# CopperEx Awards Inaugural Drill Contract for the Exploradora Norte Property and Completes First Three Drill Holes

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/copperex-awards-inaugural-drill-contract-for-the-exploradora-norte-property-and--23be3cf1-26cc-4990-8f78-a1e60e7eeca7

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/CUEX/news/8391528047170149/copperex-awards-inaugural-drill-contract-for-the-exploradora-norte-property-and-

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2024-04-04T10:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: CopperEx Resources Corp.

- Ticker: CUEX

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Northern Chile

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Copper

- Document categories: Drill results, Other

- Extracted: 2026-08-23 06:56:13 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.40 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

CopperEx Resources Corp. has commenced its inaugural RC drilling campaign at the Exploradora Norte Project in Northern Chile, completing the first three of eight planned holes. The company is targeting the Franja del Oro zone, which shows significant surface gold mineralization and historical high-grade intercepts.

Reasoning: The announcement marks the start of a new drilling campaign and confirms the completion of the first three holes, though actual assay results are pending. It highlights significant surface gold values and historical high-grade intercepts.

- Positive factor: commencement of inaugural drill campaign

- Positive factor: extensive gold mineralized footprint

- Positive factor: high-grade surface geochemistry

- Negative factor: no new drill assay results reported in this release

- Negative factor: historical data used as guide

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 details specific QA/QC protocols including AAA Chile Ltd, ISO standards, blanks, standards, and duplicates.

Evidence · text

> CopperEx implements an internal QA/QC program that includes inserting fine and coarse blank samples, inserting OREAS series standards and duplicate samples in the field.

**QP/CP Signed**

Polarity: positive

Story-specific tag

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: Daniel MacNeil, PGeo, is named as the Qualified Person for the NI 43-101 purposes.

Evidence · text

> Mr. MacNeil is a qualified person for the purposes of NI 43-101.

## Extracted facts

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

## Drill Results (5)

### AP-01

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/copperex-awards-inaugural-drill-contract-for-the-exploradora-norte-property-and--23be3cf1-26cc-4990-8f78-a1e60e7eeca7#fact-drill-facts-0)

Exploradora Norte · gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: AP-01
- Project: Exploradora Norte
- Commodity: gold
- Region: chile
- Reported Region: Northern Chile
- Ticker: CUEX

#### Geometry

- Grade: 1.59
- Grade Unit: gpt
- Intercept: 65 m
- From: 4 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2001-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2024-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical intercept reported as a guide for current drilling.

- Positive factor: strong historical grade

- Negative factor: historical data

Evidence · text

> AP-01: 65m @ 1.59gpt of gold \(starting at 4m\)

### AP-02

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/copperex-awards-inaugural-drill-contract-for-the-exploradora-norte-property-and--23be3cf1-26cc-4990-8f78-a1e60e7eeca7#fact-drill-facts-1)

Exploradora Norte · gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: AP-02
- Project: Exploradora Norte
- Commodity: gold
- Region: chile
- Reported Region: Northern Chile
- Ticker: CUEX

#### Geometry

- Grade: 2.02
- Grade Unit: gpt
- Intercept: 60 m
- From: 59 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2001-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2024-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical intercept reported as a guide for current drilling.

- Positive factor: strong historical grade

- Negative factor: historical data

Evidence · text

> AP-02: 60m @ 2.02gpt of gold \(starting at 59m\)

### AP-10

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/copperex-awards-inaugural-drill-contract-for-the-exploradora-norte-property-and--23be3cf1-26cc-4990-8f78-a1e60e7eeca7#fact-drill-facts-2)

Exploradora Norte · gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: AP-10
- Project: Exploradora Norte
- Commodity: gold
- Region: chile
- Reported Region: Northern Chile
- Ticker: CUEX

#### Geometry

- Grade: 1.22
- Grade Unit: gpt
- Intercept: 24 m
- From: 94 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2001-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2024-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical intercept reported as a guide for current drilling.

- Negative factor: historical data

Evidence · text

> AP-10: 24m @ 1.22gpt of gold \(starting at 94m\)

### Fact 4

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/copperex-awards-inaugural-drill-contract-for-the-exploradora-norte-property-and--23be3cf1-26cc-4990-8f78-a1e60e7eeca7#fact-drill-facts-3)

Exploradora Norte · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Exploradora Norte
- Commodity: gold
- Region: chile
- Reported Region: Northern Chile
- Ticker: CUEX

#### Geometry

- Grade: 3.97
- Grade Unit: ppm

#### Classification

- Sample Type: surface

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2024-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Surface geochemical/trench result used to define targets.

- Positive factor: high surface grade

Evidence · text

> gold values up to 3.97 ppm Au 3 at ADLP

### Fact 5

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/copperex-awards-inaugural-drill-contract-for-the-exploradora-norte-property-and--23be3cf1-26cc-4990-8f78-a1e60e7eeca7#fact-drill-facts-4)

Exploradora Norte · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Exploradora Norte
- Commodity: gold
- Region: chile
- Reported Region: Northern Chile
- Ticker: CUEX

#### Geometry

- Grade: 4.57
- Grade Unit: ppm

#### Classification

- Sample Type: surface

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2024-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Surface geochemical/trench result used to define targets.

- Positive factor: high surface grade

Evidence · text

> 4.57 ppm Au 3 at Sorpresa

## 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.