# Potash Mining News

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## Gensource Potash Applauds Federal Productivity Mega Deduction Announced in Toronto, Highlights Transformative Impact for Tugaske Project

- Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gensource-potash-applauds-federal-productivity-mega-deduction-announced-in-toron--3d36d8b4-85d1-4b98-b320-62675551f3ff) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gensource-potash-applauds-federal-productivity-mega-deduction-announced-in-toron--3d36d8b4-85d1-4b98-b320-62675551f3ff.md)
- Original announcement: 2026-09-23T11:00:00.000Z
- Atlas analysis published: Unknown date
- Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date
- Company: Gensource Potash Corporation (GSP.V)
- Original source: [orestocks](https://orestocks.com/company/GSP.V/press-releases/8624631694723152)
- Atlas sentiment: 0.649
- Atlas tags: Tax Incentive

Gensource Potash welcomes the Canadian federal government's announcement of the 'Productivity Mega Deduction', which allows for immediate 100% expensing of eligible capital investments, including mining property. The company highlights that this measure will significantly enhance the after-tax economics of its Tugaske Potash Project, which is currently undergoing a technical refresh to double its capacity to 500,000 tonnes per year.

## American Critical Minerals Completes Drilling Operations at the AP-S-02 Duma Point Well Confirming Potash Mineralization and Deep Brine Aquifers

- Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/american-critical-minerals-completes-drilling-operations-at-the-ap-s-02-duma-poi--deaa4549-f490-41b3-b0d9-c6c726804c4a) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/american-critical-minerals-completes-drilling-operations-at-the-ap-s-02-duma-poi--deaa4549-f490-41b3-b0d9-c6c726804c4a.md)
- Original announcement: 2026-09-22T09:30:00.000Z
- Atlas analysis published: Unknown date
- Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date
- Company: American Critical Minerals Corp. (KCLI.CN)
- Original source: [orestocks](https://orestocks.com/company/KCLI.CN/press-releases/8638303629126830)
- Atlas sentiment: 0.479
- Atlas tags: Nearology Play, QA/QC Disclosed

American Critical Minerals has completed drilling at the Duma Point AP-S-02 well within its Green River Project in Utah. The company confirmed the presence of sylvite mineralization in the Cycle 5 potash bed via visual logging and geophysical correlation, and has collected brine samples from the Paradox and Leadville formations for lithium and bromine analysis.

## Millennial Welcomes the U.S. Embassy Acting Chargé d'Affaires for Gabon to the Banio Potash Project Site

- Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/millennial-welcomes-the-u-s-embassy-acting-charg-xe9-d-affaires-for-gabon-to-the--d3258e88-66df-40a6-a488-c6298ae624de) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/millennial-welcomes-the-u-s-embassy-acting-charg-xe9-d-affaires-for-gabon-to-the--d3258e88-66df-40a6-a488-c6298ae624de.md)
- Original announcement: 2026-09-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Atlas analysis published: Unknown date
- Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date
- Company: Millennial Potash Corp. (MLP)
- Original source: [orestocks](https://orestocks.com/company/MLP.V/press-releases/7998321935175503)
- Atlas sentiment: 0.339
- Atlas tags: Resource Update, Inferred Resource

Millennial Potash Corp. hosted a high-level visit from the U.S. Embassy Acting Chargé d'Affaires for Gabon at the Banio Potash Project. The visit underscored diplomatic and financial support from the U.S. government and DFC as the company advances its Definitive Feasibility Study and exploration drilling.

## Buffalo Potash Completes Second Horizontal Well and Spuds Third at Disley Initial Production Module

- Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/buffalo-potash-completes-second-horizontal-well-and-spuds-third-at-disley-initia--8bb5b1f7-9853-4faf-9f12-03636010f698) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/buffalo-potash-completes-second-horizontal-well-and-spuds-third-at-disley-initia--8bb5b1f7-9853-4faf-9f12-03636010f698.md)
- Original announcement: 2026-09-08T11:00:00.000Z
- Atlas analysis published: Unknown date
- Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date
- Company: Buffalo Potash Corporation (BUFF)
- Original source: [tmx](https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/BUFF/news/6602889905269234/buffalo-potash-completes-second-horizontal-well-and-spuds-third-at-disley-initia)
- Atlas sentiment: 0.37
- Atlas tags: Nearology Play

Buffalo Potash has completed the second of three planned horizontal wells at its Disley Initial Production Module in Saskatchewan, achieving 95% contact with the target clay seam. The company also spudded the third and final horizontal well (the injector well) as part of its patented Horizontal Line-Drive development phase.

