# Wishbone Gold hits wide gold and copper zones at Telfer-adjacent Red Setter

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/wishbone-gold-hits-wide-gold-and-copper-zones-at-telfer-adjacent-red-setter--0de027d7-7db9-4eaa-b518-f6bf389edacc

Original source: https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1100392/wishbone-gold-hits-wide-gold-and-copper-zones-at-telfer-adjacent-red-setter-1100392.html

Publisher: proactiveinvestors

Original announcement: 2026-10-20T12:31:00.594Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-10-20T12:38:28.844Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-10-20T12:38:28.844Z

- Company: Wishbone Gold PLC

- Ticker: WSBN

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: Western Australia

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Copper

- Document categories: Drill results

- Extracted: 2026-10-20 12:38:29 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.70 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Wishbone Gold has reported wide gold and copper intercepts at its Red Setter project in Western Australia. The results, including gold grades up to 2.0 g/t, are noted to be higher than the recent head grades processed at the nearby Telfer mine.

Reasoning: The release reports several significant gold and copper intercepts from an ongoing drill programme that compare favourably to nearby benchmark grades.

- Positive factor: Wide gold intercepts reported

- Positive factor: Gold grades exceed nearby Telfer benchmark

- Positive factor: Copper mineralisation identified

- Positive factor: Mineralisation at shallower depths than anticipated

- Negative factor: Laboratory backlogs causing delays in results

Facts used in scoring: 6

## 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 company mentions samples have been dispatched for assay testing, though specific lab methods are not detailed in this snippet.

Evidence · text

> over 11,317 metres of samples dispatched for assay testing

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 6. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (6)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/wishbone-gold-hits-wide-gold-and-copper-zones-at-telfer-adjacent-red-setter--0de027d7-7db9-4eaa-b518-f6bf389edacc#fact-drill-facts-0)

Red Setter · gold

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Red Setter
- Commodity: gold
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: australia\_wa
- Ticker: WSBN

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.81
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 14.4 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 14.4m at 0.81 g/t gold is a significant width for the reported grades.

- Positive factor: Wide intercept

Evidence · text

> 14.4 metres at 0.81 grams per tonne gold

#### Tags used in scoring

**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: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### Fact 2

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/wishbone-gold-hits-wide-gold-and-copper-zones-at-telfer-adjacent-red-setter--0de027d7-7db9-4eaa-b518-f6bf389edacc#fact-drill-facts-1)

Red Setter · gold

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Red Setter
- Commodity: gold
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: australia\_wa
- Ticker: WSBN

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.7
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 11.6 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 11.6m at 0.70 g/t gold is a notable width.

- Positive factor: Wide intercept

Evidence · text

> 11.6 metres at 0.70 g/t gold

#### Tags used in scoring

**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: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### Fact 3

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/wishbone-gold-hits-wide-gold-and-copper-zones-at-telfer-adjacent-red-setter--0de027d7-7db9-4eaa-b518-f6bf389edacc#fact-drill-facts-2)

Red Setter · gold

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Red Setter
- Commodity: gold
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: australia\_wa
- Ticker: WSBN

#### Geometry

- Grade: 2
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 7 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 2.0 g/t gold is a strong grade for this project context.

- Positive factor: Higher grade intercept

Evidence · text

> 7 metres at 2.0 g/t gold

#### Tags used in scoring

**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: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### Fact 4

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/wishbone-gold-hits-wide-gold-and-copper-zones-at-telfer-adjacent-red-setter--0de027d7-7db9-4eaa-b518-f6bf389edacc#fact-drill-facts-3)

Red Setter · copper

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Red Setter
- Commodity: copper
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: australia\_wa
- Ticker: WSBN

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.15
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 12 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 12m at 0.15% Cu identifies a copper zone.

- Positive factor: Copper mineralisation identified

Evidence · text

> 12 metres at 0.15% and 3 metres at 0.51% copper

#### Tags used in scoring

**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: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### Fact 5

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/wishbone-gold-hits-wide-gold-and-copper-zones-at-telfer-adjacent-red-setter--0de027d7-7db9-4eaa-b518-f6bf389edacc#fact-drill-facts-4)

Red Setter · copper

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Red Setter
- Commodity: copper
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: australia\_wa
- Ticker: WSBN

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.51
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 3 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 3m at 0.51% Cu is a high-grade sub-interval within a wider zone.

- Positive factor: Higher grade copper intercept

Evidence · text

> 3 metres at 0.51% copper within a wider 7 metre interval at 0.26%

#### Tags used in scoring

**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: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### Fact 6

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/wishbone-gold-hits-wide-gold-and-copper-zones-at-telfer-adjacent-red-setter--0de027d7-7db9-4eaa-b518-f6bf389edacc#fact-drill-facts-5)

Red Setter · copper

Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id

#### Identity

- Project: Red Setter
- Commodity: copper
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: australia\_wa
- Ticker: WSBN

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.26
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 7 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 7m at 0.26% Cu represents the wider interval containing the higher grade hit.

- Positive factor: Copper mineralisation identified

Evidence · text

> 3 metres at 0.51% copper within a wider 7 metre interval at 0.26%

#### Tags used in scoring

**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: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

## 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.
