** Shares of Asara Resources AS1.AX rise as much as 5% to A$0.042, their highest level since October 18, 2022** Explorer says it has awarded the drilling contract for the upcoming drilling program at the Kada Gold Project in Guinea to Capital Drilling Guinea-SA, a subsidiary of Capital Limited
** The drilling contract marks a significant milestone in our ramping up of exploration activity at Kada - CEO Matthew Sharples
** AS1 has more than doubled in value so far this year
(Reporting by Sneha Kumar in Bengaluru)
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