# Additional Phase 2 Drilling at Curley’s Completed

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/additional-phase-2-drilling-at-curley-s-completed--a974de24-2c9e-46bf-b6a8-4fe996b2fcb0

Original source: https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/FORG/additional-phase-2-drilling-at-curley-s-completed/17796775

Publisher: lse

Original announcement: 2026-09-21T09:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-09-21T14:14:53.909Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-09-21T14:14:53.909Z

- Company: Forgent PLC

- Ticker: FORG

- Exchange: LSE

- Region: Australia

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Copper, Nickel

- Document categories: Drill results, Other

- Extracted: 2026-09-21 14:14:54 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.00 · Neutral

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Forgent PLC has completed an additional 12-hole drilling programme at the Curley’s prospect within its Peak Hill Gold-Copper Project in Australia. No new assay results were provided in this release, as samples are currently being submitted for laboratory analysis.

Reasoning: The announcement confirms the completion of a drilling phase but contains no new assay data or intercepts, only a reference to a previous intercept.

- Positive factor: completion of additional drilling programme

- Negative factor: no new assay results reported

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**Infill Drilling**

Polarity: neutral

Story-specific tag

Definition: Confirmatory drilling to raise resource confidence, not new discovery.

Why it applies: The drilling was described as 20-metre step-outs around a previous intersection to extend strike and continuity.

Evidence · text

> at approximately 20-metre step-outs around the Phase I drilling programme intersection

## 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-staging.minestarters.com/news/additional-phase-2-drilling-at-curley-s-completed--a974de24-2c9e-46bf-b6a8-4fe996b2fcb0#fact-drill-facts-0)

Peak Hill · gold

Historical result

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Peak Hill
- Commodity: gold
- Region: australia
- Reported Region: australia
- Ticker: FORG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 3.68
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 2 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: This is a historical intercept from the Phase I programme mentioned for context; no new results are provided.

Evidence · text

> Phase I drilling programme intersection of 2m @ 3.68g/t Au

#### 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

**Stale Data Re-release**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Historical results re-announced with no new assays or reinterpretation — low genuine novelty.

Why it applies: the fact restates a prior release

## 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.