# Nuvau Minerals' 2023 Sonic Drilling Program Yields Regionally Significant Anomaly

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/nuvau-minerals-2023-sonic-drilling-program-yields-regionally-significant-anomaly--75746058-7c5b-403a-a060-a6238563ea1a

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/NMC/news/5184557469083106/nuvau-minerals-2023-sonic-drilling-program-yields-regionally-significant-anomaly

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2025-03-04T12:13:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Nuvau Minerals Inc.

- Ticker: NMC

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Abitibi

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Drill results, Other

- Extracted: 2026-08-22 03:42:25 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Nuvau Minerals has reported a significant gold grain anomaly in overburden samples from its Matagami Property, with one sample containing over 2,000 grains per 10kg. The pristine morphology of the grains suggests the source is located nearby, potentially within a kilometre to the north-east.

Reasoning: The discovery of >2,000 gold grains per 10kg in till is a regionally significant anomaly that suggests a nearby untested gold source.

- Positive factor: exceptional gold grain counts

- Positive factor: pristine grain morphology suggesting minimal transport

- Positive factor: proximity to geophysical anomalies

- Negative factor: overburden/till sampling only

- Negative factor: displacement by glacial movement unknown

- Negative factor: no outcrop or previous drilling in up-ice direction

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**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 15% blanks, certified reference materials, and internal reference materials, with analysis by Activation Laboratories.

Evidence · text

> Quality control is ensured via various mass balance calculations and EDS analysis... includes approximately 15% blanks, certified reference materials and internal reference materials.

**Step-Out Extension**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Mineralization extended beyond the previously known limit.

Why it applies: The program is evaluating potential dispersion and confirming a gold-in-till anomaly in a new target area.

Evidence · text

> delineated an exciting new gold target on the Company's large-scale property

## Extracted facts

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

## Drill Results (2)

### PD-23-030s

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/nuvau-minerals-2023-sonic-drilling-program-yields-regionally-significant-anomaly--75746058-7c5b-403a-a060-a6238563ea1a#fact-drill-facts-0)

Matagami Property · gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: PD-23-030s
- Project: Matagami Property
- Commodity: gold
- Region: abitibi
- Reported Region: Abitibi
- Ticker: NMC

#### Geometry

- Intercept: 0.61 m
- From: 29.26 m
- To: 29.87 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: PD-23-030s:29.26-29.87

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Activation Laboratories
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Extremely high gold grain count \(2,000+ per 10kg\) in till sample.

- Positive factor: exceptional grain count

- Negative factor: overburden sample

Evidence · text

> more than 2,000 gold grains per 10 kg of material

### PD-23-030s

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/nuvau-minerals-2023-sonic-drilling-program-yields-regionally-significant-anomaly--75746058-7c5b-403a-a060-a6238563ea1a#fact-drill-facts-1)

Matagami Property · gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: PD-23-030s
- Project: Matagami Property
- Commodity: gold
- Region: abitibi
- Reported Region: Abitibi
- Ticker: NMC

#### Geometry

- Intercept: 0.88 m
- From: 31.12 m
- To: 32 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: PD-23-030s:31.12-32.0

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Activation Laboratories
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Significant gold grain count \(295 per 10kg\) in adjacent till sample.

- Positive factor: high grain count

Evidence · text

> 295 gold grains per 10 kg of material

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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