Further Diamond Drilling Results From Abu Marawat

VANCOUVER - Aton Resources Inc. reported on the ongoing diamond drilling program at the Abu Marawat deposit, located within the retained exploration areas of the Abu Marawat Concession in the Eastern Desert of Egypt.

To date 95 diamond drill holes have been drilled at Abu Marawat, for a total of 7,917m. All holes have been drilled horizontally or at shallow angles to test near-surface mineralisation in an area of steep and mountainous terrain that is hard to access for conventional drilling rigs, and is largely undrilled.

Results for a further 21 holes, AMD-146 to AMD-166, are now available, with significant high grade polymetallic mineralised intersections including: 1) 8.52 g/t Au, 88.7 g/t Ag, 9.50 g/t AuEq, 2.15% Cu and 0.59% Zn over a 15.40m interval on the Central Vein zone ("CVZ"), from 23.50m downhole depth (hole AMD-151). 2) 6.06 g/t Au, 59.6 g/t Ag, 6.72 g/t AuEq, 1.02% Cu and 1.24% Zn over a 17.30m interval on the CVZ, from 32.80m downhole depth (hole AMD-146). 3) 4.14 g/t Au, 40.7 g/t Ag, 4.59 g/t AuEq, 0.85% Cu and 0.17% Zn over a 13.90m interval on the CVZ, from 13.30m downhole depth (hole AMD-149). 4) 3.07 g/t Au, 33.7 g/t Ag, 3.44 g/t AuEq, 0.45% Cu and 0.43% Zn over a 16.50m interval on the CVZ, from 8.00m downhole depth (hole AMD-148).

"This latest tranche of results from the horizontal diamond drilling programme at Abu Marawat is very pleasing, and is indicating the presence of a significant near-surface core of high grade mineralisation on the CVZ" said Tonno Vahk, CEO. "We are also seeing some nice looking mineralisation in the ongoing RC programme at Semna, and we expect to be able to release the first results from this programme soon. The programme at Abu Marawat is approaching the finish line, and we are also now doing some additional drilling there for a metallurgical testwork programme. The identification and delineation of high grade mineralisation near to surface at both Abu Marawat and Semna is very positive as Aton looks to the long term development of multiple mining operations at the Abu Marawat Concession. Work on the Hamama West PFS and ESIA is continuing steadily, with the ongoing establishment of the environmental baseline, and we are planning to start the next phase of hydro drilling at Hamama, as we seek to establish a viable groundwater supply for the mining projects."