# Drilling at Swanson Gold Deposit Confirms Large-Scale Gold Discovery with 1.18 g/t Au over 255.04 metres and 1.65 g/t Au over 136.01 metres

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/drilling-at-swanson-gold-deposit-confirms-large-scale-gold-discovery-with-1-18-g--6688b7d3-c224-457c-98ac-88d5cdf688ab

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/commodities/articles/drilling-swanson-gold-deposit-confirms-142800024.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2026-04-21T14:28:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-09-22T02:38:19.589Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-09-22T02:38:19.589Z

- Company: LaFleur Minerals Inc.

- Ticker: LFLR

- Exchange: CSE

- Region: British Columbia

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Drill results

- Extracted: 2026-09-22 02:38:20 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

LaFleur Minerals has reported significant drill results at the Swanson Gold Project, including a 255.04m intercept at 1.18 g/t Au. The results indicate broad, continuous gold mineralization that extends beyond the current resource model, suggesting a large-scale gold system.

Reasoning: The announcement reports high-tonnage, continuous gold mineralization that extends the known resource limits, indicating a significant discovery.

- Positive factor: Significant intercept width

- Positive factor: Discovery of new zones

- Positive factor: Extension of known mineralization

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**Step-Out Extension**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Mineralization extended beyond the previously known limit.

Why it applies: Mineralization extends well below the limits of the current resource model.

Evidence · text

> extend well below the limits of the current resource model

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (2)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/drilling-at-swanson-gold-deposit-confirms-large-scale-gold-discovery-with-1-18-g--6688b7d3-c224-457c-98ac-88d5cdf688ab#fact-drill-facts-0)

Swanson · gold

Needs review: ungrounded

#### Identity

- Project: Swanson
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: canada\_bc
- Ticker: LFLR

#### Geometry

- Grade: 1.18
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 255.04 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: ungrounded
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 1.18 g/t over 255m is a very high-tonnage intercept for a gold system.

- Positive factor: Large intercept width

Evidence · text

> 1.18 g/t Au over 255.04 metres

#### Tags used in scoring

**No QA/QC Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is not true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### Fact 2

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/drilling-at-swanson-gold-deposit-confirms-large-scale-gold-discovery-with-1-18-g--6688b7d3-c224-457c-98ac-88d5cdf688ab#fact-drill-facts-1)

Swanson · gold

Needs review: ungrounded

#### Identity

- Project: Swanson
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: canada\_bc
- Ticker: LFLR

#### Geometry

- Grade: 1.65
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 136.01 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: ungrounded
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 1.65 g/t over 136m represents significant gold content.

- Positive factor: Strong grade and width

Evidence · text

> 1.65 g/t Au over 136.01 metres

#### Tags used in scoring

**No QA/QC Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is not true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

## 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.