# Hayasa Metals Announces Initial Drill Results and Final IP Sections at Urasar Copper-Gold Project

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/hayasa-metals-announces-initial-drill-results-and-final-ip-sections-at-urasar-co--b89db426-9949-4a36-abda-272c8f9ee039

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/HAY/news/8480183984813909/hayasa-metals-announces-initial-drill-results-and-final-ip-sections-at-urasar-co

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2025-02-19T11:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Hayasa Metals Inc.

- Ticker: HAY

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Armenia

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Copper

- Document categories: Drill results, Other

- Extracted: 2026-08-25 14:57:19 UTC

Narrative sentiment: -0.20 · Bearish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Hayasa Metals reported initial drill results from the Urasar Copper-Gold Project, showing anomalous but low-grade gold and copper mineralization across four holes. The company also addressed a rotational error in previous IP survey sections, which has now been corrected to better target chargeability anomalies to the north.

Reasoning: Initial drill results show widespread but low-grade gold and copper mineralization, confirming a fertile system but failing to hit high-grade targets. The discovery of an IP survey error is a minor technical setback but provides clarity for future targeting.

- Positive factor: anomalous gold and copper throughout lengths

- Positive factor: ubiquitous sulfide mineralization

- Positive factor: fertile mineralizing system confirmed

- Positive factor: QA/QC disclosed

- Negative factor: results not as robust as expected

- Negative factor: low grades \(ppm level\)

- Negative factor: IP survey rotation error discovered

Facts used in scoring: 4

## 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 insertion of standards, blanks, and duplicates every ten samples and use of ALS laboratory.

Evidence · text

> a known standard, blank or duplicate was inserted every ten samples for QA/QC purposes

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 4. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (4)

### UDD-06

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/hayasa-metals-announces-initial-drill-results-and-final-ip-sections-at-urasar-co--b89db426-9949-4a36-abda-272c8f9ee039#fact-drill-facts-0)

Urasar Copper-Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

- Hole ID: UDD-06
- Project: Urasar Copper-Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: armenia
- Reported Region: Armenia
- Ticker: HAY

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.03
- Grade Unit: ppm
- Intercept: 214 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: UDD-06:0-214
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: ALS
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, duplicates

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Low-grade gold intercept \(0.03 ppm\) over a significant width.

- Positive factor: anomalous gold

- Negative factor: low grade

Evidence · text

> Gold grades averaged 0.030 ppm Au over 214m in hole UDD-06

### UDD-03

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/hayasa-metals-announces-initial-drill-results-and-final-ip-sections-at-urasar-co--b89db426-9949-4a36-abda-272c8f9ee039#fact-drill-facts-1)

Urasar Copper-Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

- Hole ID: UDD-03
- Project: Urasar Copper-Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: armenia
- Reported Region: Armenia
- Ticker: HAY

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.16
- Grade Unit: ppm
- Intercept: 275 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: UDD-03:0-275
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: ALS
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, duplicates

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Low-grade gold intercept \(0.16 ppm\) over a significant width.

- Positive factor: anomalous gold

- Negative factor: low grade

Evidence · text

> 0.16 ppm Au over275m in hole UDD-03

### UDD-01

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/hayasa-metals-announces-initial-drill-results-and-final-ip-sections-at-urasar-co--b89db426-9949-4a36-abda-272c8f9ee039#fact-drill-facts-2)

Urasar Copper-Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

- Hole ID: UDD-01
- Project: Urasar Copper-Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: armenia
- Reported Region: Armenia
- Ticker: HAY

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.18
- Grade Unit: ppm
- Intercept: 145 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: UDD-01:0-145
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: ALS
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, duplicates

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Low-grade gold intercept \(0.18 ppm\) over a significant width.

- Positive factor: anomalous gold

- Negative factor: low grade

Evidence · text

> 0.18 ppm over 145m in UDD-01

### UDD-02

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/hayasa-metals-announces-initial-drill-results-and-final-ip-sections-at-urasar-co--b89db426-9949-4a36-abda-272c8f9ee039#fact-drill-facts-3)

Urasar Copper-Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

- Hole ID: UDD-02
- Project: Urasar Copper-Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: armenia
- Reported Region: Armenia
- Ticker: HAY

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.12
- Grade Unit: ppm
- Intercept: 394 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: UDD-02:0-394
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: ALS
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, duplicates

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Low-grade gold intercept \(0.12 ppm\) over a very significant width.

- Positive factor: anomalous gold

- Negative factor: low grade

Evidence · text

> 0.12 ppm Au over 394m in UDD-02

## 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.
