# Blossom Gold Completes Drilling of Metallurgical Core Holes and Begins Delivering Metallurgical Samples to Kappes, Cassiday & Associates to Initiate Metallurgical Testing on Rosebud Mineralization Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/blossom-gold-completes-drilling-of-metallurgical-core-holes-and-begins-deliverin--56ac3c41-01da-420b-9376-ee80a5739539 Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/BGAU/news/5513407936022778/blossom-gold-completes-drilling-of-metallurgical-core-holes-and-begins-deliverin Publisher: tmx Original announcement: 2026-05-19T10:45:00.000Z Analysis by Minestarters Atlas Atlas analysis published: Unknown date Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date - Company: Blossom Gold Inc. - Ticker: BGAU - Exchange: TSX - Region: Nevada - Primary commodity: Gold - Secondary commodities: Silver - Document categories: Metallurgy, Resource update - Extracted: 2026-08-21 02:24:43 UTC Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish ## Minestarters Atlas summary Blossom Gold has completed metallurgical drilling at the Rosebud Project in Nevada and has begun delivering core samples to Kappes, Cassiday & Associates for testing. The upcoming bottle roll and column leach tests aim to establish recovery estimates for a potential heap leach operation. Reasoning: The company has completed metallurgical drilling and begun shipping samples to a specialized consultant \(KCA\) for heap leach testing, a key de-risking step for the project's development. - Positive factor: Initiation of metallurgical testing - Positive factor: Completion of metallurgical drilling - Positive factor: Use of recognized experts \(KCA\) - Negative factor: Results are forward-looking and not yet available Facts used in scoring: 4 ## Classification and evidence **Inferred Resource** Polarity: negative Definition: Speculative category — limited drilling, geological continuity assumed but not confirmed. Cannot support economic studies alone. Why it applies: The reported resource is entirely in the Inferred category. Evidence · text > Rosebud Project currently hosts an Inferred Mineral Resource **Heap Leach Route** Polarity: neutral Definition: Processing via heap leach — lower CAPEX and OPEX, lower recovery expected. Why it applies: The company's vision and current testing focus on heap leach processing. Evidence · text > potential open pit mining operation with on-site, heap-leach processing **QP/CP Signed** Polarity: positive Definition: Qualified Person \(QP\) or Competent Person \(CP\) named and signed off — a member of a recognized professional association \(e.g., AusIMM, SME, AIG, P.Geo\) with relevant experience. Why it applies: Dino Titaro, P.Geo., a Director, has reviewed and approved the technical information. Evidence · text > reviewed and approved by Dino Titaro, P.Geo., a Director of Blossom who is a Qualified Person ## Extracted facts Stored fact records: 4. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record. ## Metallurgical Results (4) ### Fact 1 [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/blossom-gold-completes-drilling-of-metallurgical-core-holes-and-begins-deliverin--56ac3c41-01da-420b-9376-ee80a5739539#fact-metallurgical-facts-0) gold #### Identity - Commodity: gold - Ticker: BGAU #### Review - Needs Review: No - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: The gold resource is in the Inferred category, representing speculative geological continuity. - Negative factor: Inferred category Evidence · text > Rosebud Project currently hosts an Inferred Mineral Resource of 70.755 million tons grading 0.62gAu/t ### Fact 2 [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/blossom-gold-completes-drilling-of-metallurgical-core-holes-and-begins-deliverin--56ac3c41-01da-420b-9376-ee80a5739539#fact-metallurgical-facts-1) silver #### Identity - Commodity: silver - Ticker: BGAU #### Review - Needs Review: No - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: The silver resource is in the Inferred category. - Negative factor: Inferred category Evidence · text > 6.49gAg/t \(0.189opt Ag\) for 1.28 million ounces of gold and 13.4 million ounces of silver. ### bottle roll [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/blossom-gold-completes-drilling-of-metallurgical-core-holes-and-begins-deliverin--56ac3c41-01da-420b-9376-ee80a5739539#fact-metallurgical-facts-2) gold #### Identity - Commodity: gold - Ticker: BGAU #### Test Work - Program Status: preliminary - Test Type: bottle roll - Processing Route: heap leach - Sample: metallurgical core samples for bottle roll and column testing #### Review - Needs Review: No - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: Initiation of bottle roll testing is a key step in establishing recovery for the proposed heap leach route. - Positive factor: Targeting principal host rock types - Positive factor: Specialized consultant \(KCA\) - Negative factor: Results pending Evidence · text > selecting 50-foot intervals of core to provide mineralized samples for bottle roll and column testing ### column leach [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/blossom-gold-completes-drilling-of-metallurgical-core-holes-and-begins-deliverin--56ac3c41-01da-420b-9376-ee80a5739539#fact-metallurgical-facts-3) gold #### Identity - Commodity: gold - Ticker: BGAU #### Test Work - Program Status: preliminary - Test Type: column leach - Processing Route: heap leach - Sample: metallurgical core samples for bottle roll and column testing #### Review - Needs Review: No - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: Column leaching will establish recovery curves for the heap leach design. - Positive factor: Targeting principal host rock types - Positive factor: Specialized consultant \(KCA\) - Negative factor: Results pending Evidence · text > selecting 50-foot intervals of core to provide mineralized samples for bottle roll and column testing ## How Atlas produces this analysis Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. 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