# Orestone Advances Exploration at Tom East and Kelly Gold Zones on the Francisca Gold Silver Property in Salta Province Argentina

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/orestone-advances-exploration-at-tom-east-and-kelly-gold-zones-on-the-francisca--b877814e-d370-4b94-a883-e701d0e4f9e4

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/ORS/news/8841095127056994/orestone-advances-exploration-at-tom-east-and-kelly-gold-zones-on-the-francisca-

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-07-20T12:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Orestone Mining Corp.

- Ticker: ORS

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Salta Province, Argentina

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Silver

- Document categories: Drill results, Other

- Extracted: 2026-08-26 02:32:00 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.40 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Orestone Mining Corp. is advancing exploration at the Francisca Gold-Silver Project in Argentina, focusing on the Tom East and Kelly gold zones. The company highlighted previous high-grade trench results at Tom East and reconnaissance mapping at the Kelly zone to support upcoming drill targeting.

Reasoning: The release provides updates on exploration activities and restates previous high-grade trench results and reconnaissance mapping, rather than announcing new assay results.

- Positive factor: Strong trench results at Tom East

- Positive factor: Large IP chargeability anomalies

- Positive factor: Presence of QP sign-off

- Negative factor: Results are historical restatements

- Negative factor: Kelly zone grades are marginal

Facts used in scoring: 3

## 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: The release mentions a Qualified Person \(Gary Nordin, P.Geo\) has reviewed and approved the technical information.

Evidence · text

> Gary Nordin, P.Geo, a Director of the Company, is a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Nordin has reviewed and approved the technical information in this press release.

## Extracted facts

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

## Drill Results (3)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/orestone-advances-exploration-at-tom-east-and-kelly-gold-zones-on-the-francisca--b877814e-d370-4b94-a883-e701d0e4f9e4#fact-drill-facts-0)

gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: ORS

#### Geometry

- Grade: 4.45
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 21 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: channel
- Group ID: Trench-6B:0-21

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2026-06-26T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Strong gold intercept reported from previous trenching.

- Positive factor: High grade over significant width

- Negative factor: Historical data

### Fact 2

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/orestone-advances-exploration-at-tom-east-and-kelly-gold-zones-on-the-francisca--b877814e-d370-4b94-a883-e701d0e4f9e4#fact-drill-facts-1)

gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: ORS

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.37
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 50 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: surface
- Group ID: Kelly-Zone:0-50

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2026-06-26T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Marginal gold grade from reconnaissance mapping.

- Negative factor: Low grade

### Fact 3

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/orestone-advances-exploration-at-tom-east-and-kelly-gold-zones-on-the-francisca--b877814e-d370-4b94-a883-e701d0e4f9e4#fact-drill-facts-2)

silver

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Commodity: silver
- Ticker: ORS

#### Geometry

- Grade: 2.15
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 50 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: surface
- Group ID: Kelly-Zone:0-50

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2026-06-26T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trace silver grade from reconnaissance mapping.

## 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.