Robust gets best drilling results at Romang gold project

Australian mining firm Robust Resources Limited said on Tuesday that drilling at its Batu Mas prospect within its Lakuwahi gold project on Romang Island, East Nusa Tenggara show the best results.

Preliminary assay results from diamond drill hole LWD 051 are as follows: 53.5 metres at 5.62 g/t Au from 1.5 metres. Including: 22 metres at 9.36 g/t Au equivalent from 3 metres, the company said.

The intersection is equivalent in gold content to a mineralized body of 10 metres thick at a grade of almost 1 troy ounce per ton of gold, it said.

The gold zone in hole LWD 051 correlates well with previous near-surface intersections at Batu Mas - which the company believes will be exploitable by low-cost, open cut mining with a very favorably low waste to ore ratio.

Robust Resources Managing Director Gary Lewis said, ?These results confirm the 6 x 4 Km Lakuwahi Caldera as a world class mineralizing system - taking Robust?s exploration to an exciting new level, with the company now looking to ramp up the exploration program.?

Drilling continues apace at Lakuwahi with 3 owner-operated rigs having drilled a total of 4,172 meters. To date, drilling has tested less than 1% of the Lakuwahi Caldera target zone. (denny)