Aton Resources Inc

Aton Resources, Inc. is a mineral exploration company, which engages in identifying and advancing gold and base metal projects in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company went IPO on 2008-08-21. The firm is focused on its 100% owned Abu Marawat Concession (Abu Marawat), located in Egypt's Arabian-Nubian Shield, approximately 200 kilometers (km) north of Centamin's world-class Sukari gold mine. The company has identified numerous gold and base metal exploration targets at Abu Marawat, including the Hamama deposit in the west, the Abu Marawat deposit in the northeast, and the Rodruin deposit in the south of the Concession. The Abu Marawat Deposit is a high-grade gold-copper vein deposit located 35 km to the northeast of Hamama. Two historic British gold mines are also located on the Concession at Semna and Sir Bakis. The Abu Marawat exploitation lease is approximately 57.66 square kilometers (km2) in size, covering the Hamama West and Rodruin mineral deposits. The Concession also includes an additional 255.0 km2 of exploration areas at Abu Marawat.