Diablillos drilling reveals encouraging near-surface mineralization
Original announcement by canadianminingjournal on
- Company
- AbraSilver Resource
- Ticker
- ABRA
- Exchange
- Unavailable
- Region
- Argentina
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Secondary commodities
- Gold
- Document categories
- Drill results, Other
- Extracted
- 2026-09-12 01:09:16 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
AbraSilver Resource reported encouraging near-surface silver and gold drill results from five holes at the Cerro Viejo target within the Diablillos project in Argentina. The results, including significant intercepts in holes DDH 26-037 and DDH 26-047, support potential resource growth beyond the project's existing definitive feasibility study.
Reasoning: New drilling at the Cerro Viejo target shows encouraging near-surface silver and gold intercepts, supporting potential resource expansion beyond the DFS.
Positive factors
- near-surface mineralization
- continuity of shallow gold
- potential resource growth
Facts used in scoring: 4
Classification and evidence
AbraSilver · Story-specific tag
No canonical definition is currently available.
Assay · Story-specific tag
No canonical definition is currently available.
Diablillos · Story-specific tag
No canonical definition is currently available.
Drill Results · Story-specific tag
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drilling · Story-specific tag
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Exploration · Story-specific tag
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Mineral Processing · Story-specific tag
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Mining · Story-specific tag
No canonical definition is currently available.
People · Story-specific tag
No canonical definition is currently available.
near-surface · Story-specific tag
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Resources/Reserves · Story-specific tag
No canonical definition is currently available.
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 4. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Drill Results (4)
26-037Diablillos · silverGrade: 4.6Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 27 mView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Hole ID
- 26-037
- Project
- Diablillos
- Commodity
- silver
- Region
- argentina
- Reported Region
- argentina
- Ticker
- ABRA
Geometry
- Grade
- 4.6
- Grade Unit
- g/t
- Intercept
- 27 m
- From
- 23 m
- To
- 50 m
- Intercept Depth
- 23 m
Classification
- Program
- exploration
- Sample Type
- drill
- Group ID
- 26-037:23-50
QA/QC
- QA/QC Methods
- standards
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Strong silver intercept at shallow depth (23m).
Positive factors
- near-surface
Evidence · text
“hole DDH 26-037, which cut 27 metres grading 4.6 grams of silver per 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
26-037Diablillos · goldGrade: 0.58Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 27 mView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Hole ID
- 26-037
- Project
- Diablillos
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- argentina
- Reported Region
- argentina
- Ticker
- ABRA
Geometry
- Grade
- 0.58
- Grade Unit
- g/t
- Intercept
- 27 m
- From
- 23 m
- To
- 50 m
- Intercept Depth
- 23 m
Classification
- Program
- exploration
- Sample Type
- drill
- Group ID
- 26-037:23-50
QA/QC
- QA/QC Methods
- standards
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Gold component of a strong near-surface silver intercept.
Positive factors
- near-surface
Evidence · text
“4.6 grams of silver per tonne and 0.58 grams of gold”
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
26-047Diablillos · silverGrade: 2.8Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 32 mView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Hole ID
- 26-047
- Project
- Diablillos
- Commodity
- silver
- Region
- argentina
- Reported Region
- argentina
- Ticker
- ABRA
Geometry
- Grade
- 2.8
- Grade Unit
- g/t
- Intercept
- 32 m
- From
- 9 m
- To
- 41 m
- Intercept Depth
- 9 m
Classification
- Program
- exploration
- Sample Type
- drill
- Group ID
- 26-047:9-41
QA/QC
- QA/QC Methods
- standards
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Significant silver intercept at very shallow depth (9m).
Positive factors
- very shallow
Evidence · text
“hole DDH 26-047 returned 32.0 metres grading 2.8 grams of silver per 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
26-047Diablillos · goldGrade: 0.29Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 32 mView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Hole ID
- 26-047
- Project
- Diablillos
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- argentina
- Reported Region
- argentina
- Ticker
- ABRA
Geometry
- Grade
- 0.29
- Grade Unit
- g/t
- Intercept
- 32 m
- From
- 9 m
- To
- 41 m
- Intercept Depth
- 9 m
Classification
- Program
- exploration
- Sample Type
- drill
- Group ID
- 26-047:9-41
QA/QC
- QA/QC Methods
- standards
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Gold component of a shallow silver intercept.
Positive factors
- very shallow
Evidence · text
“2.8 grams of silver per tonne and 0.29 grams of gold from a depth of just 9 metres”
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
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.