# AUGUSTA GOLD ADVANCES REWARD FEASIBILITY STUDY AND PROVIDES OPERATIONAL UPDATE

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/augusta-gold-advances-reward-feasibility-study-and-provides-operational-update--f90754fa-83a2-4f33-9da3-28e515b057dc

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/G/news/7555801633897251/augusta-gold-advances-reward-feasibility-study-and-provides-operational-update

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2023-06-06T14:51:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Augusta Gold Corp.

- Ticker: G

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Nevada

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy, Other, Drill results

- Extracted: 2026-09-12 07:44:44 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.40 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Augusta Gold is advancing the Feasibility Study for its Reward open pit/heap leach project in Nevada, targeting production in late 2024. At the Bullfrog project, preliminary column leach test results show gold recoveries of 74% to 82% for low-grade ore.

Reasoning: The company is advancing key development milestones for two projects, including a Feasibility Study for Reward and metallurgical testing for Bullfrog.

- Positive factor: Advancing Reward Project to Feasibility Study stage

- Positive factor: Preliminary metallurgical results for Bullfrog show acceptable recovery \(74-82%\)

- Positive factor: Permitting and infrastructure \(water, power\) in place for Reward

- Negative factor: Metallurgical testing at Bullfrog is still in progress \(final results Q3 2023\)

Facts used in scoring: 4

## Classification and evidence

**Heap Leach Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Processing via heap leach — lower CAPEX and OPEX, lower recovery expected.

Why it applies: Reward project is described as an open pit/heap leach project.

Evidence · text

> Reward open pit/heap leach project

**Single Domain Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established.

Why it applies: only one composite was tested

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 4. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (2)

### BFG21-IS39

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/augusta-gold-advances-reward-feasibility-study-and-provides-operational-update--f90754fa-83a2-4f33-9da3-28e515b057dc#fact-drill-facts-2)

Bullfrog · gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: BFG21-IS39
- Project: Bullfrog
- Commodity: gold
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: usa\_nv
- Ticker: G

#### Geometry

- Grade: 1.74
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 1.02 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-06-06T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Previously completed core drill hole.

Evidence · text

> BFG21-IS39 1.02m of 1.74 g/t Au

#### Tags used in scoring

**No QA/QC Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is not true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

**Stale Data Re-release**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Historical results re-announced with no new assays or reinterpretation — low genuine novelty.

Why it applies: the fact restates a prior release

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "Additionally, moving forward the permitting, metallurgy and environmental studies at the Bullfrog project will help in t"

### BFG21-IS30

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/augusta-gold-advances-reward-feasibility-study-and-provides-operational-update--f90754fa-83a2-4f33-9da3-28e515b057dc#fact-drill-facts-3)

Bullfrog · gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: BFG21-IS30
- Project: Bullfrog
- Commodity: gold
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: usa\_nv
- Ticker: G

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.83
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 1.56 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-06-06T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Previously completed core drill hole.

Evidence · text

> BFG21-IS30 1.56m of 0.83 g/t Au

#### Tags used in scoring

**No QA/QC Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is not true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

**Stale Data Re-release**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Historical results re-announced with no new assays or reinterpretation — low genuine novelty.

Why it applies: the fact restates a prior release

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "Additionally, moving forward the permitting, metallurgy and environmental studies at the Bullfrog project will help in t"

## Metallurgical Results (2)

### column percolation tests

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/augusta-gold-advances-reward-feasibility-study-and-provides-operational-update--f90754fa-83a2-4f33-9da3-28e515b057dc#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Bullfrog · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Bullfrog
- Commodity: gold
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: G

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: column percolation tests
- Processing Route: column percolation tests
- Sample: Bullfrog ore tested grading from 0.23 g/t to 0.80 g/t

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 74 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Head Grade: 0.23
- Head Grade Unit: g/t

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-06-06T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Preliminary column leach results for low-grade ore.

- Positive factor: Recoveries of 74-82% are acceptable for low-grade heap leach

- Negative factor: Preliminary results only

Evidence · text

> preliminary results indicating metal recoveries for the ore tested grading from 0.23 g/t to 0.80 g/t will range from 74% to 82%

#### Tags used in scoring

**Low Recovery**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Recovery below the weak band for the commodity and processing route.

Why it applies: 74% is below the weak band \(80%\)

### column percolation tests

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/augusta-gold-advances-reward-feasibility-study-and-provides-operational-update--f90754fa-83a2-4f33-9da3-28e515b057dc#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Bullfrog · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Bullfrog
- Commodity: gold
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: G

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: column percolation tests
- Processing Route: column percolation tests
- Sample: Bullfrog ore tested grading from 0.23 g/t to 0.80 g/t

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 82 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Head Grade: 0.8
- Head Grade Unit: g/t

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-06-06T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Preliminary column leach results for low-grade ore.

- Positive factor: Recoveries of 74-82% are acceptable for low-grade heap leach

- Negative factor: Preliminary results only

Evidence · text

> preliminary results indicating metal recoveries for the ore tested grading from 0.23 g/t to 0.80 g/t will range from 74% to 82%

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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