# Elk Range Mining spots coarse gold in Friday’s historical core

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/elk-range-mining-spots-coarse-gold-in-friday-s-historical-core--1fc21ea0-8909-4707-a9ed-ba9ea0e95561

Original source: https://stockhead.com.au/resources/elk-range-mining-spots-coarse-gold-in-fridays-historical-core/

Publisher: stockhead

Original announcement: 2026-09-14T01:55:35.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- 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

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas 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 factor: Identification of coarse visible gold in historical core

- Positive factor: Modern Photon Assay being used to re-evaluate historical high-grade intervals

- Positive factor: New drilling \(26FRD001\) testing extension beyond historical hole

- Negative factor: Historical assays were fire-assay only and did not record visible gold

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**Stale Data Re-release**

Polarity: negative

Definition: 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 Extension**

Polarity: positive

Definition: 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\_06

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/elk-range-mining-spots-coarse-gold-in-friday-s-historical-core--1fc21ea0-8909-4707-a9ed-ba9ea0e95561#fact-drill-facts-0)

Friday · gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### 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 factor: High grade intercept

Evidence · text

> 5.30 metres at 26.54 g/t gold

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: 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 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

**Stale Data Re-release**

Polarity: negative

Definition: 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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