Aton Resources Inc. (TSX.V: AAN) is a Canadian listed exploration company principally focused on advancing the Rodruin and Hamama mineral exploration projects in the
Eastern Desert of Egypt (located within the
Arabian-Nubian Shield
The Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS) is an exposure of Precambrian crystalline rocks on the flanks of the Red Sea. The crystalline rocks are mostly Neoproterozoic in age. Geographically – and from north to south – the ANS includes parts of Israel ...
). It has offices in Vancouver, Canada, and Cairo, Egypt. Tonno Vahk took over as interim president and chief executive officer in October 2021. It is listed on the
TSX Venture Exchange
The TSX Venture Exchange is a stock exchange in Canada. It is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta and Vancouver, British Columbia, with offices in Toronto and Montreal. All trading through the Exchange is done electronically, so the Exchange does n ...
under the ticker TSXV:AAN.
Operations
The company holds mineral concessions at Abu Marawat. The Abu Marawat Concession was previously controlled by
Centamin and was subsequently awarded to Alexander Nubia as part of the international bid round. The concessions are located in close proximity to excellent infrastructure (near to railway, seaport, high tension electricity grid and the major cities of
Qena and
Safaga).
Within the Abu Marawat Concession are several different deposits representing different geological environments:
# Abu Marawat: a
mesothermal In climatology, the term mesothermal is used to refer to certain forms of climate found typically in the Earth's temperate zones. It has a moderate span of temperature, with winters not cold enough to sustain snow cover. Summers are warm within o ...
gold-copper vein deposit
# Hamama: a
volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposit
Volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposits, also known as VMS ore deposits, are a type of metal sulfide Ore, ore deposit, mainly copper-zinc which are associated with and produced by volcanic-associated hydrothermal vents in submarine environments ...
# South Miranda: a copper-gold
porphyry deposit
# Semna: a sheeted gold-bearing quartz vein structure in
granodiorite
Granodiorite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but containing more plagioclase feldspar than orthoclase feldspar.
The term banatite is sometimes used informally for various rocks ranging from gra ...
deposit
# Sir Bakis, Massaghat, Zeno and Bohlog: a gold-rich quartz vein deposit
The company is currently focusing on two principal deposits at Rodruin and Hamama.
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Mining companies of Canada