Ridgeline Minerals Intersects up to 1.8 g/t Oxide Gold in Maiden Drill Program at the Atlas Project, Nevada
Ridgeline Minerals (OTCQB: RDGMF) has announced results from its maiden drill program at the Atlas project in Nevada. The program completed two core holes totaling 551 meters in the northern section of the Atlas property, targeting Pennsylvanian to Permian age host rocks.
Key highlights include hole AT25-001 intersecting 0.2m grading 1.80 g/t gold within 8.5m grading 0.20 g/t Au, and AT25-002 returning 5.9m grading 0.20 g/t Au. Both holes exhibited continuous Carlin-Type alteration and mineralization, with AT25-001 showing 298 meters of continuous mineralization and high-grade silver intercepts up to 75.1 g/t Ag.
The company interprets these results as intersecting a low-grade gold and trace element halo typically associated with Carlin-Type gold deposits' outer margins. Ridgeline plans to continue land consolidation and field work throughout 2025, with a Phase II drill program planned for 2026.
Ridgeline Minerals (OTCQB: RDGMF) ha annunciato i risultati del suo primo programma di perforazione presso il progetto Atlas in Nevada. Il programma ha completato due fori di carotaggio per un totale di 551 metri nella sezione settentrionale della proprietà Atlas, mirati a rocce ospiti di età Pennsylvaniana fino al Permiano.
Tra i punti salienti, il foro AT25-001 ha intercettato 0,2 m con una gradazione di 1,80 g/t di oro all’interno di 8,5 m con 0,20 g/t Au, mentre il foro AT25-002 ha restituito 5,9 m con 0,20 g/t Au. Entrambi i fori hanno mostrato una continua alterazione e mineralizzazione di tipo Carlin, con AT25-001 che ha evidenziato 298 metri di mineralizzazione continua e intercettazioni ad alta gradazione d’argento fino a 75,1 g/t Ag.
L’azienda interpreta questi risultati come l’intercettazione di un alone a basso tenore di oro ed elementi in traccia tipicamente associato ai margini esterni dei depositi auriferi di tipo Carlin. Ridgeline prevede di continuare la consolidazione dei terreni e i lavori sul campo durante tutto il 2025, con un programma di perforazione di Fase II pianificato per il 2026.
Ridgeline Minerals (OTCQB: RDGMF) ha anunciado los resultados de su primer programa de perforación en el proyecto Atlas en Nevada. El programa completó dos pozos de núcleo que suman 551 metros en la sección norte de la propiedad Atlas, enfocándose en rocas hospedantes de edad Pennsylvaniana a Pérmica.
Los aspectos destacados incluyen que el pozo AT25-001 intersectó 0,2 m con una ley de 1,80 g/t de oro dentro de 8,5 m con 0,20 g/t Au, y el AT25-002 retornó 5,9 m con 0,20 g/t Au. Ambos pozos mostraron alteración y mineralización continua de tipo Carlin, con AT25-001 exhibiendo 298 metros de mineralización continua e intercepciones de plata de alta ley hasta 75,1 g/t Ag.
La compañía interpreta estos resultados como la intersección de un halo de bajo grado de oro y elementos traza típicamente asociado con los márgenes exteriores de depósitos de oro tipo Carlin. Ridgeline planea continuar con la consolidación de terrenos y trabajos de campo durante 2025, con un programa de perforación de Fase II previsto para 2026.
Ridgeline Minerals (OTCQB: RDGMF)가 네바다 주 아틀라스 프로젝트에서 첫 시추 프로그램 결과를 발표했습니다. 이 프로그램은 아틀라스 부지 북부 구역에서 총 551미터의 코어 시추공 두 개를 완료했으며, 펜실베이니아기에서 페름기 연대의 모암을 대상으로 했습니다.
주요 내용으로는 AT25-001 시추공이 0.2m 구간에서 1.80 g/t 금을 포함한 8.5m 구간에서 0.20 g/t Au를 교차했고, AT25-002 시추공은 5.9m 구간에서 0.20 g/t Au를 보였습니다. 두 시추공 모두 연속적인 칼린형 변질과 광화 작용을 보였으며, AT25-001은 298미터의 연속 광화 구간과 최대 75.1 g/t Ag의 고품위 은 광구간을 나타냈습니다.
회사는 이 결과를 칼린형 금광상의 외곽 주변에서 일반적으로 나타나는 저품위 금과 미량 원소 헤일로를 관통한 것으로 해석합니다. Ridgeline은 2025년 내내 토지 통합과 현장 작업을 계속할 계획이며, 2026년에는 2단계 시추 프로그램을 계획 중입니다.
Ridgeline Minerals (OTCQB : RDGMF) a annoncé les résultats de son premier programme de forage sur le projet Atlas au Nevada. Le programme a réalisé deux forages de carotte totalisant 551 mètres dans la section nord de la propriété Atlas, ciblant des roches hôtes datant du Pennsylvanien au Permien.
