# Blackrock Silver Commences 17,000 Metre Two-Phased Expansion Drill Programs at Tonopah West Project

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/blackrock-silver-commences-17-000-metre-two-phased-expansion-drill-programs-at-t--a9ce246d-b1fc-4908-914f-dca7d1699b32

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/BKRRF/news/5941322209607692/blackrock-silver-commences-17-000-metre-two-phased-expansion-drill-programs-at-t

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-02-25T11:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Blackrock Silver Corp.

- Ticker: BRC

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Nevada

- Primary commodity: Silver

- Secondary commodities: Gold

- Document categories: Drill results, Other

- Extracted: 2026-08-21 02:28:48 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Blackrock Silver has mobilized drill rigs for a 17,100-metre two-phased expansion program at the Tonopah West project in Nevada. The program includes an Eastern Expansion targeting the Pittsburg-Monarch fault and a Northwest Expansion focusing on the Denver and Paymaster veins, featuring a significant 800m step-out hole.

Reasoning: The company is commencing a significant 17,100m two-phased expansion drill program targeting high-grade silver and gold veins, including a strategic 800m step-out hole.

- Positive factor: large scale expansion program

- Positive factor: strategic step-out drilling

- Positive factor: QA/QC protocols disclosed

- Positive factor: QP sign-off provided

Facts used in scoring: 0

## Classification and evidence

**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: The release details specific laboratory procedures, sample preparation, and the use of blanks and certified reference materials.

Evidence · text

> Blackrock personnel insert a blind prep blank, lab blank or a certified reference material approximately every 10th to 15th sample.

**Step-Out Extension**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Mineralization extended beyond the previously known limit.

Why it applies: The NW Expansion includes a planned 800 metre step-out hole based on recent seismic data.

Evidence · text

> an 800 metres step-out hole is planned based on the recently completed seismic geophysical survey

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 0. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

No stored fact records are available for this extraction.

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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