# Nine Mile Metals Announces Phase 2 XRF High-Grade Results up to 17.41% Copper from the Upcoming Drill Area at the Wedge Project, Bathurst, New Brunswick

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/nine-mile-metals-announces-phase-2-xrf-high-grade-results-up-to-17-41-copper-fro--d45b1960-69cf-4ce9-8d2f-20a31d7ada0c

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nine-mile-metals-announces-phase-120000974.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2025-10-15T12:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Nine Mile Metals Ltd.

- Ticker: NINE

- Exchange: CSE

- Region: New Brunswick

- Primary commodity: Copper

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Drill results

- Extracted: 2026-08-21 10:43:16 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Nine Mile Metals has reported high-grade XRF results from ore samples at the Wedge VMS Project in New Brunswick, with copper grades reaching up to 17.41%. These results are from a new northwestern drill area and suggest strong volcanogenic massive sulphide \(VMS\) mineralization.

Reasoning: The announcement reports exceptionally high copper grades \(up to 17.41%\) from XRF testing of ore samples, indicating significant VMS mineralization potential in a new target area.

- Positive factor: High-grade copper intercepts

- Positive factor: Discovery potential in new drill area

- Negative factor: XRF results are preliminary and not certified assays

- Negative factor: Sample type is surface/ore samples rather than drill core

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**Bonanza Intercept**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: 17.41% Cu significantly exceeds the exceptional threshold for VMS copper deposits.

Evidence · text

> Up to Cu 17.41% Cu.

**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: The results are XRF-based and do not mention certified laboratory assays or formal QA/QC protocols.

Evidence · text

> Phase 2 XRF High-Grade Results

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (1)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/nine-mile-metals-announces-phase-2-xrf-high-grade-results-up-to-17-41-copper-fro--d45b1960-69cf-4ce9-8d2f-20a31d7ada0c#fact-drill-facts-0)

copper

#### Identity

- Commodity: copper
- Ticker: NINE

#### Geometry

- Grade: 17.41
- Grade Unit: %

#### Classification

- Sample Type: surface

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 17.41% Cu is an exceptional grade for a VMS deposit, though confidence is limited by the use of XRF on surface samples.

- Positive factor: Exceptional copper grade

- Negative factor: XRF results are not certified assays

- Negative factor: Surface sample only

Evidence · text

> Hi-Grade Sample Results Up to Cu 17.41% Cu.

## 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.