# Initial Drilling at Coyote Basin Shows Radioactivity Correlating to Historical Drilling

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/initial-drilling-at-coyote-basin-shows-radioactivity-correlating-to-historical-d--4c8e2a25-03d9-4109-b5db-8e8f30dd4d14

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/HLU/news/7688129062049847/initial-drilling-at-coyote-basin-shows-radioactivity-correlating-to-historical-d

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2025-12-15T09:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Homeland Uranium Corp.

- Ticker: HLU

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Colorado

- Primary commodity: Uranium

- Secondary commodities: Vanadium

- Document categories: Drill results, Other

- Extracted: 2026-08-21 03:53:58 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.30 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Homeland Uranium Corp. has completed the first six holes of its Phase II exploration program at the Coyote Basin Uranium Project. The drilling identified near-surface and deeper elevated radioactivity correlating with historical data, though chemical assays are pending to confirm actual uranium grades.

Reasoning: Initial RC drilling confirms radiometric signatures correlating to historical targets, but chemical assays are required to confirm actual uranium grades due to potential disequilibrium.

- Positive factor: correlates with historical radioactivity

- Positive factor: near-surface elevated radioactivity identified

- Positive factor: deep zones identified that remain open

- Negative factor: uranium grades not yet determined

- Negative factor: potential uranium disequilibrium

- Negative factor: discrepancies between gamma probe and XRF

Low confidence — this extraction should be reviewed alongside the original source.

Facts used in scoring: 2

## 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 SGS Laboratories, ISO 17043 accreditation, and use of XRF and gamma probes.

Evidence · text

> SGS Lab is certified ISO 17043

**Apparent Width Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Interval given as downhole width with no true width or drill orientation — apparent width may overstate true thickness.

Why it applies: True thicknesses have not yet been determined for the reported radiometric zones.

Evidence · text

> True thicknesses have not yet been determined.

## Extracted facts

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

## Drill Results (2)

### CB-RC-0023

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/initial-drilling-at-coyote-basin-shows-radioactivity-correlating-to-historical-d--4c8e2a25-03d9-4109-b5db-8e8f30dd4d14#fact-drill-facts-0)

Coyote Basin Uranium Project · uranium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: CB-RC-0023
- Project: Coyote Basin Uranium Project
- Commodity: uranium
- Region: usa\_co
- Reported Region: Colorado
- Ticker: HLU

#### Geometry

- Intercept: 100 m
- From: 220 m
- To: 320 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: CB-RC-0023:220-320

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: SGS Laboratories
- 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: 2025-12-15T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Identified multiple zones of elevated radioactivity at depth that remain open.

- Positive factor: elevated radioactivity

- Positive factor: remains open for expansion

- Negative factor: grades not yet determined

Evidence · text

> CB-RC-0023... identified multiple zones of elevated radioactivity at depths between 220 and 320 metres

### CB-RC-0023

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/initial-drilling-at-coyote-basin-shows-radioactivity-correlating-to-historical-d--4c8e2a25-03d9-4109-b5db-8e8f30dd4d14#fact-drill-facts-1)

Coyote Basin Uranium Project · uranium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: CB-RC-0023
- Project: Coyote Basin Uranium Project
- Commodity: uranium
- Region: usa\_co
- Reported Region: Colorado
- Ticker: HLU

#### Geometry

- Intercept: 50 m
- From: 50 m
- To: 100 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: CB-RC-0023:50-100

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: SGS Laboratories
- 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: 2025-12-15T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Near-surface elevated radioactivity correlates with historical mineralized horizons.

- Positive factor: near-surface elevated radioactivity

- Negative factor: grades not yet determined

Evidence · text

> demonstrate near-surface elevated radioactivity \(50 – 100 m depth\) that correlates with the shallow mineralized horizons

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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