# Kristie Batten: Black Bear advancing two US precious metals projects

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/kristie-batten-black-bear-advancing-two-us-precious-metals-projects--31605b23-a179-479a-8557-1291d475c07b

Original source: https://stockhead.com.au/resources/kristie-batten-black-bear-advancing-two-us-precious-metals-projects/

Publisher: stockhead

Original announcement: 2026-08-16T20:20:44.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Black Bear Minerals

- Ticker: BKB

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: Nevada

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Silver

- Document categories: Resource update, Drill results

- Extracted: 2026-08-20 17:29:59 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Black Bear Minerals is advancing two precious metals projects in the US: the Independence gold project in Nevada and the Shafter silver project in Texas. The Independence project features a high-grade skarn resource and a scoping study for an open-pit heap leach operation, while Shafter is undergoing a restart study to convert its silver resource to JORC compliance.

Reasoning: The document highlights two advanced projects with significant resource scale and strategic positioning, though one requires JORC conversion and the other permitting.

- Positive factor: Strategic location adjacent to Nevada Gold Mines

- Positive factor: High-grade skarn resource reported

- Positive factor: Near-term production potential at Shafter

- Positive factor: Silver identified as critical mineral

- Negative factor: Independence project not yet permitted

- Negative factor: Shafter resource is currently non-JORC

Facts used in scoring: 6

## Classification and evidence

**Bonanza Intercept**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Exceptionally high-grade zone, well above the deposit-type norm.

Why it applies: Intercepts of 1333 g/t and 1360 g/t silver are exceptionally high.

Evidence · text

> 0.5m at 1333g/t silver

**Inferred Resource**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Speculative category — limited drilling, geological continuity assumed but not confirmed. Cannot support economic studies alone.

Why it applies: The Shafter silver resource is described as a foreign \(non-JORC\) resource.

Evidence · text

> Shafter has a foreign \(non-JORC\) resource

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 6. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Resource Estimates (6)

### indicated

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/kristie-batten-black-bear-advancing-two-us-precious-metals-projects--31605b23-a179-479a-8557-1291d475c07b#fact-resource-facts-0)

gold

#### Identity

- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: BKB

#### Resource Data

- Category: indicated
- Tonnes: 1000000
- Grade: 6.3
- Grade Unit: g/t

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 6.3 g/t gold in a skarn deposit is a strong grade.

- Positive factor: High-grade skarn resource

Evidence · text

> high-grade skarn resource of 1Moz at 6.3 grams per tonne gold

### inferred

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/kristie-batten-black-bear-advancing-two-us-precious-metals-projects--31605b23-a179-479a-8557-1291d475c07b#fact-resource-facts-1)

silver

#### Identity

- Commodity: silver
- Ticker: BKB

#### Resource Data

- Category: inferred
- Tonnes: 1880000
- Grade: 289
- Grade Unit: g/t

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High grade silver but currently non-compliant reporting standard.

- Positive factor: High grade silver

- Negative factor: Non-JORC resource

Evidence · text

> foreign \(non-JORC\) resource of 1.88 million tonnes at 289g/t silver

### Fact 3

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/kristie-batten-black-bear-advancing-two-us-precious-metals-projects--31605b23-a179-479a-8557-1291d475c07b#fact-resource-facts-2)

silver

#### Identity

- Commodity: silver
- Ticker: BKB

#### Resource Data

- Grade: 148
- Grade Unit: g/t

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Moderate grade silver intercept.

- Positive factor: Significant intercept

Evidence · text

> intersected 11.9m at 148g/t silver from 78.9m

### Fact 4

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/kristie-batten-black-bear-advancing-two-us-precious-metals-projects--31605b23-a179-479a-8557-1291d475c07b#fact-resource-facts-3)

silver

#### Identity

- Commodity: silver
- Ticker: BKB

#### Resource Data

- Grade: 1333
- Grade Unit: g/t

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Extremely high grade silver intercept.

- Positive factor: Bonanza grade

Evidence · text

> including 0.5m at 1333g/t silver

### Fact 5

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/kristie-batten-black-bear-advancing-two-us-precious-metals-projects--31605b23-a179-479a-8557-1291d475c07b#fact-resource-facts-4)

silver

#### Identity

- Commodity: silver
- Ticker: BKB

#### Resource Data

- Grade: 525
- Grade Unit: g/t

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Strong silver grade from historical core re-assay.

- Positive factor: Strong grade

Evidence · text

> returned 8.5m at 525g/t silver from 0m

### Fact 6

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/kristie-batten-black-bear-advancing-two-us-precious-metals-projects--31605b23-a179-479a-8557-1291d475c07b#fact-resource-facts-5)

silver

#### Identity

- Commodity: silver
- Ticker: BKB

#### Resource Data

- Grade: 1360
- Grade Unit: g/t

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Extremely high grade silver intercept.

- Positive factor: Bonanza grade

Evidence · text

> including 0.7m at 1360g/t silver

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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