• Auro Metals reported final Phase I drilling results at its Santa Barbara gold-copper project in Ecuador.
• Hole DSB-74 hit 572 m grading 0.60 g/t gold, 0.10% copper from 72.53 m to 645 m; deeper assays pending.
• Other Phase I highlights included DSB-73 with 394 m at 0.73 g/t gold, 0.10% copper, extending mineralization about 200 m east.
• Phase I totaled 22 holes for 11,047 m; Phase II targets 20,000 m, with four rigs active and first four holes completed.

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