Carlin Gold Updates Barrick's Drill Program at its Cortez Summit Property

Original announcement by tmx on

Company
Carlin Gold Corporation
Ticker
CGD
Exchange
TSX
Region
Nevada
Primary commodity
Gold
Secondary commodities
Arsenic, Mercury, Antimony, Thallium
Document categories
Drill results, Agreement transaction
Extracted
2026-09-19 17:32:54 UTC

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Minestarters Atlas analysis

Summary

Carlin Gold reports encouraging partial drill results from hole SJV17-1D at the Cortez Summit property in Nevada, including a 3m gold intercept of 2.6 g/t Au within a highly altered zone. The hole also showed significant arsenic, mercury, antimony, and thallium anomalies, supporting the Carlin-style mineralization target near Barrick's Goldrush resource.

Reasoning: The drill results show encouraging gold and pathfinder element anomalies in a known structural zone, though the full hole analysis is pending.

Positive factors

  • Encouraging gold intercept in a high-alteration zone
  • Strong Carlin-style pathfinder element anomalies
  • Proximity to Barrick's Goldrush resource

Negative factors

  • Only partial hole analysis reported
  • Presence of deleterious arsenic

Facts used in scoring: 5

Classification and evidence

Nearology Playneutral

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

Why it applies: Project is located within 1 km of Barrick's Goldrush resource.

Evidence · text

“Cortez Summit is located within 1 kilometer of Barrick's 11.5 million ounce Goldrush resource”

QA/QC Disclosedpositive

Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods (blanks, standards, duplicates).

Why it applies: Release includes sign-off by a Qualified Person (Robert Thomas CPG).

Evidence · text

“Robert Thomas CPG, Vice President of Carlin and a qualified person as defined by Canadian National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical information”

Deleterious Elements Presentnegative

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.

Why it applies: Highly anomalous arsenic (484 ppm) and other pathfinder elements reported.

Evidence · text

“averaging 484 ppm, with accompanying additional strongly anomalous Carlin-style pathfinder elements including mercury (to 17 ppm), antimony (to 173 ppm) and thallium (to 6.3 ppm)”

Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 5. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

Drill Results (5)

SJV17-1DCortez Summit · goldGrade: 2.6Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 3 mView all details
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Identity

Hole ID
SJV17-1D
Project
Cortez Summit
Commodity
gold
Region
usa_nv
Reported Region
usa_nv
Ticker
CGD

Geometry

Grade
2.6
Grade Unit
g/t
Intercept
3 m
From
211 m
To
214 m
Hole Depth
1576 m
Intercept Depth
102 m

Classification

Sample Type
drill
Group ID
SJV17-1D:211-214

QA/QC

QP Signed
Yes

Review

Needs Review
No
Interp. Status
scored
Historical
No

Dates

Event date
2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: A 2.6 g/t Au intercept in a Carlin-style target is encouraging.

Positive factors

  • Encouraging grade in a high-alteration zone

Evidence · text

“10 ft. (3 m.) wide zone at 694-704 ft. (211-214 m. grading 2.6 grams/tonne”

Tags used in scoring

No QA/QC Disclosurenegative

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 Undisclosednegative

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

Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated

SJV17-1DCortez Summit · arsenicGrade: 484Grade Unit: ppmIntercept: 280 mView all details
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Identity

Hole ID
SJV17-1D
Project
Cortez Summit
Commodity
arsenic
Region
usa_nv
Reported Region
usa_nv
Ticker
CGD

Geometry

Grade
484
Grade Unit
ppm
Intercept
280 m
From
100 m
To
280 m
Hole Depth
1576 m
Intercept Depth
102 m

Classification

Sample Type
drill
Group ID
SJV17-1D:100-280

QA/QC

QP Signed
Yes

Review

Needs Review
No
Interp. Status
scored
Historical
No

Dates

Event date
2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Significant arsenic anomaly reported.

Negative factors

  • High arsenic levels

Evidence · text

“592 ft. (180m.), of highly anomalous arsenic at 328-920 ft. (100-280 m.) averaging 484 ppm”

Tags used in scoring

No QA/QC Disclosurenegative

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 Undisclosednegative

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

Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated

SJV17-1DCortez Summit · mercuryGrade: 17Grade Unit: ppmIntercept: 280 mView all details
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Identity

Hole ID
SJV17-1D
Project
Cortez Summit
Commodity
mercury
Region
usa_nv
Reported Region
usa_nv
Ticker
CGD

Geometry

Grade
17
Grade Unit
ppm
Intercept
280 m
From
100 m
To
280 m
Hole Depth
1576 m
Intercept Depth
102 m

Classification

Sample Type
drill
Group ID
SJV17-1D:100-280

QA/QC

QP Signed
Yes

Review

Needs Review
No
Interp. Status
scored
Historical
No

Dates

Event date
2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Mercury detected as a pathfinder element.

Negative factors

  • Presence of mercury

Evidence · text

“mercury (to 17 ppm)”

Tags used in scoring

No QA/QC Disclosurenegative

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 Undisclosednegative

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

Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated

SJV17-1DCortez Summit · antimonyGrade: 173Grade Unit: ppmIntercept: 280 mView all details
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Identity

Hole ID
SJV17-1D
Project
Cortez Summit
Commodity
antimony
Region
usa_nv
Reported Region
usa_nv
Ticker
CGD

Geometry

Grade
173
Grade Unit
ppm
Intercept
280 m
From
100 m
To
280 m
Hole Depth
1576 m
Intercept Depth
102 m

Classification

Sample Type
drill
Group ID
SJV17-1D:100-280

QA/QC

QP Signed
Yes

Review

Needs Review
No
Interp. Status
scored
Historical
No

Dates

Event date
2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Antimony detected as a pathfinder element.

Negative factors

  • Presence of antimony

Evidence · text

“antimony (to 173 ppm)”

Tags used in scoring

No QA/QC Disclosurenegative

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 Undisclosednegative

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

Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated

SJV17-1DCortez Summit · thalliumGrade: 6.3Grade Unit: ppmIntercept: 280 mView all details
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Identity

Hole ID
SJV17-1D
Project
Cortez Summit
Commodity
thallium
Region
usa_nv
Reported Region
usa_nv
Ticker
CGD

Geometry

Grade
6.3
Grade Unit
ppm
Intercept
280 m
From
100 m
To
280 m
Hole Depth
1576 m
Intercept Depth
102 m

Classification

Sample Type
drill
Group ID
SJV17-1D:100-280

QA/QC

QP Signed
Yes

Review

Needs Review
No
Interp. Status
scored
Historical
No

Dates

Event date
2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Thallium detected as a pathfinder element.

Negative factors

  • Presence of thallium

Evidence · text

“thallium (to 6.3 ppm)”

Tags used in scoring

No QA/QC Disclosurenegative

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 Undisclosednegative

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

Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated

How Atlas produces this analysis

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