Les points clés incluent le forage AT25-001 interceptant 0,2 m à 1,80 g/t d’or dans 8,5 m à 0,20 g/t Au, et AT25-002 retournant 5,9 m à 0,20 g/t Au. Les deux forages ont montré une altération et une minéralisation continues de type Carlin, avec AT25-001 présentant 298 mètres de minéralisation continue et des intercepts d’argent à haute teneur allant jusqu’à 75,1 g/t Ag.
La société interprète ces résultats comme l’interception d’un halo à faible teneur en or et éléments traces typiquement associé aux marges externes des gisements aurifères de type Carlin. Ridgeline prévoit de poursuivre la consolidation des terrains et les travaux sur le terrain tout au long de 2025, avec un programme de forage de phase II prévu pour 2026.
Ridgeline Minerals (OTCQB: RDGMF) hat Ergebnisse seines ersten Bohrprogramms beim Atlas-Projekt in Nevada bekannt gegeben. Das Programm umfasste zwei Kernbohrungen mit insgesamt 551 Metern im nördlichen Bereich des Atlas-Geländes, die sich auf Wirtsgesteine aus dem Pennsylvanium bis Perm-Zeitalter konzentrierten.
Wichtige Highlights sind, dass Bohrloch AT25-001 0,2 m mit 1,80 g/t Gold innerhalb von 8,5 m mit 0,20 g/t Au durchschnitten hat, und AT25-002 5,9 m mit 0,20 g/t Au lieferte. Beide Bohrlöcher zeigten eine durchgehende Carlin-Typ-Veränderung und Mineralisierung, wobei AT25-001 298 Meter kontinuierliche Mineralisierung und hochgradige Silberabschnitte bis zu 75,1 g/t Ag aufwies.
Das Unternehmen interpretiert diese Ergebnisse als das Durchschneiden eines niedriggradigen Gold- und Spurenelement-Halos, der typischerweise mit den äußeren Rändern von Carlin-Typ-Goldlagerstätten verbunden ist. Ridgeline plant, die Landkonsolidierung und Feldarbeiten im Jahr 2025 fortzusetzen, mit einem Phase-II-Bohrprogramm für 2026 geplant.
- Maiden drill program confirmed presence of Carlin-Type gold system with oxide mineralization
- AT25-001 intersected 298 meters of continuous Carlin-Type alteration and mineralization
- High-grade silver intercepts discovered, with up to 75.1 g/t Ag
- Project is 100%-owned with no underlying work commitments or royalties
- Gold grades are relatively low, indicating possible outer margins of deposit
- Limited budget restricting current exploration activities
- AT25-002 showed weaker gold values overall compared to AT25-001
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Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 8, 2025) - Ridgeline Minerals Corp. (TSXV: RDG) (OTCQB: RDGMF) (FSE: 0GC0) ("Ridgeline" or the "Company") is pleased to provide assay results for the maiden two-hole drill program at the Company's Atlas project, Nevada (Figure 1). Atlas is an early-stage Carlin-Type oxide gold prospect and is
Mike Harp, Ridgeline's Vice President, Exploration commented, "We are pleased that our maiden drill program confirmed that our Atlas project exhibits both the scale and grade potential that's required to host a significant gold deposit. The first two drill holes at Atlas were completed in the northernmost section of a greater than four-kilometer gold trend. With a limited budget this year, our focus was testing the favourable Pennsylvanian to Permian age carbonate host rock section to confirm whether those host rocks showed evidence of a Carlin-Type gold system."
Mr. Harp continues, "Both holes returned thick intercepts of anomalous oxide gold and Carlin-Type alteration, with hole AT25-001 exhibiting a stronger gold vector to the south than AT25-002. Hole AT25-001 intersected 298 meters of continuous Carlin-Type alteration and mineralization with elevated pathfinder elements, anomalous gold, and up to 1.8 g/t gold in individual samples."
Mr. Harp concludes, "Mineralization at Atlas appears to be hosted within the same thick section of Pennsylvanian to Permian age host rocks that host Orla Mining's nearby Dark Star deposit. Our team interprets the first two holes as having intersected a low-grade gold and trace element halo that is typically associated with the outer margins of Carlin-Type gold deposits. We will continue to focus on land consolidation and additional field work throughout the remainder of the 2025 field season with the goal of a Phase II drill program in 2026 to follow up on these results."
Drill Program Highlights
The maiden program completed two core holes totaling 551 meters ("m") in the northern section of the Atlas land package. Drilling targeted favourable Pennsylvanian to Permian ("Penn-Perm") age debris-flow conglomerates, limestones, and siltstone host rocks along a roughly 1-kilometer ("km") trend of elevated gold-in-soils and rock chips grading up to 7.7 g/t Au (Figure 2).
