Tombill Completes Near-Surface Drilling and Provides Assessment of Results of Recent Exploration Programs
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- Tombill Mines Limited
- Ticker
- TBLL
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- Ontario
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Secondary commodities
- None reported
- Document categories
- Drill results
- Extracted
- 2026-08-21 12:03:15 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Tombill completed its Phase 2A near-surface diamond drilling program, which yielded mixed results. While drill-hole TB22-008 confirmed the eastward extension of the Key Lake-Jellicoe Gold Corridor with intercepts up to 4.17 g/t Au, most other holes in the program returned weak or non-significant mineralization.
Reasoning: While TB22-008 provided some high-grade gold intercepts confirming the corridor's extension, the majority of the Phase 2A program returned disappointing, low-grade results.
Positive factors
- extension of known corridor
- high-grade intercepts in TB22-008
Negative factors
- disappointing overall results
- weak mineralization in most holes
- no significant gold in Ellis Syncline targets
Facts used in scoring: 10
Classification and evidence
QA/QC Disclosedpositive
Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods (blanks, standards, duplicates).
Why it applies: Release mentions field duplicates, certified standards, and blanks were used.
Evidence · text
“Tombill geologists inserted field duplicates, certified standards and unmineralized, so-called 'blank' samples”
Step-Out Extensionpositive
Mineralization extended beyond the previously known limit.
Why it applies: TB22-008 confirms the eastward continuation of the Key Lake-Jellicoe Gold Corridor.
Evidence · text
“essentially confirms that the laterally extensive Key Lake-Jellicoe Gold Corridor passes through Tombill's Original claim group”
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 10. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Drill Results (10)
TB22-001AMain Group · goldGrade: 0.36Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 1 mView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Hole ID
- TB22-001A
- Project
- Main Group
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- canada_on
- Reported Region
- Ontario
- Ticker
- TBLL
Geometry
- Grade
- 0.36
- Grade Unit
- g/t
- Intercept
- 1 m
- From
- 248 m
- To
- 249 m
Classification
- Sample Type
- drill
- Group ID
- TB22-001A:248.0-249.0
- Mining Method
- unknown
Location
- Loc. Confidence
- high
QA/QC
- Laboratory
- Actlabs-Geraldton
- QA/QC Disclosed
- Yes
- Lab Certified
- Yes
- QP Signed
- Yes
- QA/QC Methods
- field duplicates, standards, blanks
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Low grade intercept of 0.36 g/t Au.
Negative factors
- low grade
Evidence · table
“0.36”
Context: 1.0
TB22-001AMain Group · goldGrade: 0.35Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 1 mView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Hole ID
- TB22-001A
- Project
- Main Group
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- canada_on
- Reported Region
- Ontario
- Ticker
- TBLL
Geometry
- Grade
- 0.35
- Grade Unit
- g/t
- Intercept
- 1 m
- From
- 257 m
- To
- 258 m
Classification
- Sample Type
- drill
- Group ID
- TB22-001A:257.0-258.0
- Mining Method
- unknown
Location
- Loc. Confidence
- high
QA/QC
- Laboratory
- Actlabs-Geraldton
- QA/QC Disclosed
- Yes
- Lab Certified
- Yes
- QP Signed
- Yes
- QA/QC Methods
- field duplicates, standards, blanks
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Low grade intercept of 0.35 g/t Au.
Negative factors
- low grade
Evidence · table
“0.35”
Context: 1.0
TB22-001AMain Group · goldGrade: 0.41Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 1 mView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Hole ID
- TB22-001A
- Project
- Main Group
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- canada_on
- Reported Region
- Ontario
- Ticker
- TBLL
Geometry
- Grade
- 0.41
- Grade Unit
- g/t
- Intercept
- 1 m
- From
- 330 m
- To
- 331 m
Classification
- Sample Type
- drill
- Group ID
- TB22-001A:330.0-331.0
- Mining Method
- unknown
Location
- Loc. Confidence
- high
QA/QC
- Laboratory
- Actlabs-Geraldton
- QA/QC Disclosed
- Yes
- Lab Certified
- Yes
- QP Signed
- Yes
- QA/QC Methods
- field duplicates, standards, blanks
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Low grade intercept of 0.41 g/t Au.
Negative factors
- low grade
Evidence · table
“0.41”
Context: 1.0
TB22-002Main Group · goldGrade: 0.41Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 1 mView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Hole ID
- TB22-002
- Project
- Main Group
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- canada_on
- Reported Region
- Ontario
- Ticker
- TBLL
Geometry
- Grade
- 0.41
- Grade Unit
- g/t
- Intercept
- 1 m
- From
- 158 m
- To
- 159 m
Classification
- Sample Type
- drill
- Group ID
- TB22-002:158.0-159.0
- Mining Method
- unknown
Location
- Loc. Confidence
- high
QA/QC
- Laboratory
- Actlabs-Geraldton
- QA/QC Disclosed
- Yes
- Lab Certified
- Yes
- QP Signed
- Yes
- QA/QC Methods
- field duplicates, standards, blanks
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Weak gold mineralization of 0.41 g/t Au.
