# Meridian Updates Resources for Cabaçal and Santa Helena Central Deposits

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/meridian-updates-resources-for-cabac-al-and-santa-helena-central-deposits--599d7a4f-ddee-4c80-928a-c21d4ddffbdd

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meridian-updates-resources-caba-al-113000834.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2026-01-20T11:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Unavailable

- Ticker: MNO

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Unavailable

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead

- Document categories: Resource update

- Extracted: 2026-08-21 03:04:52 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Meridian has announced expanded Measured and Indicated resources for the Cabaçal project, showing significant increases in contained gold, copper, and silver. Additionally, the company reported a maiden open-pit resource for the Santa Helena Central deposit.

Reasoning: Significant metal increases \(39.2% Au, 14.2% Cu, 19.3% Ag\) and expansion of the Cabaçal M&I resource, alongside a new maiden resource for Santa Helena Central.

- Positive factor: Contained metal growth

- Positive factor: Tonnage growth

- Positive factor: Maiden resource

Facts used in scoring: 3

## Classification and evidence

**Contained Metal Growth**

Polarity: positive

Definition: True scale improvement — contained metal ounces/tonnes increased vs prior, accounting for both tonnage and grade changes.

Why it applies: Metal increases of 39.2% for Au, 14.2% for Cu and 19.3% for Ag reported.

Evidence · text

> Metal increases of 39.2% for Au, 14.2% for Cu and 19.3% for Ag

**Maiden Resource**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: First formal MRE for the project — establishes baseline but typically exploration-stage with high Inferred component.

Why it applies: Santa Helena Central is reported as a maiden open-pittable resource.

Evidence · text

> Santa Helena Central’s maiden open-pittable Au-Cu-Ag-Zn-Pb resource

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 3. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Resource Estimates (3)

### indicated

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/meridian-updates-resources-for-cabac-al-and-santa-helena-central-deposits--599d7a4f-ddee-4c80-928a-c21d4ddffbdd#fact-resource-facts-0)

gold

#### Identity

- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: MNO

#### Resource Data

- Category: indicated
- Tonnes: 70100000
- Grade: 0.6
- Grade Unit: g/t

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Significant increase in contained gold metal \(39.2%\) within the M&I resource.

- Positive factor: Contained metal growth

Evidence · text

> M&I: 70.1Mt @ 0.6g/t Au, 0.3% Cu, 1.3g/t Ag

### indicated

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/meridian-updates-resources-for-cabac-al-and-santa-helena-central-deposits--599d7a4f-ddee-4c80-928a-c21d4ddffbdd#fact-resource-facts-1)

copper

#### Identity

- Commodity: copper
- Ticker: MNO

#### Resource Data

- Category: indicated
- Tonnes: 70100000
- Grade: 0.3
- Grade Unit: %

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Contained copper metal increased by 14.2%.

- Positive factor: Contained metal growth

Evidence · text

> M&I: 70.1Mt @ 0.6g/t Au, 0.3% Cu, 1.3g/t Ag

### indicated

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/meridian-updates-resources-for-cabac-al-and-santa-helena-central-deposits--599d7a4f-ddee-4c80-928a-c21d4ddffbdd#fact-resource-facts-2)

silver

#### Identity

- Commodity: silver
- Ticker: MNO

#### Resource Data

- Category: indicated
- Tonnes: 70100000
- Grade: 1.3
- Grade Unit: g/t

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Contained silver metal increased by 19.3%.

- Positive factor: Contained metal growth

Evidence · text

> M&I: 70.1Mt @ 0.6g/t Au, 0.3% Cu, 1.3g/t Ag

## 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.