# Pacific Ridge Announces Drilling Plans for the Kliyul and RDP Copper-Gold Projects Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-ridge-announces-drilling-plans-for-the-kliyul-and-rdp-copper-gold-projec--e8012749-a329-4e0e-922e-300c4a3e2657 Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/PEX/news/7729818704909860/pacific-ridge-announces-drilling-plans-for-the-kliyul-and-rdp-copper-gold-projec Publisher: tmx Original announcement: 2026-04-13T11:30:00.000Z Analysis by Minestarters Atlas Atlas analysis published: Unknown date Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date - Company: Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd. - Ticker: PEX - Exchange: TSX - Region: British Columbia - Primary commodity: Copper - Secondary commodities: Gold, Silver - Document categories: Resource update, Drill results - Extracted: 2026-08-21 00:10:35 UTC Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish ## Minestarters Atlas summary Pacific Ridge has announced drilling plans for its Kliyul and RDP copper-gold projects in British Columbia. The company highlighted a significant Inferred Mineral Resource at the Kliyul Main Zone and high-grade porphyry intercepts at the RDP Day target. Reasoning: The announcement reports a large-scale Inferred resource at Kliyul and highlights high-grade drilling at RDP, though the lack of metallurgical data and the speculative nature of Inferred resources are noted. - Positive factor: Significant Inferred resource scale at Kliyul - Positive factor: High-grade porphyry intercept at RDP - Positive factor: Resource remains open for expansion - Negative factor: Resource is 100% Inferred - Negative factor: No metallurgical testing performed to date Facts used in scoring: 9 ## Classification and evidence **Inferred Resource** Polarity: negative Definition: Speculative category — limited drilling, geological continuity assumed but not confirmed. Cannot support economic studies alone. Why it applies: The Kliyul Main Zone resource is stated as being in the Inferred Mineral Resource category. Evidence · text > in the Inferred Mineral Resource category **All Inferred** Polarity: negative Definition: 100% of resource is Inferred category — very early stage, no engineering confidence. Why it applies: The reported resource for KMZ is 100% Inferred. Evidence · text > in the Inferred Mineral Resource category **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 release does not explicitly detail QA/QC protocols like blanks or standards for the current resource/drilling mentioned. Evidence · text > Pacific Ridge Announces Drilling Plans ## Extracted facts Stored fact records: 9. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record. ## Resource Estimates (9) ### inferred [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-ridge-announces-drilling-plans-for-the-kliyul-and-rdp-copper-gold-projec--e8012749-a329-4e0e-922e-300c4a3e2657#fact-resource-facts-0) copper #### Identity - Commodity: copper - Ticker: PEX #### Resource Data - Category: inferred - Tonnes: 334100000 - Grade: 0.15 - Grade Unit: % #### Review - Needs Review: No - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: Part of the KMZ Inferred resource at 0.20% CuEq cutoff. Evidence · table > 0.15 Context: 334,100,000 ### inferred [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-ridge-announces-drilling-plans-for-the-kliyul-and-rdp-copper-gold-projec--e8012749-a329-4e0e-922e-300c4a3e2657#fact-resource-facts-1) gold Historical result Needs review: historical\_restatement #### Identity - Commodity: gold - Ticker: PEX #### Resource Data - Category: inferred - Tonnes: 334100000 - Grade: 0.26 - Grade Unit: g/t #### Review - Needs Review: Yes - Review Reason: historical\_restatement - Historical: Yes - Historical Source Date: 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z #### Dates - Event date: 2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: Part of the KMZ Inferred resource at 0.20% CuEq cutoff. Evidence · table > 0.26 Context: 334,100,000 ### inferred [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-ridge-announces-drilling-plans-for-the-kliyul-and-rdp-copper-gold-projec--e8012749-a329-4e0e-922e-300c4a3e2657#fact-resource-facts-2) silver #### Identity - Commodity: silver - Ticker: PEX #### Resource Data - Category: inferred - Tonnes: 334100000 - Grade: 0.95 - Grade Unit: g/t #### Review - Needs Review: No - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: Part of the KMZ Inferred resource at 0.20% CuEq cutoff. Evidence · table > 0.95 Context: 334,100,000 ### inferred [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-ridge-announces-drilling-plans-for-the-kliyul-and-rdp-copper-gold-projec--e8012749-a329-4e0e-922e-300c4a3e2657#fact-resource-facts-3) copper #### Identity - Commodity: copper - Ticker: PEX #### Resource Data - Category: inferred - Tonnes: 386000000 - Grade: 0.142 - Grade Unit: % #### Review - Needs Review: No - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: Part of the KMZ Inferred resource at 0.20 AuEq cutoff. Evidence · table > 0.142 Context: 386.0 ### inferred [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-ridge-announces-drilling-plans-for-the-kliyul-and-rdp-copper-gold-projec--e8012749-a329-4e0e-922e-300c4a3e2657#fact-resource-facts-4) gold #### Identity - Commodity: gold - Ticker: PEX #### Resource Data - Category: inferred - Tonnes: 386000000 - Grade: 0.236 - Grade Unit: g/t #### Review - Needs Review: No - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: Part of the KMZ Inferred resource at 0.20 AuEq cutoff. Evidence · table > 0.236 Context: 386.0 ### inferred [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-ridge-announces-drilling-plans-for-the-kliyul-and-rdp-copper-gold-projec--e8012749-a329-4e0e-922e-300c4a3e2657#fact-resource-facts-5) silver #### Identity - Commodity: silver - Ticker: PEX #### Resource Data - Category: inferred - Tonnes: 386000000 - Grade: 0.911 - Grade Unit: g/t #### Review - Needs Review: No - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: Part of the KMZ Inferred resource at 0.20 AuEq cutoff. Evidence · table > 0.911 Context: 386.0 ### Fact 7 [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-ridge-announces-drilling-plans-for-the-kliyul-and-rdp-copper-gold-projec--e8012749-a329-4e0e-922e-300c4a3e2657#fact-resource-facts-6) copper Historical result Needs review: historical\_restatement #### Identity - Commodity: copper - Ticker: PEX #### Resource Data - Grade: 0.76 - Grade Unit: % #### Review - Needs Review: Yes - Review Reason: historical\_restatement - Historical: Yes - Historical Source Date: 2025-10-23T00:00:00.000Z #### Dates - Event date: 2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: High grade copper intercept in a porphyry system. - Positive factor: Strong porphyry intercept Evidence · text > RDP-25-011 intersected 112.2m of 1.35% CuEq\* \(0.76% copper ### Fact 8 [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-ridge-announces-drilling-plans-for-the-kliyul-and-rdp-copper-gold-projec--e8012749-a329-4e0e-922e-300c4a3e2657#fact-resource-facts-7) gold Historical result Needs review: historical\_restatement #### Identity - Commodity: gold - Ticker: PEX #### Resource Data - Grade: 0.86 - Grade Unit: g/t #### Review - Needs Review: Yes - Review Reason: historical\_restatement - Historical: Yes - Historical Source Date: 2025-10-23T00:00:00.000Z #### Dates - Event date: 2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: High grade gold intercept in a porphyry system. - Positive factor: Strong porphyry intercept Evidence · text > 0.86 g/t gold ### Fact 9 [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-ridge-announces-drilling-plans-for-the-kliyul-and-rdp-copper-gold-projec--e8012749-a329-4e0e-922e-300c4a3e2657#fact-resource-facts-8) silver Historical result Needs review: historical\_restatement #### Identity - Commodity: silver - Ticker: PEX #### Resource Data - Grade: 3.16 - Grade Unit: g/t #### Review - Needs Review: Yes - Review Reason: historical\_restatement - Historical: Yes - Historical Source Date: 2025-10-23T00:00:00.000Z #### Dates - Event date: 2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: Silver component of the RDP-25-011 intercept. Evidence · text > 3.16 g/t silver ## 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.