zamora Copper-Gold Belt. The long, continuous mineralization in hole DSB-68, combined with high-grade intercepts in other holes, suggests a robust mineralized system that could expand the current resource. As the company advances to Phase II drilling and metallurgical testing, successful outcomes could lead to a resource update that substantially increases the project's value. For investors, this news highlights the exploration upside and the potential for Auro to become a major player in the global copper-gold market, especially as demand for these metals rises in the transition to renewable energy.
Summary
Auro (TSX.V: AURO) (OTCQB: AURFF) has reported its fifth batch of assay results from the 2026 Phase I drill program at its wholly owned Santa Barbara Gold-Copper Project in Ecuador, highlighted by hole DSB-68 intersecting 905.22 metres grading 0.60 grams per tonne gold and 0.12% copper from 56.5 metres. DSB-68, the longest and deepest hole drilled at Santa Barbara to date, reached 1,282 metres and remained mineralized to the end of the hole. Other notable results included DSB-70 with 262.5 metres at 0.71 g/t gold and 0.10% copper, including 100.45 metres at 1.01 g/t gold and 0.11% copper, and DSB-69 with 200.55 metres at 0.59 g/t gold and 0.08% copper, including 57.83 metres at 1.06 g/t gold and 0.10% copper.
Auro completed its Phase I program with 11,047.35 metres drilled across 22 holes, with results reported for 17 holes and assays pending for five. The company has continued directly into its 20,000-metre Phase II program, which will test gaps between known portions of the deposit, new targets and extensions of mineralization at depth while conducting additional infill drilling ahead of a future resource update. Three additional drill rigs capable of reaching depths greater than 1,000 metres are expected to be mobilized, while Auro is also preparing samples for initial metallurgical test work covering gravity concentration, comminution, flotation and cyanide leaching.
The Santa Barbara Project is a large-scale porphyry system comprising Indicated resources of 29.8 million tonnes grading 0.73 grams per tonne gold and 0.1% copper containing 697,000 ounces gold and 68 million pounds copper, and Inferred resources of 205.7 million tonnes grading 0.52 grams per tonne gold and 0.09% copper containing 3,418,000 ounces gold and 426 million pounds copper. This article has been disseminated on behalf of Auro Metals Inc. and may include paid advertising.
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