Legacy Gold Adds Second Drill to 2026 40,000-Foot Drill Program at Baner Gold Mine Property; Next Met Tests Agreed with RDI; MT Geophysical Survey to Be Flown in June

Original announcement by tmx on

Company
Legacy Gold Mines Ltd.
Ticker
LEGY
Exchange
TSX
Region
Idaho County, Idaho, USA
Primary commodity
Gold
Secondary commodities
None reported
Document categories
Drill results, Other
Extracted
2026-09-18 06:36:37 UTC

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Minestarters Atlas analysis

Summary

Legacy Gold has commenced its 2026 40,000-foot drill program at the Baner Gold Mine Property in Idaho, targeting the Main, NE, and NW zones. The company has also contracted RDI for metallurgical studies and Expert Geophysics for an airborne MT and magnetic survey to support production conceptualization and targeting.

Reasoning: The company is aggressively advancing its 2026 exploration program with significant meterage and new technical studies, though the primary value driver remains a conceptual exploration target rather than a formal resource.

Positive factors

  • Expansion of drilling program to 40,000 feet
  • New metallurgical studies contracted to advance production conceptualization
  • Planned geophysical survey to identify deeper sulphide targets
  • Large exploration target defined (50-55 Mt @ 0.72-0.91 g/t Au)

Negative factors

  • Exploration target is conceptual and not a NI 43-101 compliant resource

Facts used in scoring: 4

Classification and evidence

Infill Drillingneutral

Confirmatory drilling to raise resource confidence, not new discovery.

Why it applies: The program targets the Main and NE Zones to follow up on successful 2025 results and delineate a mineral resource.

Evidence · text

“This program follows up on the successful 2025 results by targeting the Main and NE Zones”

Nearology Playneutral

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

Why it applies: The project is located within the historic Orogrande Gold Mining District.

Evidence · text

“The Baner Property sits within the historic Orogrande Gold Mining District”

Extracted facts

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

Drill Results (4)

6Baner Gold Mine · goldGrade: 0.57Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 64 mHistorical resultNeeds review: historical_restatementView all details
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Identity

Hole ID
6
Project
Baner Gold Mine
Commodity
gold
Region
usa_id
Reported Region
usa_id
Ticker
LEGY

Geometry

Grade
0.57
Grade Unit
g/t
Intercept
64 m
Hole Depth
3658 m

Classification

Sample Type
drill

Location

Location
Main Zone
Loc. Source
document

QA/QC

QP Signed
Yes
QA/QC Methods
standards

Review

Needs Review
Yes
Review Reason
historical_restatement
Interp. Status
scored
Historical
Yes
Historical Source Date
2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Dates

Event date
2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical step-out hole providing continuity context.

Evidence · text

“The closest drill hole is the step-out hole #6 drilled in 2025 that returned a continuous intersection of 0.57 g/t Au over 64.0m (210ft)”

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

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

Nearology Playneutral

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

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "It is limited to 1,000m for the Main Zone (plus 500m at Baner Mine trend), and 370m for the NW Zone within 1,370m of the"

Fact 2Baner Gold Mine · goldGrade: 0.55Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 187.5 mHistorical resultNeeds review: drill_no_hole_idView all details
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Identity

Project
Baner Gold Mine
Commodity
gold
Region
usa_id
Reported Region
usa_id
Ticker
LEGY

Geometry

Grade
0.55
Grade Unit
g/t
Intercept
187.5 m

Classification

Sample Type
drill

QA/QC

QP Signed
Yes
QA/QC Methods
standards

Review

Needs Review
Yes
Review Reason
drill_no_hole_id
Interp. Status
scored
Historical
Yes
Historical Source Date
2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Dates

Event date
2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Wide historical intercept from 2025 drilling.

Positive factors

  • Very wide intercept

Evidence · text

“0.55 g/t Au over 187.5m (615ft) in the middle”

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

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

Nearology Playneutral

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

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "It is limited to 1,000m for the Main Zone (plus 500m at Baner Mine trend), and 370m for the NW Zone within 1,370m of the"

Fact 3Baner Gold Mine · goldGrade: 0.52Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 108.2 mHistorical resultNeeds review: drill_no_hole_idView all details
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Identity

Project
Baner Gold Mine
Commodity
gold
Region
usa_id
Reported Region
usa_id
Ticker
LEGY

Geometry

Grade
0.52
Grade Unit
g/t
Intercept
108.2 m

Classification

Sample Type
drill

QA/QC

QP Signed
Yes
QA/QC Methods
standards

Review

Needs Review
Yes
Review Reason
drill_no_hole_id
Interp. Status
scored
Historical
Yes
Historical Source Date
2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Dates

Event date
2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical intercept from 2025 drilling.

Evidence · text

“0.52 g/t Au over 108.2m (355ft) in the south”

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

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

Nearology Playneutral

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

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "It is limited to 1,000m for the Main Zone (plus 500m at Baner Mine trend), and 370m for the NW Zone within 1,370m of the"

Fact 4Baner Gold Mine · goldGrade: 0.57Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 64 mHistorical resultNeeds review: drill_no_hole_idView all details
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Identity

Project
Baner Gold Mine
Commodity
gold
Region
usa_id
Reported Region
usa_id
Ticker
LEGY

Geometry

Grade
0.57
Grade Unit
g/t
Intercept
64 m

Classification

Sample Type
drill

QA/QC

QP Signed
Yes
QA/QC Methods
standards

Review

Needs Review
Yes
Review Reason
drill_no_hole_id
Interp. Status
scored
Historical
Yes
Historical Source Date
2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Dates

Event date
2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical intercept from 2025 drilling.

Evidence · text

“0.57 g/t Au over 64.0m (210ft) in the north”

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

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

Nearology Playneutral

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

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "It is limited to 1,000m for the Main Zone (plus 500m at Baner Mine trend), and 370m for the NW Zone within 1,370m of the"

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