Negative factors
- low grade
Evidence · table
“0.41”
Context: 1.0
TB22-002Main Group · goldGrade: 0.36Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 2 mView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Hole ID
- TB22-002
- Project
- Main Group
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- canada_on
- Reported Region
- Ontario
- Ticker
- TBLL
Geometry
- Grade
- 0.36
- Grade Unit
- g/t
- Intercept
- 2 m
- From
- 209 m
- To
- 211 m
Classification
- Sample Type
- drill
- Group ID
- TB22-002:209.0-211.0
- Mining Method
- unknown
Location
- Loc. Confidence
- high
QA/QC
- Laboratory
- Actlabs-Geraldton
- QA/QC Disclosed
- Yes
- Lab Certified
- Yes
- QP Signed
- Yes
- QA/QC Methods
- field duplicates, standards, blanks
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Weak gold mineralization of 0.36 g/t Au.
Negative factors
- low grade
Evidence · table
“0.36”
Context: 2.0
TB22-002Main Group · goldGrade: 0.4Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 1 mView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Hole ID
- TB22-002
- Project
- Main Group
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- canada_on
- Reported Region
- Ontario
- Ticker
- TBLL
Geometry
- Grade
- 0.4
- Grade Unit
- g/t
- Intercept
- 1 m
- From
- 215 m
- To
- 216 m
Classification
- Sample Type
- drill
- Group ID
- TB22-002:215.0-216.0
- Mining Method
- unknown
Location
- Loc. Confidence
- high
QA/QC
- Laboratory
- Actlabs-Geraldton
- QA/QC Disclosed
- Yes
- Lab Certified
- Yes
- QP Signed
- Yes
- QA/QC Methods
- field duplicates, standards, blanks
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Weak gold mineralization of 0.40 g/t Au.
Negative factors
- low grade
Evidence · table
“0.40”
Context: 1.0
TB22-008Original · goldGrade: 0.94Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 1 mView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Hole ID
- TB22-008
- Project
- Original
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- canada_on
- Reported Region
- Ontario
- Ticker
- TBLL
Geometry
- Grade
- 0.94
- Grade Unit
- g/t
- Intercept
- 1 m
- From
- 262 m
- To
- 263 m
Classification
- Sample Type
- drill
- Group ID
- TB22-008:262.0-263.0
- Mining Method
- unknown
Location
- Loc. Confidence
- high
QA/QC
- Laboratory
- Actlabs-Geraldton
- QA/QC Disclosed
- Yes
- Lab Certified
- Yes
- QP Signed
- Yes
- QA/QC Methods
- field duplicates, standards, blanks
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Moderate grade intercept of 0.94 g/t Au in a significant corridor.
Positive factors
- confirms corridor extension
Evidence · table
“0.94”
Context: 1.0
TB22-008Original · goldGrade: 1.44Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 1.3 mView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Hole ID
- TB22-008
- Project
- Original
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- canada_on
- Reported Region
- Ontario
- Ticker
- TBLL
Geometry
- Grade
- 1.44
- Grade Unit
- g/t
- Intercept
- 1.3 m
- From
- 269.1 m
- To
- 270.4 m
Classification
- Sample Type
- drill
- Group ID
- TB22-008:269.1-270.4
- Mining Method
- unknown
Location
- Loc. Confidence
- high
QA/QC
- Laboratory
- Actlabs-Geraldton
- QA/QC Disclosed
- Yes
- Lab Certified
- Yes
- QP Signed
- Yes
- QA/QC Methods
- field duplicates, standards, blanks
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Stronger grade intercept of 1.44 g/t Au.
Positive factors
- stronger grade
Evidence · table
“1.44”
Context: 1.3
TB22-008Original · goldGrade: 2.61Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 0.3 mView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Hole ID
- TB22-008
- Project
- Original
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- canada_on
- Reported Region
- Ontario
- Ticker
- TBLL
Geometry
- Grade
- 2.61
- Grade Unit
- g/t
- Intercept
- 0.3 m
- From
- 288.8 m
- To
- 289.1 m
Classification
- Sample Type
- drill
- Group ID
- TB22-008:288.8-289.1
- Mining Method
- unknown
Location
- Loc. Confidence
- high
QA/QC
- Laboratory
- Actlabs-Geraldton
- QA/QC Disclosed
- Yes
- Lab Certified
- Yes
- QP Signed
- Yes
- QA/QC Methods
- field duplicates, standards, blanks
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: High grade intercept of 2.61 g/t Au, though very narrow (0.3m).
Positive factors
- high grade
Negative factors
- very narrow width
Evidence · table
“2.61”
Context: 0.3
TB22-008Original · goldGrade: 4.17Grade Unit: g/tIntercept: 0.9 mView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Hole ID
- TB22-008
- Project
- Original
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- canada_on
- Reported Region
- Ontario
- Ticker
- TBLL
Geometry
- Grade
- 4.17
- Grade Unit
- g/t
- Intercept
- 0.9 m
- From
- 292.1 m
- To
- 293 m
Classification
- Sample Type
- drill
- Group ID
- TB22-008:292.1-293.0
- Mining Method
- unknown
Location
- Loc. Confidence
- high
QA/QC
- Laboratory
- Actlabs-Geraldton
- QA/QC Disclosed
- Yes
- Lab Certified
- Yes
- QP Signed
- Yes
- QA/QC Methods
- field duplicates, standards, blanks
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Interp. Status
- scored
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: High grade intercept of 4.17 g/t Au.
Positive factors
- high grade
Negative factors
- narrow width
Evidence · table
“4.17”
Context: 0.9
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