## Millennial Potash Reports Robust Potash Mineralization in BA-006 Proximal to the Coast Intersecting New Potash Cycles and Expanding Potash Mineralization to the Southwest at its Banio Potash Project in Gabon

- Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/millennial-potash-reports-robust-potash-mineralization-in-ba-006-proximal-to-the--95c23751-dc01-4841-a013-f617c9724b1b) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/millennial-potash-reports-robust-potash-mineralization-in-ba-006-proximal-to-the--95c23751-dc01-4841-a013-f617c9724b1b.md)
- Original announcement: 2026-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Atlas analysis published: Unknown date
- Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date
- Company: Millennial Potash Corp. (MLP)
- Original source: [tmx](https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/MLP/news/8444467364847929/millennial-potash-reports-robust-potash-mineralization-in-ba-006-proximal-to-the)
- Atlas sentiment: 0.483
- Atlas tags: QA/QC Disclosed

Millennial Potash has completed drillhole BA-006 at the Banio Potash Project in Gabon, intersecting approximately 80m of potash mineralization. The hole expanded the known footprint to the southwest and encountered new potash cycles (IX and X) not previously seen at the project.

## Buffalo Potash Completes First Horizontal Well and Spuds Second at Disley Initial Production Module

- Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/buffalo-potash-completes-first-horizontal-well-and-spuds-second-at-disley-initia--d7e48d00-e842-45bc-acf8-cbe27ed89b31) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/buffalo-potash-completes-first-horizontal-well-and-spuds-second-at-disley-initia--d7e48d00-e842-45bc-acf8-cbe27ed89b31.md)
- Original announcement: 2026-08-26T11:00:00.000Z
- Atlas analysis published: Unknown date
- Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date
- Company: Buffalo Potash Corporation (BUFF)
- Original source: [tmx](https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/BUFF/news/4752521177376854/buffalo-potash-completes-first-horizontal-well-and-spuds-second-at-disley-initia)
- Atlas sentiment: 0.37
- Atlas tags: QA/QC Disclosed

Buffalo Potash has completed its first horizontal well (5D15-10) at the Disley Project, achieving 95% contact with the target clay seam. The company also successfully installed a packer system for brine collection and has spudded a second horizontal well as part of its Initial Production Module buildout.

## Buffalo Potash Completes Second Vertical Well and Advances to Horizontal Drilling Phase at Disley Initial Production Module

- Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/buffalo-potash-completes-second-vertical-well-and-advances-to-horizontal-drillin--a197b3ad-5947-40df-a336-53c925bab5b5) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/buffalo-potash-completes-second-vertical-well-and-advances-to-horizontal-drillin--a197b3ad-5947-40df-a336-53c925bab5b5.md)
- Original announcement: 2026-08-18T11:00:00.000Z
- Atlas analysis published: Unknown date
- Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date
- Company: Buffalo Potash Corporation (BUFF)
- Original source: [tmx](https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/BUFF/news/5941358833057522/buffalo-potash-completes-second-vertical-well-and-advances-to-horizontal-drillin)
- Atlas sentiment: 0.37
- Atlas tags: QA/QC Disclosed, Nearology Play

Buffalo Potash has completed the vertical drilling phase of its Initial Production Module (IPM) at the Disley Project, including the 2-14 disposal well which achieved 100% core recovery. The company has now commenced Phase 2 by spudding its first horizontal well (5D15-10) to test its patented Horizontal Line-Drive technology.

## Sage Potash Completes Peterson 1 Drilling; Core and Geophysical Logging Validate Continuity of Cycle 18 Potash Members

- Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/sage-potash-completes-peterson-1-drilling-core-and-geophysical-logging-validate--e7a841c3-dd8c-4296-b2b5-7a6a01151fad) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/sage-potash-completes-peterson-1-drilling-core-and-geophysical-logging-validate--e7a841c3-dd8c-4296-b2b5-7a6a01151fad.md)
- Original announcement: 2026-08-10T13:00:00.000Z
- Atlas analysis published: Unknown date
- Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date
- Company: Sage Potash Corp. (SAGE)
- Original source: [tmx](https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/SAGE/news/8289616754221515/sage-potash-completes-peterson-1-drilling-core-and-geophysical-logging-validate-)
- Atlas sentiment: 0.202
- Atlas tags: QA/QC Disclosed, Nearology Play

Sage Potash has completed drilling at the Peterson 1 well within its Sage Plain Potash Project in Utah. Geophysical logging and initial core assessment confirm the presence of Cycle 18 potash members, showing continuity with the nearby Johnson 1 hole, with assays currently pending at the Saskatchewan Research Council.

