# Ridgeline Minerals Reports 38.3 - 58.0 Million Tonne Silver-Gold Exploration Target at the Chinchilla Oxide Deposit, Selena Project

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/ridgeline-minerals-reports-38-3-58-0-million-tonne-silver-gold-exploration-targe--73cf9e06-2ed5-49d9-a880-c04b949bda1a

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/RDG/news/4926326139658401/ridgeline-minerals-reports-38-3-58-0-million-tonne-silver-gold-exploration-targe

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-02-12T13:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Ridgeline Minerals Corp.

- Ticker: RDG

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Nevada

- Primary commodity: Silver

- Secondary commodities: Gold, Lead, Zinc

- Document categories: Drill results, Agreement transaction

- Extracted: 2026-09-16 19:07:26 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Ridgeline Minerals has announced a conceptual silver-gold-lead-zinc exploration target at the Chinchilla Oxide deposit, estimating 38.3 to 58.0 million tonnes of mineralized material. The announcement highlights high-grade silver intercepts and notes the project's strategic location in Nevada near major industry players.

Reasoning: The announcement of a large-scale silver-gold exploration target with high-grade intercepts and a strategic JV partner is highly material, though the conceptual nature of the target and metallurgical uncertainties temper the sentiment.

- Positive factor: Significant exploration target scale \(38-58 MT\)

- Positive factor: High-grade silver intercepts \(up to 1,347 g/t Ag\)

- Positive factor: Polymetallic potential \(Ag-Au-Pb-Zn\)

- Positive factor: Strategic partnership with South32

- Positive factor: QA/QC protocols clearly disclosed

- Negative factor: Target is conceptual and not a mineral resource

- Negative factor: Metallurgical solubility concerns noted \(RC washing effect\)

- Negative factor: Economic extraction not yet evaluated

Facts used in scoring: 5

## Classification and evidence

**Bonanza Intercept**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Exceptionally high-grade zone, well above the deposit-type norm.

Why it applies: Intercept SE22-045 includes 1,347.73 g/t Ag, which is exceptionally high for silver.

Evidence · text

> Including 0.7 m grading 1,347.73 g/t Ag

**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: Release details laboratory \(AAL, PAL\), methods \(fire assay, ICP\), and insertion of standards/blanks/duplicates.

Evidence · text

> AAL also undertakes its own internal coarse and pulp duplicate analysis

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: The project is adjacent to Freeport-McMoRan's Butte Valley project.

Evidence · text

> shares a property boundary with the Butte Valley project

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 5. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (5)

### SE22-045

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/ridgeline-minerals-reports-38-3-58-0-million-tonne-silver-gold-exploration-targe--73cf9e06-2ed5-49d9-a880-c04b949bda1a#fact-drill-facts-0)

Selena · silver

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: SE22-045
- Project: Selena
- Commodity: silver
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: usa\_nv
- Ticker: RDG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 153.42
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 32.5 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High-grade silver intercept.

- Positive factor: Strong silver grade over significant width

Evidence · text

> SE22-045: 32.5 m grading 153.42 g/t Ag

#### 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

### SE22-045

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/ridgeline-minerals-reports-38-3-58-0-million-tonne-silver-gold-exploration-targe--73cf9e06-2ed5-49d9-a880-c04b949bda1a#fact-drill-facts-1)

Selena · gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: SE22-045
- Project: Selena
- Commodity: gold
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: usa\_nv
- Ticker: RDG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.09
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 32.5 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: SE22-045:0-32.5

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Low grade gold component of a polymetallic intercept.

Evidence · text

> 0.09 g/t Au

#### 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

### SE22-045

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/ridgeline-minerals-reports-38-3-58-0-million-tonne-silver-gold-exploration-targe--73cf9e06-2ed5-49d9-a880-c04b949bda1a#fact-drill-facts-2)

Selena · lead

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: SE22-045
- Project: Selena
- Commodity: lead
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: usa\_nv
- Ticker: RDG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 4.1
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 32.5 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: SE22-045:0-32.5

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Polymetallic intercept component.

- Positive factor: Significant lead grade

Evidence · text

> 4.1% Pb-Zn

#### 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

### SE22-045

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/ridgeline-minerals-reports-38-3-58-0-million-tonne-silver-gold-exploration-targe--73cf9e06-2ed5-49d9-a880-c04b949bda1a#fact-drill-facts-3)

Selena · silver

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: SE22-045
- Project: Selena
- Commodity: silver
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: usa\_nv
- Ticker: RDG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 480.52
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 6.1 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: SE22-045:sub-6.1

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Strong silver grade in an included interval.

- Positive factor: High grade silver sub-interval

Evidence · text

> Including 6.1 m grading 480.52 g/t Ag

#### 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

### SE22-045

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/ridgeline-minerals-reports-38-3-58-0-million-tonne-silver-gold-exploration-targe--73cf9e06-2ed5-49d9-a880-c04b949bda1a#fact-drill-facts-4)

Selena · silver

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: SE22-045
- Project: Selena
- Commodity: silver
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: usa\_nv
- Ticker: RDG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 1347.73
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 0.7 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: SE22-045:sub-0.7

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Exceptional silver grade.

- Positive factor: Bonanza grade silver

Evidence · text

> Including 0.7 m grading 1,347.73 g/t Ag

#### 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

## How Atlas produces this analysis

Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. Sentiment reflects the extracted narrative and classification rules; it is an interpretation, not a reported measurement. Evidence quotes and context are provided where available. Missing data, low-confidence results, and review flags indicate limitations. Check the original publisher announcement before relying on an interpretation.