# Contact Gold Receives Approval for Expanded Plan of Operations Permit for the Green Springs Gold Project, Nevada

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/contact-gold-receives-approval-for-expanded-plan-of-operations-permit-for-the-gr--a6f7ae98-4023-44ce-8ee1-44a925160ec6

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/C/news/5530922283265616/contact-gold-receives-approval-for-expanded-plan-of-operations-permit-for-the-gr

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2023-10-04T10:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Contact Gold Corp.

- Ticker: C

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Nevada

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Permitting, Drill results

- Extracted: 2026-08-25 03:06:39 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Contact Gold has received an expanded Plan of Operations permit from the U.S. Forest Service for its Green Springs gold project in Nevada. This permit significantly increases the permitted exploration area and disturbance limits, allowing drilling at new high-priority targets like the Whiskey and Foxtrot zones.

Reasoning: The receipt of an expanded Plan of Operations permit is a major de-risking milestone that enables exploration in previously restricted areas, complemented by strong recent drill intercepts.

- Positive factor: Permit expansion allows drilling in new high-priority targets

- Positive factor: Strong 2023 drill results at X-Ray Zone

- Positive factor: Significant increase in permitted disturbance area

Facts used in scoring: 11

## 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 mentions review and approval by a Qualified Person \(Vance Spalding, CPG\).

Evidence · text

> reviewed and approved by Vance Spalding, CPG, VP Exploration, Contact Gold, who is a “qualified person”

**Bonanza Intercept**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Exceptionally high-grade zone, well above the deposit-type norm.

Why it applies: Intercepts of 5.06 g/t and 6.96 g/t Au are reported in the X-Ray Zone.

Evidence · text

> 5.06 g/t Au over 10.67 metres

## 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

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.