AT25-001 drilled to the east and down-dip of gold bearing and partially eroded Penn-Perm host rocks and intersected a highlight intercept of:
- 0.2 m grading 1.80 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold ("Au") and 2.10 g/t silver ("Ag") within 8.5 m grading 0.20 g/t Au and 0.52 g/t Ag starting at a true vertical depth ("TVD") of 80 meters (Figure 3 & Picture 1)
- Additional results include multiple 1.0 to 5.0-meter intercepts throughout the hole ranging from 0.1 to 0.5 g/t Au and 0.1- to 5.0 g/t Ag starting at 30m TVD
- Drilling also intersected high-grade silver intercepts within clay altered fault zones that returned 1.5m grading 75.1 g/t Ag and 0.5m grading 52.5 g/t Ag (Figure 3)
- The hole returned 297.9m grading 0.01 g/t Au, 0.41 g/t Ag and bottomed in anomalous Au mineralization
AT25-002 was collared approximately 700m north of AT25-001 and drilled to the west towards the same gold bearing and partially eroded Penn-Perm host rocks and intersected a highlight intercept of:
- 5.9m grading 0.20 g/t Au and 2.43 g/t Ag starting at 124m TVD and;
- 2.6m grading 0.25 g/t Au and 2.59 g/t Ag within 9.8m grading 0.15 g/t Au and 2.20 g/t Ag starting at 182 m TVD (Figure 2) and;
- 1.4m grading 31.6 g/t Ag within a clay altered fault zone
- The top of AT25-001 intersected 106m of andesite (volcanic rocks) with the remainder of the hole drilling a partial section of Penn-Perm rocks that returned 147.6 m grading 0.01 g/t Au and 0.41 g/t Ag
Geologic Interpretation
Both holes intersected a thicker than anticipated section of Penn-Perm debris-flow conglomerate host rocks (150-300m), which exhibited weak to strong Carlin-Type alteration and oxide mineralization throughout with both holes bottoming in oxide mineralization.
- Anomalous gold-silver and Carlin-type trace element pathfinders were observed throughout both drillholes with the highest values (up to 1.8 g/t Au and 75.1 g/t Ag) associated with strongly altered and mineralized Penn-Perm carbonate host rocks
- Compared to AT25-001, hole AT25-002 exhibited similar zones of widespread silicification, decalcification, and oxidation. However, AT25-002 returned weaker Au values overall
- Results from these two holes indicate a potential vector to the south where the intersection of a northeast and northwest trending fault corridor coincides with a kilometer-scale gold in soils and rock chip anomaly
Figure 1: Ridgeline's 200-kilometer² exploration portfolio with Atlas located southwest of the Carlin Trend
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Figure 2: Plan view map of the Atlas project with Ridgelines 2025 drillholes testing the northern Atlas block
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QA/QC Procedures
Samples are submitted to American Assay Laboratories (AAL) of Sparks, Nevada, which is a certified and accredited laboratory, independent of the Company. Independent check samples are sent to Paragon Geochemical Labs (PAL) of Sparks, Nevada. Samples are prepared using industry-standard prep methods and analysed using FA-PB30-ICP (Au; 30g fire assay) and ICP-5AM48 (48 element Suite; 0.5g 5-acid digestion/ICP-MS) methods at AAL and analysed using a photon assay (Au-Ag, 500g) at Paragon. AAL and Paragon also undertake their own internal coarse and pulp duplicate analysis to ensure proper sample preparation and equipment calibration. Ridgeline's QA/QC program includes regular insertion of CRM standards, duplicates, and blanks into the sample stream with a stringent review of all results completed by the Company's Qualified Person, Michael T. Harp, Vice President, Exploration.
The technical information contained in this news release has been prepared under the supervision of, and approved by Michael T. Harp, CPG, the Company's Vice President, Exploration. Mr. Harp is a "qualified person" as defined under National Instrument 43-101 — Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Project.
Figure 3: X-Section A-A' showing 297.7m of continuous Carlin-Type alteration and mineralization, which returned highlights intercepts grading up to 1.8 g/t Au and 75.1 g/t Ag in individual samples
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Picture 1: Core photos of AT25-001 showing variably altered, mineralized and pervasively oxidized debris flows and calcarenites of the Penn-Perm age Tomera Fm.
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Atlas Project
Atlas is located in Eureka County, Nevada, approximately 30 kilometers southwest of the town of Carlin, NV. The property exhibits classic Carlin-Type alteration and gold mineralization within outcropping Pennsylvanian to Permian age carbonate to siliciclastic host rocks. The primary target at Atlas is a bulk tonnage, oxide, Carlin-Type gold system, which is analogous to the nearby Dark Star gold deposit (part of the greater Railroad Mining District), which is currently owned by Orla Mining and advancing towards mine development. The
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