## Sage Potash Successfully Completes Peterson 1 Drill Program and Commences Core Analysis

- Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/sage-potash-successfully-completes-peterson-1-drill-program-and-commences-core-a--8f5a192d-ebdb-48b9-bcc2-414c32daeae6) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/sage-potash-successfully-completes-peterson-1-drill-program-and-commences-core-a--8f5a192d-ebdb-48b9-bcc2-414c32daeae6.md)
- Original announcement: 2026-08-05T21:32:00.000Z
- Atlas analysis published: Unknown date
- Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date
- Company: Sage Potash Corp. (SAGE)
- Original source: [tmx](https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/SAGE/news/4917578486480545/sage-potash-successfully-completes-peterson-1-drill-program-and-commences-core-a)
- Atlas sentiment: 0.175
- Atlas tags: Nearology Play

Sage Potash has completed its Peterson 1 drill program at the Sage Plain Potash Project in Utah. The well reached a depth of 2,248 metres and intersected targeted potash-bearing beds, with core currently being prepared for assay at the Saskatchewan Research Council.

## Buffalo Potash Completes Initial Drill Hole and Spuds Second Well at Initial Production Module

- Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/buffalo-potash-completes-initial-drill-hole-and-spuds-second-well-at-initial-pro--21f0f30f-c92d-4687-a014-9914a9fd6aa6) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/buffalo-potash-completes-initial-drill-hole-and-spuds-second-well-at-initial-pro--21f0f30f-c92d-4687-a014-9914a9fd6aa6.md)
- Original announcement: 2026-07-29T11:00:00.000Z
- Atlas analysis published: Unknown date
- Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date
- Company: Buffalo Potash Corporation (BUFF)
- Original source: [tmx](https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/BUFF/news/8061144293856229/buffalo-potash-completes-initial-drill-hole-and-spuds-second-well-at-initial-pro)
- Atlas sentiment: 0.354
- Atlas tags: QA/QC Disclosed, Nearology Play

Buffalo Potash has completed drilling of its first well (15-10) at the Disley Project with 100% core recovery and has spudded a second well (2-14). The company is advancing its modular Initial Production Module (IPM) development plan in Saskatchewan, targeting first production in Q1 2027.

