# Desert Gold Commences 3,750 Meter Phase 2 Exploration Drill Program, SMSZ Project, Mali

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/desert-gold-commences-3-750-meter-phase-2-exploration-drill-program-smsz-project--b9f91fc2-f229-41a4-bb32-fcd2b1a66a70

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/DAU/news/5517201216263638/desert-gold-commences-3-750-meter-phase-2-exploration-drill-program-smsz-project

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2024-05-14T09:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Desert Gold Ventures Inc.

- Ticker: DAU

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Mali

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Other, Resource update

- Extracted: 2026-08-23 06:56:49 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.40 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Desert Gold has commenced a 3,750-meter Phase 2 exploration drilling program at its SMSZ Project in Mali. The program targets extensions of the Mogoyafara South, Barani East, and Soa gold zones, alongside testing new gold-in-auger anomalies.

Reasoning: The company is launching a substantial Phase 2 exploration program to extend known resources and test new anomalies, supported by existing M&I resources.

- Positive factor: Initiation of a significant 3,750m drill program

- Positive factor: Existing resource base with multiple categories

- Positive factor: Positive metallurgical test results suggesting heap leachability

- Negative factor: New drill assay results are still pending

Facts used in scoring: 9

## Classification and evidence

**NI 43-101 Compliant**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Resource estimate prepared in compliance with NI 43-101 \(Canada\) — high reporting standard.

Why it applies: The mineral resource report is explicitly stated as NI 43-101 compliant.

Evidence · text

> Desert Gold NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource report filed on March 3, 2022

**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: Don Dudek, P.Geo., a Qualified Person, has reviewed and approved the technical information.

Evidence · text

> Don Dudek, P.Geo. a director of Desert Gold and a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved

## 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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