# CEO LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/ceo-letter-to-shareholders--8bf50801-ed96-460f-9842-c9b148d54e4d

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/OCG/news/4945863703254239/ceo-letter-to-shareholders

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2025-12-17T12:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Outcrop Silver

- Ticker: OCG

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Colombia

- Primary commodity: Silver

- Secondary commodities: Gold

- Document categories: Drill results, Other, Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-16 15:05:38 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Outcrop Silver's 2025 CEO letter highlights a year of execution, including a $23 million financing, graduation to the TSX, and significant high-grade silver drill results at the Santa Ana project in Colombia. The company reported a major step-out at Los Mangos \(DH459\) and confirmed high metallurgical recoveries, positioning the project for a major resource update in 2026.

Reasoning: A highly positive year-end CEO letter highlighting successful capital raising, exchange graduation, and significant high-grade silver drill results that validate project scale.

- Positive factor: Successful $23M financing

- Positive factor: Graduation to TSX

- Positive factor: Significant drill results \(DH459\)

- Positive factor: High metallurgical recoveries

- Positive factor: Expansion of land access

Facts used in scoring: 4

## Classification and evidence

**Step-Out Extension**

Polarity: positive

Story-specific tag

Definition: Mineralization extended beyond the previously known limit.

Why it applies: Los Mangos delivered the most significant step-out to date with hole DH459.

Evidence · text

> Los Mangos delivered the most significant step-out to date

**Bonanza Intercept**

Polarity: positive

Story-specific tag

Definition: Exceptionally high-grade zone, well above the deposit-type norm.

Why it applies: Hole DH459 returned 736 g/t Ag, which is exceptionally high for a silver project.

Evidence · text

> 736 g/t Ag

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Story-specific tag

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

Why it applies: Technical information reviewed and approved by a Qualified Person \(Guillermo Hernandez\).

Evidence · text

> The technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Mr. Guillermo Hernandez , CPG-AIPG

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

Story-specific tag

Definition: Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.

Why it applies: Metallurgical test work confirmed exceptional recoveries of 96.3% for silver and 98.5% for gold.

Evidence · text

> exceptional recoveries of 96.3 percent for silver and 98.5 percent for gold

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Processing via mill or concentrator \(CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation\).

Why it applies: the document describes a flotation route \("flotation"\)

## Extracted facts

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

## Drill Results (2)

### DH459

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/ceo-letter-to-shareholders--8bf50801-ed96-460f-9842-c9b148d54e4d#fact-drill-facts-0)

Santa Ana · silver

#### Identity

- Hole ID: DH459
- Project: Santa Ana
- Commodity: silver
- Region: colombia
- Reported Region: colombia
- Ticker: OCG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 736
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 12.03 m
- True Width: 12.03 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: DH459:0-12.03

#### QA/QC

- QP Signed: Yes

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High-grade silver intercept in a significant step-out zone.

- Positive factor: Exceptional grade

- Positive factor: Significant step-out

Evidence · text

> hole DH459 returning 12.03 metres true width grading 736 g/t Ag

#### Tags used in scoring

**True Width Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Actual thickness perpendicular to structure is stated, not just downhole length.

Why it applies: true\_width\_m is 12.03

**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

### DH459

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/ceo-letter-to-shareholders--8bf50801-ed96-460f-9842-c9b148d54e4d#fact-drill-facts-1)

Santa Ana · gold

#### Identity

- Hole ID: DH459
- Project: Santa Ana
- Commodity: gold
- Region: colombia
- Reported Region: colombia
- Ticker: OCG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 3.41
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 12.03 m
- True Width: 12.03 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: DH459:0-12.03

#### QA/QC

- QP Signed: Yes

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Significant gold grade within a high-grade silver intercept.

- Positive factor: Strong gold grade accompanying silver

Evidence · text

> 3.41 g/t Au

#### Tags used in scoring

**True Width Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Actual thickness perpendicular to structure is stated, not just downhole length.

Why it applies: true\_width\_m is 12.03

**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

## Metallurgical Results (2)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/ceo-letter-to-shareholders--8bf50801-ed96-460f-9842-c9b148d54e4d#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

Santa Ana · silver

#### Identity

- Project: Santa Ana
- Commodity: silver
- Region: colombia
- Reported Region: Colombia
- Ticker: OCG

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 96.3 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Very high silver recovery confirmed by test work.

- Positive factor: Exceptional recovery

Evidence · text

> exceptional recoveries of 96.3 percent for silver

#### Tags used in scoring

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.

Why it applies: 96.3% is at or above the exceptional band \(90%\)

**Byproduct Commodity**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: The tested commodity is a byproduct rather than the primary economic driver.

Why it applies: the release describes a byproduct credit

### Fact 2

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/ceo-letter-to-shareholders--8bf50801-ed96-460f-9842-c9b148d54e4d#fact-metallurgical-facts-3)

Santa Ana · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Santa Ana
- Commodity: gold
- Region: colombia
- Reported Region: Colombia
- Ticker: OCG

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 98.5 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Very high gold recovery confirmed by test work.

- Positive factor: Exceptional recovery

Evidence · text

> 98.5 percent for gold

#### Tags used in scoring

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.

Why it applies: 98.5% is at or above the exceptional band \(95%\)

**Byproduct Commodity**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: The tested commodity is a byproduct rather than the primary economic driver.

Why it applies: the release describes a byproduct credit

## 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.
