# Nine Mile Metals Announces Phase 3 XRF High-Grade Results up to 26.14% Copper with 1.03% Antimony from the Upper Pre Drill Area at the Wedge Copper - Gold Project, BMC, NB

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/nine-mile-metals-announces-phase-3-xrf-high-grade-results-up-to-26-14-copper-wit--2579205e-4c79-4880-9522-7e89f7aadc6a

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nine-mile-metals-announces-phase-131500789.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2025-11-05T13:15:00.000Z

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: Antimony, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold

- Document categories: Drill results

- Extracted: 2026-08-21 10:41:11 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Nine Mile Metals has announced high-grade XRF results from its Wedge Copper-Gold Project in New Brunswick, featuring copper grades up to 26.14%. The results were obtained from ore samples in the Upper Pre Drill Area and include significant antimony levels.

Reasoning: The announcement reports exceptionally high copper grades \(26.14%\) from XRF screening, though the presence of antimony and the use of XRF \(rather than full assays\) requires caution.

- Positive factor: exceptional copper grade

- Positive factor: high-grade XRF results

- Negative factor: deleterious antimony present

- Negative factor: XRF results are preliminary/screening

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**Bonanza Intercept**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: 26.14% Cu is exceptionally high for a VMS deposit.

Evidence · text

> up to 26.14% Copper

**Deleterious Elements Present**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Penalty elements \(arsenic, antimony, etc.\) or refractory concerns noted in the release.

Why it applies: The release explicitly mentions 1.03% Antimony.

Evidence · text

> with 1.03% Antimony

## 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/nine-mile-metals-announces-phase-3-xrf-high-grade-results-up-to-26-14-copper-wit--2579205e-4c79-4880-9522-7e89f7aadc6a#fact-drill-facts-0)

copper

Needs review: ungrounded

#### Identity

- Commodity: copper
- Ticker: NINE

#### Geometry

- Grade: 26.14
- Grade Unit: %

#### Classification

- Sample Type: surface

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: ungrounded
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 26.14% Cu is an exceptional grade for a VMS deposit, though XRF is a screening tool.

- Positive factor: exceptional copper grade

- Negative factor: XRF results are preliminary

Evidence · text

> High-Grade Results up to 26.14% Copper

### Fact 2

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/nine-mile-metals-announces-phase-3-xrf-high-grade-results-up-to-26-14-copper-wit--2579205e-4c79-4880-9522-7e89f7aadc6a#fact-drill-facts-1)

antimony

#### Identity

- Commodity: antimony
- Ticker: NINE

#### Geometry

- Grade: 1.03
- Grade Unit: %

#### Classification

- Sample Type: surface

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 1.03% antimony is a significant penalty element for copper concentrates.

- Negative factor: deleterious element present

Evidence · text

> with 1.03% Antimony

## 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.