Auroch Minerals Ltd. intends to start a 12-hole diamond drilling program at its Tisova cobalt-copper-gold project in the Czech Republic in September.

The 5,500-meter program has been approved by the department of the environment and agriculture, according to the Aug. 15 release.

A 3-D model of the underground development of the Tisova orebody to identify potential cobalt zones is expected to be completed in mid-August.

The company's previous sampling at the project returned significant grades of up to 0.68% cobalt, 3.5% copper and 3.7 g/t gold.