# Phenom Reports on Drilling and Its Plans to Resume at Crescent Valley Gold Project, Nevada Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/phenom-reports-on-drilling-and-its-plans-to-resume-at-crescent-valley-gold-proje--268b3b79-cc26-4cd4-81cb-453e130b764e Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/PHNM/news/5382137584221427/phenom-reports-on-drilling-and-its-plans-to-resume-at-crescent-valley-gold-proje Publisher: tmx Original announcement: 2025-08-06T13:00:00.000Z Analysis by Minestarters Atlas Atlas analysis published: Unknown date Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date - Company: Phenom Resources Corp. - Ticker: PHNM - Exchange: TSX - Region: Nevada - Primary commodity: Gold - Secondary commodities: Copper, Uranium, Rare earth elements - Document categories: Drill results, Other - Extracted: 2026-09-12 19:08:50 UTC Narrative sentiment: -0.40 · Bearish ## Minestarters Atlas summary Phenom Resources reported that its first drill hole at the Crescent Valley Gold Project in Nevada was terminated early at 830 ft due to difficult ground conditions and failed to find significant gold. Despite this, the company plans to resume drilling by the end of August, targeting both epithermal gold and an IOCG-style opportunity. Reasoning: The release reports a failed initial drill hole that did not find gold and was terminated early, though it maintains optimism regarding two distinct geological targets and plans to resume drilling. - Positive factor: Resumption of drilling planned for end of month - Positive factor: Identification of two distinct opportunities: epithermal gold and IOCG - Positive factor: Surface exposure of 75m of IOCG breccia with elevated REEs - Negative factor: First drill hole failed to encounter significant gold mineralization - Negative factor: Drill hole terminated early at 830 ft due to difficult ground and high costs - Negative factor: Slow penetration rates encountered Facts used in scoring: 2 ## Classification and evidence **No QA/QC Disclosure** Polarity: negative Definition: Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document. Why it applies: While a QP is mentioned, specific assay protocols or lab results for the failed hole are not detailed in this text. Evidence · text > The Company felt it prudent to await assays before drilling resumes. **Nearology Play** Polarity: neutral Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results. Why it applies: The project is positioned along the southwest fringe of the Carlin Gold Trend. Evidence · text > strategically located along the southwest fringe of the Carlin Gold Trend ## Extracted facts Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record. ## Drill Results (2) ### Fact 1 [Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/phenom-reports-on-drilling-and-its-plans-to-resume-at-crescent-valley-gold-proje--268b3b79-cc26-4cd4-81cb-453e130b764e#fact-drill-facts-0) Crescent Valley · gold Needs review: ungrounded #### Identity - Project: Crescent Valley - Commodity: gold - Region: usa\_nv - Reported Region: usa\_nv - Ticker: PHNM #### Geometry - Intercept: 253 m - From: 0 m - To: 253 m - Hole Depth: 253 m - Intercept Depth: 0 m #### Classification - Deposit Type: epithermal - Program: exploration - Sample Type: drill - Group ID: Crescent\_Valley:0-253 - Mining Method: unknown #### QA/QC - QP Signed: Yes #### Review - Needs Review: Yes - Review Reason: ungrounded - Interp. Status: scored - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2025-08-06T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: The hole failed to return significant gold and was abandoned well before its planned depth. - Negative factor: did not encounter significant gold mineralization - Negative factor: terminated at 830 ft due to slow penetration and costs #### Tags used in scoring **No QA/QC Disclosure** Polarity: negative Definition: 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 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 ### Fact 2 [Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/phenom-reports-on-drilling-and-its-plans-to-resume-at-crescent-valley-gold-proje--268b3b79-cc26-4cd4-81cb-453e130b764e#fact-drill-facts-1) Crescent Valley Gold Project · rare earth elements #### Identity - Project: Crescent Valley Gold Project - Commodity: rare earth elements - Region: usa\_nv - Reported Region: Nevada - Ticker: PHNM #### Classification - Sample Type: surface #### Review - Needs Review: No - Interp. Status: scored - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2025-08-06T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: Surface sampling of exposed IOCG breccia showed elevated REEs including neodymium and praseodymium. - Positive factor: At least 15 rare earth elements consistently elevated #### Tags used in scoring **No QA/QC Disclosure** Polarity: negative Definition: 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 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 ## How Atlas produces this analysis Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. 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