# West Red Lake Gold's Starratt-Olsen Drill Results Extend the Case for a Third Mill Feed Source at Madsen

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/west-red-lake-gold-s-starratt-olsen-drill-results-extend-the-case-for-a-third-mi--1ace2cb3-7592-4b32-9d3f-f7ea31f043c2

Original source: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/posts/west-red-lake-golds-starratt-olsen-drill-results-extend-the-case-for-a-third-mill-feed-source-at-madsen

Publisher: cruxinvestor

Original announcement: 2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd.

- Ticker: WRLG

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: Ontario

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Drill results, Other

- Extracted: 2026-09-12 00:41:07 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

West Red Lake Gold has reported encouraging initial drill results from its Starratt-Olsen surface program, including a 1.5m intercept at 16.16 g/t gold. The results support the company's strategy to use the Starratt-Olsen deposit as a potential third feed source for the nearby Madsen mill.

Reasoning: First modern drill results at a historic mine show high-grade gold intercepts that support a potential new mill feed source proximal to existing infrastructure.

- Positive factor: High-grade intercepts in first pass of modern drilling

- Positive factor: Proximity to existing Madsen underground infrastructure

- Positive factor: Demonstrated extension of Madsen-style mineralization

- Negative factor: Apparent widths may overstate true thickness

- Negative factor: Historical data for deeper target lacks independent QA/QC verification

Facts used in scoring: 5

## Classification and evidence

No classification tags are available.

## Extracted facts

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

## Drill Results (5)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/west-red-lake-gold-s-starratt-olsen-drill-results-extend-the-case-for-a-third-mi--1ace2cb3-7592-4b32-9d3f-f7ea31f043c2#fact-drill-facts-0)

Starratt-Olsen · gold

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Starratt-Olsen
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_on
- Reported Region: canada\_on
- Ticker: WRLG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 16.16
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 1.5 m
- From: 121.15 m
- To: 122.65 m
- Intercept Depth: 121.15 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: null:121.15-122.65

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: AGAT Laboratories
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, duplicates

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High-grade intercept in first modern drilling pass.

- Positive factor: Strong grade

- Negative factor: Downhole width rather than true width

#### 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

### Fact 2

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/west-red-lake-gold-s-starratt-olsen-drill-results-extend-the-case-for-a-third-mi--1ace2cb3-7592-4b32-9d3f-f7ea31f043c2#fact-drill-facts-1)

Starratt-Olsen · gold

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Starratt-Olsen
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_on
- Reported Region: canada\_on
- Ticker: WRLG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 24.6
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 0.85 m
- From: 121.15 m
- To: 122.65 m
- Intercept Depth: 121.15 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: null:121.15-122.65

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: AGAT Laboratories
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, duplicates

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High-grade sub-interval within the strongest intercept.

- Positive factor: Very high grade

#### 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

### Fact 3

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/west-red-lake-gold-s-starratt-olsen-drill-results-extend-the-case-for-a-third-mi--1ace2cb3-7592-4b32-9d3f-f7ea31f043c2#fact-drill-facts-2)

Starratt-Olsen · gold

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Starratt-Olsen
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_on
- Reported Region: canada\_on
- Ticker: WRLG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 5.16
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 4.5 m
- From: 114 m
- To: 118.5 m
- Intercept Depth: 114 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: null:114.0-118.5

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: AGAT Laboratories
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, duplicates

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Solid intercept in the first batch of modern drilling.

- Positive factor: Good grade and thickness

- Negative factor: Downhole width rather than true width

#### 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

### Fact 4

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/west-red-lake-gold-s-starratt-olsen-drill-results-extend-the-case-for-a-third-mi--1ace2cb3-7592-4b32-9d3f-f7ea31f043c2#fact-drill-facts-3)

Starratt-Olsen · gold

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Starratt-Olsen
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_on
- Reported Region: canada\_on
- Ticker: WRLG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 10.94
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 1.5 m
- From: 114 m
- To: 118.5 m
- Intercept Depth: 114 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: null:114.0-118.5

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: AGAT Laboratories
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, duplicates

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High-grade sub-interval within the second strongest intercept.

- Positive factor: High grade

#### 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

### Fact 5

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/west-red-lake-gold-s-starratt-olsen-drill-results-extend-the-case-for-a-third-mi--1ace2cb3-7592-4b32-9d3f-f7ea31f043c2#fact-drill-facts-4)

Starratt-Olsen · gold

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Starratt-Olsen
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_on
- Reported Region: canada\_on
- Ticker: WRLG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 1.05
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 2.05 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: AGAT Laboratories
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, duplicates

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: One of the lower-grade intercepts in the first batch.

- Negative factor: Narrower, lower-grade intercept

#### 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

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