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

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/buffalo-potash-completes-second-horizontal-well-and-spuds-third-at-disley-initia--8bb5b1f7-9853-4faf-9f12-03636010f698

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/BUFF/news/6602889905269234/buffalo-potash-completes-second-horizontal-well-and-spuds-third-at-disley-initia

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-09-08T11:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Buffalo Potash Corporation

- Ticker: BUFF

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Saskatchewan

- Primary commodity: Potash

- Secondary commodities: Potassium chloride

- Document categories: Drill results, Production, Other

- Extracted: 2026-09-15 14:21:47 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

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.

Reasoning: The company successfully completed key infrastructure drilling for its Initial Production Module, meeting technical targets for well placement and staying ahead of schedule.

- Positive factor: Successful completion of second horizontal well

- Positive factor: 95% contact with target clay seam confirmed

- Positive factor: Project ahead of schedule and under budget

- Positive factor: Spudded third and final horizontal well

- Negative factor: Production decision not based on feasibility study

- Negative factor: No mineral reserves established

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Story-specific tag

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

Why it applies: The project is located immediately east of the K+S Bethune and north of the Mosaic Belle Plaine potash solution mines.

Evidence · text

> The property is situated immediately to the east of the K+S Bethune potash solution mine and north of the Mosaic Belle Plaine potash solution mine

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (2)

### 4D15-10

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/buffalo-potash-completes-second-horizontal-well-and-spuds-third-at-disley-initia--8bb5b1f7-9853-4faf-9f12-03636010f698#fact-drill-facts-0)

Disley East · potash

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: 4D15-10
- Project: Disley East
- Commodity: potash
- Region: canada\_sk
- Reported Region: canada\_sk
- Ticker: BUFF

#### Geometry

- Intercept: 565 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Location

- Location: Disley Initial Production Module
- Loc. Source: document

#### QA/QC

- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: The 565-m lateral well successfully intersected the target clay seam, confirming accurate placement for the solution mining plane.

- Positive factor: Successful lateral well placement

- Positive factor: 95% contact with target clay seam

Evidence · text

> Completed drilling of second horizontal \(4D15-10; Producer Well 2\) - Drilling was completed at the 4D15-10 Well \(Producer Well 2\), a 565-m lateral well

#### 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

**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: "Buffalo is advancing the Disley Project - located adjacent to two of the most prominent currently producing potash solut"

### 1D15-10

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/buffalo-potash-completes-second-horizontal-well-and-spuds-third-at-disley-initia--8bb5b1f7-9853-4faf-9f12-03636010f698#fact-drill-facts-1)

Disley East

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: 1D15-10
- Project: Disley East
- Region: canada\_sk
- Reported Region: canada\_sk
- Ticker: BUFF

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### QA/QC

- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: The spudding of the third well marks the start of the final leg of the current drilling phase.

- Positive factor: Commencement of final phase of horizontal drilling

Evidence · text

> spudded the third horizontal well \(the "1 D15-10 Well " or the " Injector Well "\)

#### 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

**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: "Buffalo is advancing the Disley Project - located adjacent to two of the most prominent currently producing potash solut"

## How Atlas produces this analysis

Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. Sentiment reflects the extracted narrative and classification rules; it is an interpretation, not a reported measurement. Evidence quotes and context are provided where available. Missing data, low-confidence results, and review flags indicate limitations. Check the original publisher announcement before relying on an interpretation.
