# Vanstar Announces Drilling Resumes at the Nelligan Project

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/vanstar-announces-drilling-resumes-at-the-nelligan-project--d5f7eddb-ed1f-44b0-80a3-84d7031adba2

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/VSR/news/6960184260894793/vanstar-announces-drilling-resumes-at-the-nelligan-project

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2023-07-18T11:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Vanstar Mining Resources Inc.

- Ticker: VSR

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Quebec

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Resource update, Other

- Extracted: 2026-09-13 07:00:15 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.40 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Vanstar has resumed drilling at the Nelligan project in Quebec following the lifting of local fire bans. The company plans a 10,000-metre drilling program for 2023, focusing on infill and extension drilling to expand the existing gold resource.

Reasoning: Announcement of drilling resumption and a significant 10,000m program following the lifting of fire bans. While no new assay results are provided, the scale of the planned work is material for an explorer.

- Positive factor: drilling resumption

- Positive factor: large planned program

- Positive factor: resource expansion potential

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**Resource Update**

Polarity: neutral

Story-specific tag

Definition: Revised estimate for an existing resource — compare to prior to assess progress.

Why it applies: The document restates existing resource figures from a February 2023 release to provide context for the drilling resumption.

Evidence · text

> refer to Vanstar's news release dated February 23, 2023

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Resource Estimates (2)

### indicated

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/vanstar-announces-drilling-resumes-at-the-nelligan-project--d5f7eddb-ed1f-44b0-80a3-84d7031adba2#fact-resource-facts-0)

Nelligan · gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Project: Nelligan
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_qc
- Reported Region: Quebec
- Ticker: VSR

#### Resource scope

- Estimate type: resource
- Resource group id: resource:75e52df18ed1bf052846

#### Resource Data

- Category: indicated
- Tonnes: 0
- Grade: 0.84
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Contained Metal: 2
- Contained Unit: moz

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2023-02-23T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical indicated resource stated for comparison.

Evidence · text

> Indicated Mineral Resources of 2.0 million ounces grading 0.84 g/t

#### Tags used in scoring

**Indicated Resource**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Reasonable geological confidence based on adequate drilling; continuity can be assumed. Basis for Probable Reserves.

Why it applies: category is "indicated"

**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

### inferred

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/vanstar-announces-drilling-resumes-at-the-nelligan-project--d5f7eddb-ed1f-44b0-80a3-84d7031adba2#fact-resource-facts-1)

Nelligan · gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Project: Nelligan
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_qc
- Reported Region: Quebec
- Ticker: VSR

#### Resource scope

- Estimate type: resource
- Resource group id: resource:02f9949206d437ed93d7

#### Resource Data

- Category: inferred
- Tonnes: 0
- Grade: 0.87
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Contained Metal: 3.6
- Contained Unit: moz

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2023-02-23T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical inferred resource stated for comparison.

Evidence · text

> Inferred Mineral Resources containing 3.6 million ounces of gold grading 0.87 g/t Au

#### Tags used in scoring

**Inferred Resource**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Speculative category — limited drilling, geological continuity assumed but not confirmed. Cannot support economic studies alone.

Why it applies: category is "inferred"

**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.