# Viscount Completes First Phase of 2026 Silver Cliff Drill Program and Identifies Important Geological Corridor Linking the Kate and Passiflora Areas

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/viscount-completes-first-phase-of-2026-silver-cliff-drill-program-and-identifies--b6dae55f-0777-49ce-b3d8-331fdc0f7540

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/VML/news/8236429835738781/viscount-completes-first-phase-of-2026-silver-cliff-drill-program-and-identifies

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-06-03T11:45:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Viscount Mining Corp.

- Ticker: VML

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Colorado

- Primary commodity: Silver

- Secondary commodities: Gold, Copper, Lead

- Document categories: Drill results, Other

- Extracted: 2026-08-20 22:08:51 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.40 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Viscount Mining has completed the first phase of its 2026 Silver Cliff drill program, identifying a geological corridor between the Kate and Passiflora areas. While visual observations show increasing sulphide intensity and localized massive sulphides, formal assay results are still pending.

Reasoning: The program successfully identified a structural corridor and increased sulphide intensity, suggesting vectoring toward a larger system, though lack of assays limits certainty.

- Positive factor: Identification of geological corridor linking Kate and Passiflora

- Positive factor: Visual observation of increasing sulphide intensity

- Positive factor: Discovery of localized massive sulphide veining

- Negative factor: Assays are still pending

- Negative factor: Results are based on visual estimates only

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: Release mentions standards, blanks, and duplicates being inserted into the sample stream.

Evidence · text

> standards, blanks and duplicates are frequently inserted into the sample stream

**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: Not applicable as QA/QC is disclosed.

## Extracted facts

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

## Drill Results (3)

### K26-05

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/viscount-completes-first-phase-of-2026-silver-cliff-drill-program-and-identifies--b6dae55f-0777-49ce-b3d8-331fdc0f7540#fact-drill-facts-0)

Silver Cliff · sulphide

#### Identity

- Hole ID: K26-05
- Project: Silver Cliff
- Commodity: sulphide
- Region: usa\_co
- Reported Region: Colorado
- Ticker: VML

#### Geometry

- Grade: 8
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 84.1 m
- From: 0 m
- To: 84.1 m
- Hole Depth: 84.1 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: K26-05:0-84.1
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Skyline Labs
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Visual estimate of 8-15% sulphides in a structural corridor.

- Positive factor: Presence of disseminated sulphides

- Negative factor: Visual estimate only

- Negative factor: Assays pending

### K26-05

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/viscount-completes-first-phase-of-2026-silver-cliff-drill-program-and-identifies--b6dae55f-0777-49ce-b3d8-331fdc0f7540#fact-drill-facts-1)

Silver Cliff · sulphide

#### Identity

- Hole ID: K26-05
- Project: Silver Cliff
- Commodity: sulphide
- Region: usa\_co
- Reported Region: Colorado
- Ticker: VML

#### Geometry

- Grade: 15
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 84.1 m
- From: 0 m
- To: 84.1 m
- Hole Depth: 84.1 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: K26-05:0-84.1
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Skyline Labs
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

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

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Visual estimate of 8-15% sulphides in a structural corridor.

- Positive factor: Presence of disseminated sulphides

- Negative factor: Visual estimate only

- Negative factor: Assays pending

### K26-08

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/viscount-completes-first-phase-of-2026-silver-cliff-drill-program-and-identifies--b6dae55f-0777-49ce-b3d8-331fdc0f7540#fact-drill-facts-2)

Silver Cliff · pyrite

#### Identity

- Hole ID: K26-08
- Project: Silver Cliff
- Commodity: pyrite
- Region: usa\_co
- Reported Region: Colorado
- Ticker: VML

#### Geometry

- Intercept: 0.3 m
- From: 148.1 m
- To: 148.4 m
- Hole Depth: 152.4 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: K26-08:148.1-148.4
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Skyline Labs
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: low\_confidence
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Localized solid pyrite vein identified visually.

- Positive factor: Solid pyrite vein

- Negative factor: Visual observation only

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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