Why the Aston Minerals (ASX:ASO) share price leapt 85% on open Bernd Struben | March 10, 2021 12:17pm | More on: Image source: Getty Images Aston Minerals Ltd(ASX: ASO) shares are rocketing today, up 59% in midday trade. The Aston share price closed yesterday at 3.4 cents and opened this morning at 6.4 cents, leaping 85% higher before partially retracing. We take a look at the ASX gold explorer’s latest drill results below. What did the company report? The Aston Minerals share price is surging after the company reported the diamond drilling program at its Edleston Project in Ontario, Canada had intersected visible gold. This is Aston’s maiden drilling program at Edleston, and the visible gold was struck on its third drill hole from 362 metres. In total, Aston has so far drilled 1,320 metres across the three holes. The company said to date it has drill-tested roughly one kilometre of the total ten kilometres strike length at Edleston.