# Atlas tag definitions

- **Bonanza Intercept:** Exceptionally high-grade zone, well above the deposit-type norm.
- **Metal Equivalent Opaque:** Metal equivalent grade reported without disclosing the price, recovery, or payability assumptions used. Requires an actual metal equivalent grade; a combined elemental basket such as PGE is not a metal equivalent.
- **True Width Disclosed:** Actual thickness perpendicular to structure is stated, not just downhole length.
- **Apparent Width Only:** Interval given as downhole width with no true width or drill orientation — apparent width may overstate true thickness.
- **QA/QC Disclosed:** Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods (blanks, standards, duplicates).
- **Compositing Transparent:** Cut-off grade and internal dilution rules are clearly stated for reported intervals.
- **No QA/QC Disclosure:** Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.
- **Cut-off Undisclosed:** Cut-off grade not disclosed — cannot assess comparability to prior estimates or peers.
- **Step-Out Extension:** Mineralization extended beyond the previously known limit.
- **Infill Drilling:** Confirmatory drilling to raise resource confidence, not new discovery.
- **Stale Data Re-release:** Historical results re-announced with no new assays or reinterpretation — low genuine novelty.
- **Deleterious Elements Present:** A source-stated penalty, refractory or recovery concern in the fact's scope. Element detection alone, including measured elements explicitly below penalty thresholds, does not trigger this tag. Respect negation and retain a separately stated concern even when another risk is explicitly absent.
- **Refractory Ore:** Complex mineralogy requiring oxidation or other special processing before recovery.
- **Nearology Play:** Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.
- **Measured Resource:** Highest confidence category — tonnage, grade, shape well-established from closely-spaced drilling. Basis for Proven Reserves.
- **Indicated Resource:** Reasonable geological confidence based on adequate drilling; continuity can be assumed. Basis for Probable Reserves.
- **Proven Reserve:** Measured Resource with demonstrated economic viability after applying modifying factors.
- **Probable Reserve:** Indicated Resource with demonstrated economic viability after applying modifying factors.
- **Inferred Resource:** Speculative category — limited drilling, geological continuity assumed but not confirmed. Cannot support economic studies alone.
- **All Inferred:** M&I share below the weak bound — very early stage, no engineering confidence.
- **Tonnage Growth:** Tonnage increase reaching the strong tier vs prior estimate, with grade maintained or improved.
- **Grade Improvement:** Average resource grade improved vs prior estimate — better deposit economics.
- **Contained Metal Growth:** True scale improvement — contained metal ounces/tonnes increased vs prior, accounting for both tonnage and grade changes.
- **Category Upgrade:** Resource confidence improved — Inferred upgraded to Indicated, or Indicated to Measured. De-risking signal.
- **Tonnage Decline:** Resource tonnage decreased vs prior estimate — pit optimization removed marginal material or geological model revised down.
- **Grade Decline:** Average grade fell below the red-flag bound vs prior estimate — deposit economics worsening. May indicate high-grading in early drilling.
- **Contained Metal Decline:** Contained metal decreased vs prior despite tonnage growth — grade dilution exceeds volume gain.
- **Category Downgrade:** Resource confidence decreased — Measured downgraded to Indicated, or Indicated to Inferred. Unusual and concerning.
- **Dilutive Growth:** Tonnage increased but contained metal flat or down — likely from lower cut-off grade, not geological expansion.
- **Cut-off Lowered:** Cut-off grade reduced beyond the suspicious bound vs prior estimate — tonnage growth may be artificial inflation.
- **Cut-off Undisclosed:** Cut-off grade not disclosed — cannot assess comparability to prior estimates or peers.
- **Stale Estimate:** Effective date is >2 years old — data currency concern, may not reflect current geological understanding.
- **QP/CP Signed:** Qualified Person (QP) or Competent Person (CP) named and signed off — a member of a recognized professional association (e.g., AusIMM, SME, AIG, P.Geo) with relevant experience.
- **Cut-off Disclosed:** Cut-off grade used for resource reporting is clearly stated, enabling like-for-like comparison.
- **JORC Compliant:** Resource estimate prepared in compliance with JORC Code (Australia) — high reporting standard.
- **NI 43-101 Compliant:** Resource estimate prepared in compliance with NI 43-101 (Canada) — high reporting standard.
- **Historical Estimate Only:** Estimate pre-dates or does not comply with current JORC/NI 43-101 standards — requires verification drilling.
- **No Contained Metal:** Tonnage and grade reported but contained metal not calculated or disclosed — incomplete reporting.
- **No QP/CP Disclosure:** No Qualified Person or Competent Person named — lower credibility for the estimate. A QP/CP should be a member of a recognized professional association with relevant experience.
- **Maiden Resource:** First formal MRE for the project — establishes baseline but typically exploration-stage with high Inferred component. No prior estimate exists, so every change band is not applicable.
- **Resource Update:** Revised estimate for an existing resource — compare to prior to assess progress.
