# Aftermath Silver Starts Drilling at Berenguela Eastern Copper Target and Challacollo Silver-Gold Project

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/aftermath-silver-starts-drilling-at-berenguela-eastern-copper-target-and-challac--9affc133-3235-4478-8cd2-4240652051b8

Original source: https://www.theassay.com/news/aftermath-silver-starts-drilling-at-berenguela-eastern-copper-target-and-challacollo-silver-gold-project/

Publisher: assay

Original announcement: 2026-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Aftermath Silver

- Ticker: AAG

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: Peru

- Primary commodity: Copper

- Secondary commodities: Silver, Gold, Manganese

- Document categories: Drill results, Other

- Extracted: 2026-08-20 20:39:03 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.40 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Aftermath Silver has commenced new drilling programs at its Berenguela copper project in Peru and its Challacollo silver-gold project in Chile. The campaigns aim to test extensions of known mineralisation and expand existing resources.

Reasoning: The announcement reports the commencement of new drilling programs rather than new assay results. It references historical high-grade intercepts to provide context for the current exploration targets.

- Positive factor: commencement of new drilling campaigns at two projects

- Positive factor: historical high-grade intercepts mentioned

- Negative factor: no new assay results provided in this specific release

Facts used in scoring: 5

## Classification and evidence

**Infill Drilling**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: The company is drilling to expand existing resources and test extensions of known mineralisation.

Evidence · text

> expand and increase the mineral resource

## Extracted facts

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

## Drill Results (5)

### AFD139

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/aftermath-silver-starts-drilling-at-berenguela-eastern-copper-target-and-challac--9affc133-3235-4478-8cd2-4240652051b8#fact-drill-facts-0)

Berenguela · copper

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: AFD139
- Project: Berenguela
- Commodity: copper
- Region: peru
- Reported Region: Peru
- Ticker: AAG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 1.19
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 69 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical intercept of 1.19% Cu over 69m.

- Positive factor: strong copper grade

Evidence · text

> hole AFD139, which returned 69m grading 1.19% copper

### AFD139

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/aftermath-silver-starts-drilling-at-berenguela-eastern-copper-target-and-challac--9affc133-3235-4478-8cd2-4240652051b8#fact-drill-facts-1)

Berenguela · silver

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: AFD139
- Project: Berenguela
- Commodity: silver
- Region: peru
- Reported Region: Peru
- Ticker: AAG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 78
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 69 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical intercept of 78 g/t Ag over 69m.

- Positive factor: high silver grade

Evidence · text

> 69m grading 1.19% copper and 78g/t silver

### AFD100

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/aftermath-silver-starts-drilling-at-berenguela-eastern-copper-target-and-challac--9affc133-3235-4478-8cd2-4240652051b8#fact-drill-facts-2)

Berenguela · copper

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: AFD100
- Project: Berenguela
- Commodity: copper
- Region: peru
- Reported Region: Peru
- Ticker: AAG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 1.12
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 156 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical intercept of 1.12% Cu over 156m.

- Positive factor: significant width

Evidence · text

> hole AFD100, which intersected 156m grading 1.12% copper

### AFD100

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/aftermath-silver-starts-drilling-at-berenguela-eastern-copper-target-and-challac--9affc133-3235-4478-8cd2-4240652051b8#fact-drill-facts-3)

Berenguela · silver

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: AFD100
- Project: Berenguela
- Commodity: silver
- Region: peru
- Reported Region: Peru
- Ticker: AAG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 290
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 156 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical intercept of 290 g/t Ag over 156m.

- Positive factor: strong silver grade

Evidence · text

> 156m grading 1.12% copper, 290g/t silver

### AFD100

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/aftermath-silver-starts-drilling-at-berenguela-eastern-copper-target-and-challac--9affc133-3235-4478-8cd2-4240652051b8#fact-drill-facts-4)

Berenguela · manganese

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: AFD100
- Project: Berenguela
- Commodity: manganese
- Region: peru
- Reported Region: Peru
- Ticker: AAG

#### Geometry

- Grade: 7.3
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 156 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical intercept of 7.3% Mn.

Evidence · text

> 156m grading 1.12% copper, 290g/t silver, and 7.3% manganese

## 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.