# Smooth Rock Announces Start of Diamond Drill Program at the Palmetto Gold Project

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/smooth-rock-announces-start-of-diamond-drill-program-at-the-palmetto-gold-projec--6c43ad67-7d56-4081-9bd4-70df5b761a12

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/SMRV/news/7372379928944738/smooth-rock-announces-start-of-diamond-drill-program-at-the-palmetto-gold-projec

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2021-02-22T08:02:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Smooth Rock Ventures Corp.

- Ticker: SOCK

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Nevada

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Silver

- Document categories: Drill results, Other

- Extracted: 2026-09-16 23:48:08 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.30 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Smooth Rock Ventures Corp. has commenced a diamond drill program at the Palmetto Gold project in Nevada. The program aims to expand the existing resource by targeting high-grade feeder chutes and exploring mineralized zones laterally and at depth.

Reasoning: The announcement marks the start of a new drilling campaign aimed at resource expansion, though it contains no new assay results.

- Positive factor: Commencement of diamond drill program

- Positive factor: Targeting high-grade feeder chutes

- Positive factor: Objective to expand current resource laterally and at depth

- Negative factor: Program was delayed due to COVID-19

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**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 includes sign-off by an independent Qualified Person \(E. Gauthier\) as defined by NI 43-101.

Evidence · text

> approved by E. Gauthier, geol., Eng \(OIQ\), a consultant of the Company, and an independent Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: Mentions significant exploration work completed by major companies like Newmont and Phelps Dodge in the area.

Evidence · text

> The Palmetto Gold Project has had significant exploration work completed to date by Newmont Gold, Phelps Dodge Corp, Cambior Inc.

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (1)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/smooth-rock-announces-start-of-diamond-drill-program-at-the-palmetto-gold-projec--6c43ad67-7d56-4081-9bd4-70df5b761a12#fact-drill-facts-0)

Palmetto · gold

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Palmetto
- Commodity: gold
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: usa\_nv
- Ticker: SOCK

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Methods: standards

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2021-02-22T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Announcement of program start, not assay results.

- Positive factor: Program targets high-grade zones

Evidence · text

> diamond drill program at the Palmetto Gold project has begun

#### 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. 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.