# Pirate Gold Announces Visual Results of Step-Out Drilling at Its Moby Dick Copper-Gold Discovery at Treasure Island

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pirate-gold-announces-visual-results-of-step-out-drilling-at-its-moby-dick-coppe--d165f9ef-9d79-4059-bf13-7e37bae7bb57

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/commodities/articles/pirate-gold-announces-visual-results-104000628.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2026-06-25T10:40:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Pirate Gold

- Ticker: YARR

- Exchange: TSXV

- Region: Unavailable

- Primary commodity: Copper

- Secondary commodities: Gold

- Document categories: Drill results

- Extracted: 2026-08-20 21:30:59 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Pirate Gold has reported visual drill results from step-out drilling at the Moby Dick copper-gold discovery. The results include wide intervals of copper-gold equivalent mineralization in holes PGC-26-058 and PGC-26-068, demonstrating continuity of mineralization.

Reasoning: The announcement reports significant wide intercepts of copper-gold equivalent mineralization in step-out holes, extending the known footprint of the Moby Dick discovery.

- Positive factor: significant width of mineralization

- Positive factor: step-out extension

- Positive factor: high-grade sub-intervals

- Negative factor: metal equivalent grade reported without individual metal breakdown

- Negative factor: visual results only

Facts used in scoring: 4

## Classification and evidence

**Step-Out Extension**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Mineralization extended beyond the previously known limit.

Why it applies: The title and text explicitly state step-out drilling at the discovery.

Evidence · text

> Step-Out Drilling at Its Moby Dick Copper-Gold Discovery

**Metal Equivalent Opaque**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Metal equivalent grade reported without disclosing the price, recovery, or payability assumptions used.

Why it applies: The results are reported as Cu eq without disclosing the individual gold or copper grades or the assumptions used.

Evidence · text

> 0.38% Cu eq over 112.4m

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 4. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (4)

### PGC-26-058

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pirate-gold-announces-visual-results-of-step-out-drilling-at-its-moby-dick-coppe--d165f9ef-9d79-4059-bf13-7e37bae7bb57#fact-drill-facts-0)

Moby Dick · copper

#### Identity

- Hole ID: PGC-26-058
- Project: Moby Dick
- Commodity: copper
- Ticker: YARR

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.38
- Grade Unit: % Cu eq
- Intercept: 112.4 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: PGC-26-058:0-112.4

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-06-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Wide intercept of 112.4m reported as copper-gold equivalent.

- Positive factor: broad width

- Negative factor: metal equivalent opaque

- Negative factor: visual results

Evidence · text

> 0.38% Cu eq over 112.4m

### PGC-26-058

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pirate-gold-announces-visual-results-of-step-out-drilling-at-its-moby-dick-coppe--d165f9ef-9d79-4059-bf13-7e37bae7bb57#fact-drill-facts-1)

Moby Dick · copper

#### Identity

- Hole ID: PGC-26-058
- Project: Moby Dick
- Commodity: copper
- Ticker: YARR

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.72
- Grade Unit: % Cu eq
- Intercept: 45 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: PGC-26-058:0-112.4

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-06-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High-grade sub-interval within the main intercept.

- Positive factor: high-grade sub-interval

- Negative factor: metal equivalent opaque

Evidence · text

> 0.72% Cu eq over 45.0m in PGC-26-058

### PGC-26-068

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pirate-gold-announces-visual-results-of-step-out-drilling-at-its-moby-dick-coppe--d165f9ef-9d79-4059-bf13-7e37bae7bb57#fact-drill-facts-2)

Moby Dick · copper

#### Identity

- Hole ID: PGC-26-068
- Project: Moby Dick
- Commodity: copper
- Ticker: YARR

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.54
- Grade Unit: % Cu eq
- Intercept: 180.8 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: PGC-26-068:0-180.8

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-06-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Very wide intercept of 180.8m reported as copper-gold equivalent.

- Positive factor: very broad width

- Negative factor: metal equivalent opaque

Evidence · text

> 0.54% Cu eq over 180.8m

### PGC-26-068

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pirate-gold-announces-visual-results-of-step-out-drilling-at-its-moby-dick-coppe--d165f9ef-9d79-4059-bf13-7e37bae7bb57#fact-drill-facts-3)

Moby Dick · copper

#### Identity

- Hole ID: PGC-26-068
- Project: Moby Dick
- Commodity: copper
- Ticker: YARR

#### Geometry

- Grade: 1.48
- Grade Unit: % Cu eq
- Intercept: 49.4 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: PGC-26-068:0-180.8

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-06-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High-grade sub-interval within the main intercept.

- Positive factor: strong grade sub-interval

- Negative factor: metal equivalent opaque

Evidence · text

> 1.48% Cu eq over 49.4m in PGC-26-068

## 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.
