# Goldcliff Confirms Free Gold at Kettle Valley North Cliff Zone, Assays up to 2.70 g/t Au and 29.2 g/t Ag

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/goldcliff-confirms-free-gold-at-kettle-valley-north-cliff-zone-assays-up-to-2-70--fb5f7661-3e79-4ac0-9db9-53e9863cbbdc

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/GCN/news/6649410972369559/goldcliff-confirms-free-gold-at-kettle-valley-north-cliff-zone-assays-up-to-2-70

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-04-08T12:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Goldcliff Resource Corporation

- Ticker: GCN

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: British Columbia

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Silver

- Document categories: Drill results, Other

- Extracted: 2026-08-21 00:20:46 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Goldcliff Resource Corporation has confirmed the presence of free gold and possible electrum through surface sampling at the Kettle Valley project in British Columbia. Assays from 28 rock samples returned up to 2.70 g/t gold and 29.2 g/t silver, identifying a new priority target in the North Cliff Zone.

Reasoning: Confirmation of free gold and possible electrum from surface sampling at a new zone, with high-grade silver and gold intercepts reported.

- Positive factor: presence of free gold

- Positive factor: lack of deleterious elements

- Positive factor: epithermal gold-silver prospect

Facts used in scoring: 3

## 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: Release mentions fire assay, ICP, PhotonAssay, and metallics assays, and is reviewed by a QP.

Evidence · text

> All samples were initially analyzed using fire assay and four-acid digest ICP methods.

**Infill Drilling**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Confirmatory drilling to raise resource confidence, not new discovery.

Why it applies: The results are from surface sampling and hand-dug open cuts, not drill holes.

Evidence · text

> A total of 28 rock samples collected from bedrock and subcrop

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 3. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (3)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/goldcliff-confirms-free-gold-at-kettle-valley-north-cliff-zone-assays-up-to-2-70--fb5f7661-3e79-4ac0-9db9-53e9863cbbdc#fact-drill-facts-0)

gold

#### Identity

- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: GCN

#### Geometry

- Grade: 2.7
- Grade Unit: g/t

#### Classification

- Sample Type: surface

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: No
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: fire assay, four-acid digest ICP, PhotonAssay, metallics assays

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High-grade gold intercept from surface rock chip/subcrop sampling.

- Positive factor: high grade for surface sampling

### Fact 2

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/goldcliff-confirms-free-gold-at-kettle-valley-north-cliff-zone-assays-up-to-2-70--fb5f7661-3e79-4ac0-9db9-53e9863cbbdc#fact-drill-facts-1)

silver

#### Identity

- Commodity: silver
- Ticker: GCN

#### Geometry

- Grade: 29.2
- Grade Unit: g/t

#### Classification

- Sample Type: surface

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: No
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: fire assay, four-acid digest ICP, PhotonAssay, metallics assays

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Elevated silver intercept from surface sampling.

- Positive factor: elevated silver values

### Fact 3

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/goldcliff-confirms-free-gold-at-kettle-valley-north-cliff-zone-assays-up-to-2-70--fb5f7661-3e79-4ac0-9db9-53e9863cbbdc#fact-drill-facts-2)

gold

#### Identity

- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: GCN

#### Geometry

- Grade: 2.7
- Grade Unit: g/t

#### Classification

- Sample Type: surface

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: No
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: fire assay

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Specific high-grade gold values reported from fire assay.

- Positive factor: multiple elevated samples

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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