- **PEA-Supporting:** Resource estimate prepared to support a Preliminary Economic Assessment — early-stage study.
- **PFS-Supporting:** Resource estimate prepared to support a Pre-Feasibility Study — requires adequate M&I component.
- **DFS-Supporting:** Resource estimate prepared to support a Definitive Feasibility Study — requires high M&I confidence.
- **High Recovery:** Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
- **Pilot Scale Complete:** Pilot or demonstration plant testing completed under continuous operation.
- **Free Milling:** Simple, clean ore amenable to standard processing without oxidation.
- **Multi-Domain Tested:** Variability across ore domains (oxide, transition, fresh) has been addressed.
- **Recovery Improving:** Recovery improved versus a like-for-like prior test program on the same domain and route.
- **Low Recovery:** Recovery below the weak band for the commodity and processing route.
- **Bench Scale Only:** Only preliminary bench tests completed — no locked-cycle or pilot work.
- **Refractory Ore:** Complex mineralogy requiring oxidation or other special processing before recovery.
- **Single Domain Only:** Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established.
- **Recovery Stagnant:** No improvement across multiple test programs on comparable material.
- **Theoretical Recovery Only:** Only theoretical or liberation-derived recovery reported, with no actual test result.
- **Heap Leach Route:** Processing via heap leach — lower CAPEX and OPEX, lower recovery expected.
- **Mill Route:** Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
- **Gravity Route:** Gravity separation forms a material part of the flowsheet.
- **POX/BIOX Route:** Pressure or bio-oxidation for refractory ore — high CAPEX and OPEX.
- **Byproduct Commodity:** The tested commodity is a byproduct rather than the primary economic driver.
- **DFS Bankable:** AACE Class 2-1 study complete and within the staleness window.
- **PFS Complete:** AACE Class 3 study complete.
- **PEA Only:** Only Class 4 / Initial Assessment economics available. Not bankable.
- **No Study:** No formal economic study — no engineering basis for the economics quoted.
- **Stale Study:** Beyond the staleness window measured from the estimate base date.
- **Inferred Heavy Feed:** Material Inferred share of LOM mill feed, or the share is undisclosed.
- **Resource Governance Undisclosed:** No QA/QC, top-cut methodology or QP independence disclosed. Caps study quality at the moderate tier.
- **NPV Cut vs Prior Study:** A restated study reduces NPV materially against its own predecessor on the same asset.
- **High IRR:** Post-tax real unlevered IRR in the strong tier or better.
- **Low IRR:** IRR below the moderate tier.
- **Below Jurisdiction Hurdle:** IRR below the greenfield or brownfield hurdle for its jurisdiction tier.
- **IRR Basis Undisclosed:** Real vs nominal not stated, so the tier is not comparable across studies.
- **Undervalued PNAV:** Funding-adjusted P/NAV in the strong tier or better.
- **Overvalued PNAV:** Funding-adjusted P/NAV in the red-flag tier.
- **Fast Payback:** Payback in the strong tier or better, on the required basis.
- **Slow Payback:** Payback in the weak tier or worse.
- **Bottom Quartile Cost:** P0-25 of the relevant commodity cost curve.
- **Top Quartile Cost:** P75-100 of the relevant commodity cost curve — first to cut in a downturn.
- **Cost Basis Undisclosed:** By-product vs co-product not stated, so quartile placement is unreliable.
- **Low Capital Intensity:** Below the benchmark for its project type.
- **High Capital Intensity:** Above the benchmark for its project type.
- **Conservative Pricing:** Conservative on the worst of the spot, 3-year and consensus comparisons.
- **Aggressive Pricing:** The study only works on a stretched price deck.
- **No Price Sensitivity:** No price sensitivity disclosed — treated as a deliberate signal, not a neutral gap.
- **No Discount Rate Sensitivity:** Blocks NPV normalisation to the common rate without reconstruction.
- **Price Deck Unstructured:** Prices given only as free text, so conservatism cannot be scored.
- **Long Reserve Life:** Reserve life index in the top tier of the single ladder.
- **Short Reserve Life:** Reserve life index in the critical tier.
- **Resource Life Upside:** Wide gap between reserve life and resource life — conversion upside rather than discovery dependence.
- **Fully Funded:** Funding coverage at or above 1.0x counting committed facilities only.
- **Material Funding Gap:** Funding coverage below the substantially-funded band.
- **Funding Gap Exceeds Market Cap:** Red flag regardless of headline NPV — the upside is not reachable by the current equity holder.
- **Encumbered by Stream:** An existing stream or royalty reduces attributable NAV and restricts future financing.
- **Stability Agreement:** Fiscal terms fixed, with a term covering the mine life.
- **High Government Take:** Total government take above the regional norm as a share of pre-tax cash flow.
- **Fully Permitted:** Key permits granted with no unresolved challenge.
- **Permit Challenge Outstanding:** An appeal or legal challenge is unresolved, which can defer first production indefinitely.
- **No Community Agreement:** Permits held but no IBA or benefit agreement — the start date is unsupported.
- **Closure Underprovisioned:** Closure provision materially below peers, unfunded, or undisclosed.
- **Upstream TSF:** Upstream tailings construction, which is banned in Brazil and Ecuador.