# Carlin Gold Updates Barrick's Drill Program at its Cortez Summit Property

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/carlin-gold-updates-barrick-s-drill-program-at-its-cortez-summit-property--152cf39f-967f-4eef-b144-981071b2640b

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/CGD/news/6912422830737431/carlin-gold-updates-barrick-s-drill-program-at-its-cortez-summit-property

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2017-10-25T13:01:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Carlin Gold Corporation

- Ticker: CGD

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Nevada

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Arsenic, Mercury, Antimony, Thallium

- Document categories: Drill results, Agreement transaction

- Extracted: 2026-08-21 13:08:12 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.40 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Carlin Gold reports that Barrick's drill hole SJV17-1D at the Cortez Summit property encountered a 3m zone at 2.6 g/t gold within a wide zone of strong Carlin-style alteration. The hole also showed highly anomalous arsenic \(484 ppm\) and other pathfinder elements, supporting the project's exploration potential near the Goldrush resource.

Reasoning: The drill hole SJV17-1D encountered encouraging gold grades and strong Carlin-style alteration/pathfinders, supporting the target concept, though significant arsenic and other pathfinders were noted.

- Positive factor: strong alteration

- Positive factor: high Carlin-style pathfinder elements

- Positive factor: encouraging gold values

- Positive factor: proximity to Goldrush resource

- Negative factor: deleterious elements present \(arsenic, mercury, antimony, thallium\)

- Negative factor: incomplete assay analysis for the entire hole

Facts used in scoring: 5

## 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 is reviewed and approved by a Qualified Person \(Robert Thomas CPG\).

Evidence · text

> Robert Thomas CPG, Vice President of Carlin and a qualified person... has reviewed and approved the technical information

**Deleterious Elements Present**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Penalty elements \(arsenic, antimony, etc.\) or refractory concerns noted in the release.

Why it applies: The release explicitly mentions anomalous arsenic, mercury, and antimony.

Evidence · text

> highly anomalous arsenic at 328-920 ft. \(100-280 m.\) averaging 484 ppm, with accompanying additional strongly anomalous Carlin-style pathfinder elements including mercury \(to 17 ppm\), antimony \(to 173 ppm\)

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: The project's value is heavily linked to its proximity to Barrick's Goldrush resource.

Evidence · text

> Cortez Summit is located within 1 kilometer of Barrick's 11.5 million ounce Goldrush resource

## Extracted facts

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

## Drill Results (5)

### SJV17-1D

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/carlin-gold-updates-barrick-s-drill-program-at-its-cortez-summit-property--152cf39f-967f-4eef-b144-981071b2640b#fact-drill-facts-0)

Cortez Summit · gold

#### Identity

- Hole ID: SJV17-1D
- Project: Cortez Summit
- Commodity: gold
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: CGD

#### Geometry

- Grade: 2.6
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 3 m
- From: 211 m
- To: 214 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: SJV17-1D:211-214
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 2.6 g/t over 3m is an encouraging intercept in a Carlin-style exploration context.

- Positive factor: encouraging gold values

Evidence · text

> 10 ft. \(3 m.\) wide zone at 694-704 ft. \(211-214 m. grading 2.6 grams/tonne

### SJV17-1D

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Cortez Summit · arsenic

#### Identity

- Hole ID: SJV17-1D
- Project: Cortez Summit
- Commodity: arsenic
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: CGD

#### Geometry

- Grade: 484
- Grade Unit: ppm
- Intercept: 180 m
- From: 100 m
- To: 280 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: SJV17-1D:100-280
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: Yes
- Deleterious Elements: arsenic

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High arsenic levels are characteristic of Carlin-style mineralization but represent a penalty element.

- Positive factor: pathfinder element indicator

- Negative factor: deleterious element present

Evidence · text

> 592 ft. \(180m.\), of highly anomalous arsenic at 328-920 ft. \(100-280 m.\) averaging 484 ppm

### SJV17-1D

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Cortez Summit · mercury

#### Identity

- Hole ID: SJV17-1D
- Project: Cortez Summit
- Commodity: mercury
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: CGD

#### Geometry

- Grade: 17
- Grade Unit: ppm
- Intercept: 180 m
- From: 100 m
- To: 280 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: SJV17-1D:100-280
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: Yes
- Deleterious Elements: mercury

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Mercury is a pathfinder but also a deleterious element.

- Negative factor: deleterious element present

Evidence · text

> accompanying additional strongly anomalous Carlin-style pathfinder elements including mercury \(to 17 ppm\)

### SJV17-1D

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/carlin-gold-updates-barrick-s-drill-program-at-its-cortez-summit-property--152cf39f-967f-4eef-b144-981071b2640b#fact-drill-facts-3)

Cortez Summit · antimony

#### Identity

- Hole ID: SJV17-1D
- Project: Cortez Summit
- Commodity: antimony
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: CGD

#### Geometry

- Grade: 173
- Grade Unit: ppm
- Intercept: 180 m
- From: 100 m
- To: 280 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: SJV17-1D:100-280
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: Yes
- Deleterious Elements: antimony

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Antimony is a pathfinder but also a penalty element.

- Negative factor: deleterious element present

Evidence · text

> antimony \(to 173 ppm\)

### SJV17-1D

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Cortez Summit · thallium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: SJV17-1D
- Project: Cortez Summit
- Commodity: thallium
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: CGD

#### Geometry

- Grade: 6.3
- Grade Unit: ppm
- Intercept: 180 m
- From: 100 m
- To: 280 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: SJV17-1D:100-280
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Thallium reported as a pathfinder element.

Evidence · text

> thallium \(to 6.3 ppm\)

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