Meridian Updates Resources for Cabaçal and Santa Helena Central Deposits
Original announcement by yahoo_press on
- Company
- Meridian
- Ticker
- MNO
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- Unavailable
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Secondary commodities
- Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead
- Document categories
- Resource update
- Extracted
- 2026-09-21 08:13:51 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Meridian has announced expanded Measured and Indicated resources for the Cabaçal project, showing significant increases in contained gold, copper, and silver. Additionally, the company reported a maiden open-pit resource for the Santa Helena Central deposit.
Reasoning: The announcement reports substantial metal increases for the Cabaçal project and a new maiden resource for Santa Helena Central, indicating successful resource expansion and de-risking.
Positive factors
- Significant contained metal growth across all primary commodities
- Expansion of the Cabaçal resource
- Maiden resource declaration for Santa Helena Central
Facts used in scoring: 3
Classification and evidence
Contained Metal Growthpositive
True scale improvement — contained metal ounces/tonnes increased vs prior, accounting for both tonnage and grade changes.
Why it applies: Metal increases of 39.2% for Au, 14.2% for Cu and 19.3% for Ag reported for Cabaçal.
Evidence · text
“Metal increases of 39.2% for Au, 14.2% for Cu and 19.3% for Ag”
Maiden Resourceneutral
First formal MRE for the project — establishes baseline but typically exploration-stage with high Inferred component. No prior estimate exists, so every change band is not applicable.
Why it applies: Santa Helena Central is reported as a maiden resource.
Evidence · text
“Santa Helena Central’s maiden open-pittable Au-Cu-Ag-Zn-Pb resource”
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 3. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Resource Estimates (3)
indicatedCabaçal · goldTonnes: 70100000Grade: 0.6Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Cabaçal
- Commodity
- gold
- Ticker
- MNO
Resource scope
- Estimate type
- resource
- Resource group id
- resource:7e305d605679d900369a
- Mining method
- open_pit
Resource Data
- Category
- indicated
- Tonnes
- 70100000
- Grade
- 0.6
- Grade Unit
- g/t
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: High metal growth for gold at Cabaçal.
Positive factors
- Significant metal increase reported
Evidence · text
“M&I: 70.1Mt @ 0.6g/t Au, 0.3% Cu, 1.3g/t Ag”
Tags used in scoring
Indicated Resourcepositive
Reasonable geological confidence based on adequate drilling; continuity can be assumed. Basis for Probable Reserves.
Why it applies: category is "indicated"
Cut-off Undisclosednegative
High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.
Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated
No Contained Metalnegative
Tonnage and grade reported but contained metal not calculated or disclosed — incomplete reporting.
Why it applies: contained_metal was not reported
No QP/CP Disclosurenegative
No Qualified Person or Competent Person named — lower credibility for the estimate. A QP/CP should be a member of a recognized professional association with relevant experience.
Why it applies: no Qualified or Competent Person is named anywhere in the release
DFS-Supportingneutral
Resource estimate prepared to support a Definitive Feasibility Study — requires high M&I confidence.
Why it applies: the release names the study this estimate supports
indicatedCabaçal · copperTonnes: 70100000Grade: 0.3Grade Unit: %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Cabaçal
- Commodity
- copper
- Ticker
- MNO
Resource scope
- Estimate type
- resource
- Resource group id
- resource:7e305d605679d900369a
- Mining method
- open_pit
Resource Data
- Category
- indicated
- Tonnes
- 70100000
- Grade
- 0.3
- Grade Unit
- %
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Copper metal growth reported.
Positive factors
- Copper metal increase reported
Evidence · text
“M&I: 70.1Mt @ 0.6g/t Au, 0.3% Cu, 1.3g/t Ag”
Tags used in scoring
Indicated Resourcepositive
Reasonable geological confidence based on adequate drilling; continuity can be assumed. Basis for Probable Reserves.
Why it applies: category is "indicated"
Cut-off Undisclosednegative
High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.
Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated
No Contained Metalnegative
Tonnage and grade reported but contained metal not calculated or disclosed — incomplete reporting.
Why it applies: contained_metal was not reported
No QP/CP Disclosurenegative
No Qualified Person or Competent Person named — lower credibility for the estimate. A QP/CP should be a member of a recognized professional association with relevant experience.
Why it applies: no Qualified or Competent Person is named anywhere in the release
DFS-Supportingneutral
Resource estimate prepared to support a Definitive Feasibility Study — requires high M&I confidence.
Why it applies: the release names the study this estimate supports
indicatedCabaçal · silverTonnes: 70100000Grade: 1.3Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Cabaçal
- Commodity
- silver
- Ticker
- MNO
Resource scope
- Estimate type
- resource
- Resource group id
- resource:7e305d605679d900369a
- Mining method
- open_pit
Resource Data
- Category
- indicated
- Tonnes
- 70100000
- Grade
- 1.3
- Grade Unit
- g/t
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Silver metal growth reported.
Positive factors
- Silver metal increase reported
Evidence · text
“M&I: 70.1Mt @ 0.6g/t Au, 0.3% Cu, 1.3g/t Ag”
Tags used in scoring
Indicated Resourcepositive
Reasonable geological confidence based on adequate drilling; continuity can be assumed. Basis for Probable Reserves.
Why it applies: category is "indicated"
Cut-off Undisclosednegative
High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.
Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated
No Contained Metalnegative
Tonnage and grade reported but contained metal not calculated or disclosed — incomplete reporting.
Why it applies: contained_metal was not reported
No QP/CP Disclosurenegative
No Qualified Person or Competent Person named — lower credibility for the estimate. A QP/CP should be a member of a recognized professional association with relevant experience.
Why it applies: no Qualified or Competent Person is named anywhere in the release
DFS-Supportingneutral
Resource estimate prepared to support a Definitive Feasibility Study — requires high M&I confidence.
Why it applies: the release names the study this estimate supports
How Atlas produces this analysis
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