ATAC Announces Surface Exploration Results and Commences Maiden Drill Program at its Catch Property, Yukon
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- ATAC Resources Ltd.
- Ticker
- ATC
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- Yukon
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Secondary commodities
- Gold
- Document categories
- Drill results, Other
- Extracted
- 2026-08-24 23:12:12 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
ATAC Resources has reported significant surface exploration results at its Catch property in Yukon, including a 5 km long copper-in-soil anomaly and coincident IP chargeability highs. The company has commenced a maiden 1,500 m reverse circulation (RC) drilling program to test these priority targets.
Reasoning: Strong surface geochemical and geophysical indicators for a new copper-gold porphyry system, supported by the commencement of a maiden RC drill program.
Positive factors
- significant soil anomaly extension
- coincident geophysical high
- high-grade surface grab samples
- commencement of maiden drill program
Facts used in scoring: 12
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 12. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Drill Results (12)
Fact 1copperGrade: 1.57Grade Unit: %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- copper
- Ticker
- ATC
Geometry
- Grade
- 1.57
- Grade Unit
- %
Classification
- Sample Type
- surface
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: High-grade copper grab sample from surface.
Positive factors
- high grade for surface grab
Evidence · text
“grab samples (figure 3) returning values including: 1.57% copper”
Fact 2copperGrade: 1.01Grade Unit: %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- copper
- Ticker
- ATC
Geometry
- Grade
- 1.01
- Grade Unit
- %
Classification
- Sample Type
- surface
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Surface grab sample with significant copper grade.
Positive factors
- significant copper grade
Evidence · text
“1.01% copper with 1.03 g/t gold”
Fact 3goldGrade: 1.03Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- gold
- Ticker
- ATC
Geometry
- Grade
- 1.03
- Grade Unit
- g/t
Classification
- Sample Type
- surface
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Gold grade reported in a polymetallic surface grab sample.
Positive factors
- gold presence in copper grab
Evidence · text
“1.01% copper with 1.03 g/t gold”
Fact 4copperGrade: 0.7Grade Unit: %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- copper
- Ticker
- ATC
Geometry
- Grade
- 0.7
- Grade Unit
- %
Classification
- Sample Type
- surface
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Surface grab sample with copper mineralization.
Positive factors
- copper mineralization at surface
Evidence · text
“0.70% copper with 2.82 g/t gold”
Fact 5goldGrade: 2.82Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- gold
- Ticker
- ATC
Geometry
- Grade
- 2.82
- Grade Unit
- g/t
Classification
- Sample Type
- surface
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Gold grade reported in a polymetallic surface grab sample.
Positive factors
- gold grade in grab
Evidence · text
“0.70% copper with 2.82 g/t gold”
Fact 6copperGrade: 1.09Grade Unit: %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- copper
- Ticker
- ATC
Geometry
- Grade
- 1.09
- Grade Unit
- %
Classification
- Sample Type
- surface
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: High grade copper from outcrop in underexplored area.
Positive factors
- high grade outcrop sample
Evidence · text
“returned 1.09% copper from outcrop in an area that remains underexplored”
Fact 7copperGrade: 1.16Grade Unit: %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- copper
- Ticker
- ATC
Geometry
- Grade
- 1.16
- Grade Unit
- %
Classification
- Sample Type
- surface
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Copper sample from hand pitting.
Positive factors
- hand pitting sample
Evidence · text
“Hand pitting 100 m north of Trench 8 yielded a sample returning 1.16% copper”
Fact 8copperGrade: 1.36Grade Unit: %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- copper
- Ticker
- ATC
Geometry
- Grade
- 1.36
- Grade Unit
- %
Classification
- Sample Type
- surface
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Copper sample from trench follow-up.
Positive factors
- high grade copper
Evidence · text
“Follow-up sampling at Trench 9 yielded a sample returning 1.36% copper with 0.13 g/t gold”
Fact 9goldGrade: 0.13Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- gold
- Ticker
- ATC
Geometry
- Grade
- 0.13
- Grade Unit
- g/t
Classification
- Sample Type
- surface
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Gold grade reported in a polymetallic trench sample.
Evidence · text
“Follow-up sampling at Trench 9 yielded a sample returning 1.36% copper with 0.13 g/t gold”
Fact 10copperGrade: 1.01Grade Unit: %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- copper
- Ticker
- ATC
Geometry
- Grade
- 1.01
- Grade Unit
- %
Classification
- Sample Type
- surface
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Copper sample from hand pit.
Positive factors
- high grade copper
Evidence · text
“Sampling 135 m west of Trench 1 returned 1.01% copper with 1.03 g/t gold from a hand pit”
Fact 11goldGrade: 1.03Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- gold
- Ticker
- ATC
Geometry
- Grade
- 1.03
- Grade Unit
- g/t
Classification
- Sample Type
- surface
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Gold grade reported in a polymetallic hand pit sample.
Positive factors
- gold grade in hand pit
Evidence · text
“Sampling 135 m west of Trench 1 returned 1.01% copper with 1.03 g/t gold from a hand pit”
Fact 12copperGrade: 1.57Grade Unit: %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- copper
- Ticker
- ATC
Geometry
- Grade
- 1.57
- Grade Unit
- %
Classification
- Sample Type
- surface
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: High grade copper sample from surface.
Positive factors
- high grade copper
Evidence · text
“Sampling 50 m east of Trench 7 returned 1.57% copper”
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