# Melkior Drills 77.4 g/t Au over 6.9m in New High-Grade Gold Discovery at Carscallen, Including Project's Highest Grade Gold Interval of 445 g/t Au over 1.2m

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/melkior-drills-77-4-g-t-au-over-6-9m-in-new-high-grade-gold-discovery-at-carscal--b3fb259c-d79b-43f0-bf67-993265041c1c

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/MKR/news/5392944743704210/melkior-drills-77-4-g-t-au-over-6-9m-in-new-high-grade-gold-discovery-at-carscal

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2025-04-29T11:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Melkior Resources Inc.

- Ticker: MKR

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Ontario

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Drill results

- Extracted: 2026-08-23 22:47:30 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 1.00 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Melkior Resources has announced a new high-grade gold discovery at its Carscallen Gold Property in Ontario. The drill program intersected a project-record 445 g/t Au over 1.2m and a significant 77.4 g/t Au over 6.9m at the 1010 South Zone.

Reasoning: Discovery of a new high-grade zone with a project-record 445 g/t Au intercept and a significant 77.4 g/t Au over 6.9m interval.

- Positive factor: Bonanza grade intercept

- Positive factor: Step-Out Extension

- Positive factor: QA/QC Disclosed

- Negative factor: Apparent Width Only

Facts used in scoring: 5

## Classification and evidence

**Bonanza Intercept**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: 445 g/t Au is exceptionally high grade for an orogenic gold system.

Evidence · text

> 445 g/t gold over 1.2 meters

**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 a Qualified Person \(Martin Ethier, P.Geo\) has reviewed the technical information.

Evidence · text

> reviewed and approved by Martin Ethier , P.Geo.

**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: The document explicitly states that true width has not yet been established by drilling.

Evidence · text

> The True Width of the intervals has not yet been established by drilling.

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 5. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (5)

### MKR-24-002

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/melkior-drills-77-4-g-t-au-over-6-9m-in-new-high-grade-gold-discovery-at-carscal--b3fb259c-d79b-43f0-bf67-993265041c1c#fact-drill-facts-0)

Carscallen · gold

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MKR-24-002
- Project: Carscallen
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_on
- Reported Region: Ontario
- Ticker: MKR

#### Geometry

- Grade: 77.4
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 6.9 m
- From: 208.5 m
- To: 215.4 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: MKR-24-002:208.5-215.4
- Mining Method: underground

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High-grade intercept of 77.4 g/t Au over 6.9m is a significant discovery.

- Positive factor: Bonanza Intercept

- Negative factor: Apparent Width Only

Evidence · text

> DH MKR-24-002 intersected 77.4 g/t gold over 6.9 meters

### MKR-24-002

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/melkior-drills-77-4-g-t-au-over-6-9m-in-new-high-grade-gold-discovery-at-carscal--b3fb259c-d79b-43f0-bf67-993265041c1c#fact-drill-facts-1)

Carscallen · gold

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MKR-24-002
- Project: Carscallen
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_on
- Reported Region: Ontario
- Ticker: MKR

#### Geometry

- Grade: 445
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 1.2 m
- From: 213.5 m
- To: 214.7 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: MKR-24-002:213.5-214.7
- Mining Method: underground

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Project-record high-grade intercept of 445 g/t Au.

- Positive factor: Bonanza Intercept

- Negative factor: Apparent Width Only

Evidence · text

> including 445 g/t gold over 1.2 meters

### MKR-24-001

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/melkior-drills-77-4-g-t-au-over-6-9m-in-new-high-grade-gold-discovery-at-carscal--b3fb259c-d79b-43f0-bf67-993265041c1c#fact-drill-facts-2)

Carscallen · gold

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MKR-24-001
- Project: Carscallen
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_on
- Reported Region: Ontario
- Ticker: MKR

#### Geometry

- Grade: 2.58
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 0.5 m
- From: 62.5 m
- To: 63 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Mining Method: underground

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Low grade intercept.

Evidence · text

> DH MKR-24-001 intersected 2.58 g/t gold over 0.50 meters

### MKR-24-003

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/melkior-drills-77-4-g-t-au-over-6-9m-in-new-high-grade-gold-discovery-at-carscal--b3fb259c-d79b-43f0-bf67-993265041c1c#fact-drill-facts-3)

Carscallen · gold

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MKR-24-003
- Project: Carscallen
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_on
- Reported Region: Ontario
- Ticker: MKR

#### Geometry

- Grade: 2.7
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 0.8 m
- From: 123.9 m
- To: 124.7 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Mining Method: underground

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Low grade intercept.

Evidence · text

> 2.70 g/t gold over 0.80 meters

### MKR-24-003

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/melkior-drills-77-4-g-t-au-over-6-9m-in-new-high-grade-gold-discovery-at-carscal--b3fb259c-d79b-43f0-bf67-993265041c1c#fact-drill-facts-4)

Carscallen · gold

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MKR-24-003
- Project: Carscallen
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_on
- Reported Region: Ontario
- Ticker: MKR

#### Geometry

- Grade: 1.26
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 1.3 m
- From: 142.3 m
- To: 143.6 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Mining Method: underground

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Low grade intercept.

Evidence · text

> 1.26 g/t gold over 1.30 meters

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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