Elk Range Mining spots coarse gold in Friday’s historical core
Original announcement by stockhead on
- Company
- Elk Range Mining
- Ticker
- ELK
- Exchange
- Unavailable
- Region
- Idaho
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Secondary commodities
- None reported
- Document categories
- Drill results, Other
- Extracted
- 2026-09-14 03:03:41 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Elk Range Mining has identified coarse visible gold in retained historical drill core from the Friday gold project in Idaho. The company is using modern Photon Assay techniques to re-evaluate a high-grade historical interval (5.30 m at 26.54 g/t Au) while conducting new drilling to test the system's extension.
Reasoning: The identification of coarse gold in retained historical core provides high-value geological clues and justifies the current exploration program's extension.
Positive factors
- Identification of coarse visible gold in historical core
- Modern Photon Assay being used to re-evaluate historical high-grade intervals
- New drilling (26FRD001) testing extension beyond historical hole
Negative factors
- Historical assays were fire-assay only and did not record visible gold
Facts used in scoring: 1
Classification and evidence
Stale Data Re-releasenegative
Historical results re-announced with no new assays or reinterpretation — low genuine novelty.
Why it applies: The document discusses the re-evaluation of historical core and results from a hole drilled in 2014.
Evidence · text
“reassess the Friday project’s historical gold mineralisation”
Step-Out Extensionpositive
Mineralization extended beyond the previously known limit.
Why it applies: New drilling (26FRD001) is designed to continue 200m beyond the historical hole.
Evidence · text
“continuing approximately 200 metres beyond the historical end-of-hole”
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Drill Results (1)
PFR2014_06Friday · goldGrade: 26.54Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 5.3 mHistorical resultNeeds review: historical_restatementView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Hole ID
- PFR2014_06
- Project
- Friday
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- usa_id
- Reported Region
- usa_id
- Ticker
- ELK
Geometry
- Grade
- 26.54
- Grade Unit
- g/t
- Intercept
- 5.3 m
Classification
- Sample Type
- drill
QA/QC
- QA/QC Disclosed
- Yes
- QA/QC Methods
- standards, blanks
Review
- Needs Review
- Yes
- Review Reason
- historical_restatement
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- Yes
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Historical high-grade intercept being re-evaluated with modern techniques.
Positive factors
- High grade intercept
Evidence · text
“5.30 metres at 26.54 g/t gold”
Tags used in scoring
QA/QC Disclosedpositive
Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods (blanks, standards, duplicates).
Why it applies: qaqc_disclosed is 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
Stale Data Re-releasenegative
Historical results re-announced with no new assays or reinterpretation — low genuine novelty.
Why it applies: the fact restates a prior release
How Atlas produces this analysis
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