# NorthWest Announces Significant Intercept of 36.0 Metres Grading 0.80% Copper and 3.21g/T Gold \(3.67% CuEq\) at Kwanika From 285 Metres

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/northwest-announces-significant-intercept-of-36-0-metres-grading-0-80-copper-and--cb749e69-ce61-4e7a-bb70-372aa1e23cbe

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-announces-significant-intercept-36-114500964.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2025-11-12T11:45:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: NorthWest Copper Corp.

- Ticker: NWST

- Exchange: TSXV

- Region: British Columbia

- Primary commodity: Copper

- Secondary commodities: Gold

- Document categories: Drill results

- Extracted: 2026-08-21 04:31:58 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

NorthWest Copper Corp. has announced a significant drill intercept at its Kwanika project in British Columbia. Hole K-25-280 returned 36 metres of 0.80% Cu and 3.21 g/t Au, representing 3.67% copper equivalent.

Reasoning: The 36m intercept at 0.80% Cu and 3.21 g/t Au is a standout result for a copper-gold project, significantly exceeding typical porphyry grade thresholds.

- Positive factor: exceptional copper grade for porphyry

- Positive factor: significant width

- Positive factor: high copper equivalent

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: The combined copper and gold grade \(3.67% CuEq\) over 36m is exceptionally high for this deposit type.

Evidence · text

> exceptional intercept of 36 metres grading 0.80 % Cu, 3.21 g/t Au \(3.67% copper equivalent

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (2)

### K-25-280

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/northwest-announces-significant-intercept-of-36-0-metres-grading-0-80-copper-and--cb749e69-ce61-4e7a-bb70-372aa1e23cbe#fact-drill-facts-0)

Kwanika · copper

#### Identity

- Hole ID: K-25-280
- Project: Kwanika
- Commodity: copper
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: British Columbia
- Ticker: NWST

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.8
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 36 m
- From: 285 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: K-25-280:285-321

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-11-12T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 0.80% Cu is a strong intercept for a copper-gold porphyry system.

- Positive factor: strong copper grade

Evidence · text

> 36 metres grading 0.80 % Cu

### K-25-280

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/northwest-announces-significant-intercept-of-36-0-metres-grading-0-80-copper-and--cb749e69-ce61-4e7a-bb70-372aa1e23cbe#fact-drill-facts-1)

Kwanika · gold

#### Identity

- Hole ID: K-25-280
- Project: Kwanika
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: British Columbia
- Ticker: NWST

#### Geometry

- Grade: 3.21
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 36 m
- From: 285 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: K-25-280:285-321

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-11-12T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 3.21 g/t Au is a strong grade for a copper-gold porphyry system.

- Positive factor: strong gold grade

Evidence · text

> 3.21 g/t Au

## 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.