# Solstice Gold Commences 2026 Drill Program at the Strathy Gold Project in the Temagami Greenstone Belt, Abitibi Subprovince, NE Ontario

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/solstice-gold-commences-2026-drill-program-at-the-strathy-gold-project-in-the-te--b56e99dc-b9a7-49d2-8813-1a6823a2903f

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/SGC/news/6952825486377563/solstice-gold-commences-2026-drill-program-at-the-strathy-gold-project-in-the-te

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-02-19T12:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Solstice Gold Corp.

- Ticker: SGC

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Ontario

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Drill results

- Extracted: 2026-08-22 11:01:13 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Solstice Gold has commenced its winter 2026 diamond drill program at the Strathy Gold Project in Ontario. The program aims to expand the Red Cedar discovery and test a large IP anomaly, building on previous high-grade gold intercepts.

Reasoning: The company is commencing a new drill program targeting a known high-grade discovery and a large IP anomaly, though it relies on historical data for some targeting.

- Positive factor: Commencement of new drill program

- Positive factor: High-grade discovery at Red Cedar

- Positive factor: Large IP anomaly providing targeting

- Negative factor: Historical data used for targeting lacks independent QA/QC

Facts used in scoring: 5

## 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 that no independent QA/QC protocols are known for the historical data, implying the company is aware of the lack of disclosure.

Evidence · text

> No independent quality assurance/quality control protocols are known for these historic samples

**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 explicitly states that no independent QA/QC protocols are known for the historical data being used.

Evidence · text

> No independent quality assurance/quality control protocols are known for these historic samples

**Bonanza Intercept**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Exceptionally high-grade zone, well above the deposit-type norm.

Why it applies: The 28.7 g/t Au intercept is exceptionally high grade.

Evidence · text

> 28.7g/t over 1.0m

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 5. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (5)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/solstice-gold-commences-2026-drill-program-at-the-strathy-gold-project-in-the-te--b56e99dc-b9a7-49d2-8813-1a6823a2903f#fact-drill-facts-0)

Strathy Gold Project · gold

Historical result

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Strathy Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_on
- Reported Region: Ontario
- Ticker: SGC

#### Geometry

- Grade: 8.52
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 3.5 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High-grade discovery intercept reported as historical data.

- Positive factor: High grade intercept

- Negative factor: Historical data

Evidence · text

> intercepted the Red Cedar Discovery; an intercept of 8.52 g/t Au over 3.5m

### Fact 2

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/solstice-gold-commences-2026-drill-program-at-the-strathy-gold-project-in-the-te--b56e99dc-b9a7-49d2-8813-1a6823a2903f#fact-drill-facts-1)

Strathy Gold Project · gold

Historical result

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Strathy Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_on
- Reported Region: Ontario
- Ticker: SGC

#### Geometry

- Grade: 28.7
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 1 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Very high grade sub-interval reported as historical data.

- Positive factor: Bonanza grade

- Negative factor: Historical data

Evidence · text

> including 28.7g/t over 1.0m \(core lengths\)

### Fact 3

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/solstice-gold-commences-2026-drill-program-at-the-strathy-gold-project-in-the-te--b56e99dc-b9a7-49d2-8813-1a6823a2903f#fact-drill-facts-2)

Strathy Gold Project · gold

Historical result

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Strathy Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_on
- Reported Region: Ontario
- Ticker: SGC

#### Geometry

- Grade: 5
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 17.28 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical intercept at Leckie Gold Zone.

- Positive factor: Significant width

- Negative factor: Historical data

- Negative factor: No QA/QC

Evidence · text

> intercepts of 5.00 g/t Au over 17.28m

### Fact 4

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/solstice-gold-commences-2026-drill-program-at-the-strathy-gold-project-in-the-te--b56e99dc-b9a7-49d2-8813-1a6823a2903f#fact-drill-facts-3)

Strathy Gold Project · gold

Historical result

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Strathy Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_on
- Reported Region: Ontario
- Ticker: SGC

#### Geometry

- Grade: 7.66
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 7.25 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical intercept at Leckie Gold Zone.

- Positive factor: Strong grade

- Negative factor: Historical data

- Negative factor: No QA/QC

Evidence · text

> 7.66 g/t Au over 7.25m \(core lengths\)

### Fact 5

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/solstice-gold-commences-2026-drill-program-at-the-strathy-gold-project-in-the-te--b56e99dc-b9a7-49d2-8813-1a6823a2903f#fact-drill-facts-4)

Strathy Gold Project · gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Project: Strathy Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_on
- Reported Region: Ontario
- Ticker: SGC

#### Geometry

- Grade: 62.7
- Grade Unit: g/t

#### Classification

- Sample Type: surface

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High grade surface sample reported as historical.

- Positive factor: Exceptional grade

- Negative factor: Surface sample only

- Negative factor: Historical

Evidence · text

> documented surface sample results of up to 62.7 g/t Au

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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