# M96: Pokali Drilling Mobilisation

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/m96-pokali-drilling-mobilisation--34a5f018-59c2-4657-badd-46f8ae1c252f

Original source: https://www.asx.com.au/asx/v2/statistics/displayAnnouncement.do?display=pdf&idsId=03151961

Publisher: asx

Original announcement: 2026-10-13T21:22:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-10-13T22:20:18.711Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-10-13T22:20:18.711Z

- Company: Maverick Minerals Australia Ltd

- Ticker: M96

- Exchange: ASX

- Region: Western Australia

- Primary commodity: Copper

- Secondary commodities: Rare earth elements

- Document categories: Other, Drill results

- Extracted: 2026-10-13 22:20:19 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.20 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Maverick Minerals is mobilising a drill rig to the Pokali East copper prospect at the West Arunta Project in Western Australia. The planned 14-hole RC and Aircore program will test extensions of the mineralised corridor and is expected to take approximately three weeks.

Reasoning: The announcement is a routine operational update regarding the commencement of a planned drilling program; no new assay results are provided.

- Positive factor: Mobilisation of drill rig for planned 14-hole program

- Positive factor: Targeting based on geophysical and geochemical anomalies

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**Infill Drilling**

Polarity: neutral

Story-specific tag

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

Why it applies: The program is described as testing interpreted extensions of the mineralised corridor, which is characteristic of exploration/infill work.

Evidence · text

> The program will test interpreted extensions of the mineralised corridor

## 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/m96-pokali-drilling-mobilisation--34a5f018-59c2-4657-badd-46f8ae1c252f#fact-drill-facts-0)

West Arunta · copper

Historical result

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: West Arunta
- Commodity: copper
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: australia\_wa
- Ticker: M96

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.23
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 212 m
- From: 2 m
- To: 214 m
- Intercept Depth: 2 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: West\_Arunta:2-214

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2024-10-02T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical intercept restated from Rincon announcement.

Evidence · text

> 212m @ 0.23% Cu from 2m

#### 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

**Stale Data Re-release**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Historical results re-announced with no new assays or reinterpretation — low genuine novelty.

Why it applies: the fact restates a prior release

### Fact 2

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/m96-pokali-drilling-mobilisation--34a5f018-59c2-4657-badd-46f8ae1c252f#fact-drill-facts-1)

West Arunta · copper

Historical result

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: West Arunta
- Commodity: copper
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: australia\_wa
- Ticker: M96

#### Geometry

- Grade: 3.87
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 4 m
- From: 48 m
- To: 52 m
- Intercept Depth: 48 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: West\_Arunta:48-52

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2024-10-02T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical intercept restated from Rincon announcement.

Evidence · text

> 4m @ 3.87% Cu from 48m

#### 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

**Stale Data Re-release**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Historical results re-announced with no new assays or reinterpretation — low genuine novelty.

Why it applies: the fact restates a prior release

## 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.