The First Assay
Monday Drill Digest
TSX · TSX-V · CSE · NYSE-A · Nasdaq · October 19, 2026
14 companies
110 qualifying holes
6 jurisdictions
A gold-heavy Monday after a quiet weekend, with Cambria's 98.56 g/t over 8.2 m at Silver Coin (BC) leading on grade-thickness, Heliostar's 52 m at 5.8 g/t at Ana Paula (Mexico) the best large-cap result, and Benz posting 34 m at 8.7 g/t at Icon (Western Australia). Beyond gold, Hot Chili returned 148 m at 0.39% Cu at La Verde (Chile) and Capitan Silver extended Cruz de Plata silver 600 m down-dip with a new CRD-style target; Colombia contributed a Tiger Gold bulk gold intercept and a sub-economic Quimbaya porphyry. In all, 110 intercepts across 14 companies cleared the screen, with Nevada, California and Idaho names feeding a busy US gold tape.
⚑ Hole of the Day
◉ Shallow · From 73.7m Infill · Resource Canada · Stable Epithermal-LS
Cambria Gold Mines CAMB TSX-V · C$302M
Silver Coin deposit, Premier Gold Project, Canada
SC26-2714: 8.2m of 98.56 g/t Au from 73.7m
incl. 1.0m of 794.0 g/t Au · also 16.0m of 4.61 g/t Au from 105.0m
GT
808.2 g/t·m
ExceptionalAuEq·m
813.6
Au basis
GT/MCap
2.67×
(Au)
Deposit
Epithermal
Cambria's SC26-2714 returned 8.2 m of 98.56 g/t Au (plus 55.5 g/t Ag) from 73.7 m at the Silver Coin deposit, a quartz-breccia and base-metal-sulphide epithermal system near Stewart in BC's Golden Triangle. That is a grade-thickness of 808 g/t·m and an Exceptional rating, at 2.67× GT/MCap against a roughly C$300M market cap. Read it with a nugget caveat: one 1.0 m sample at 794 g/t accounts for about 98% of the GT; the other 7.2 m averages roughly 2 g/t, and the same hole's second interval (16 m at 4.61 g/t, 74 g/t·m) is the more representative signal. It starts at only 73.7 m, so the pit-scale case is intact, though the company is steering toward underground development in spring 2027. This is an infill hole in a deposit with 14,000 m of drilling planned and a resource/feasibility update targeted for H1 2027; estimated true width is 68%. Among Au intercepts archived over the last 30 days this ranks in the top ten (#8 of roughly 1,060 rows), though rows nest, so treat the rank as approximate. Canada, so no jurisdiction flag. Watch: the remaining 2026 infill holes, and whether a second 100+ g/t sample shows up outside the 1 m spike.
GT/MCap Spotlight — Top 5
Au, Ag and Cu metrics are on different price bases — not directly comparable across metals. Capitan's ratio is silver-based and driven by narrow high-grade intervals; the best clean gold ratio is Karus (FG-26-412) on a C$13M market cap.
KARU FG-26-412 Au ✓5.37×
CAPT 26-ERDD-42 Ag ✓5.15×
FNAU HH26-003 Au4.12×
RFR PAR-26-150 Au ◉3.23×
TGOL TM26-221 Au ◉ ✓3.00×
◉ From depth ≤200m (shallow) · ⚠ High jurisdiction risk · ~ Moderate jurisdiction risk · ✓ True width stated · ★ HOTD
Today's Qualifying Intercepts — Top 10 of 110
| Rating | Company | Metal | Hole | m | Grade | GT | AuEq·m | GT/MCap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exceptional ★ | Cambria Gold Mines CAMB | AuEpithermal | SC26-2714 ✓ | 8.2 ◉ | 98.56 g/t | 808.2 | 813.6 | 2.67 |
| Exceptional | Heliostar Metals HSTR | Au | AP-26-409* | 52.35 ◉ | 5.83 g/t | 305.2 | 305.2 | 0.45 |
| Exceptional | Benz Mining BZ | AuOrogenic | 26CN120* | 34 | 8.7 g/t | 295.8 | 295.8 | 0.15 |
| Exceptional | Heliostar Metals HSTR | Au | AP-26-409* | 12.55 ◉ | 17.75 g/t | 222.8 | 222.8 | 0.33 |
| Great | Mackay Gold & Silver MACK | AuEpithermal | 26MGS014 ✓ | 67.06 ◉ | 2.3 g/t | 154.2 | 160.3 | 0.60 |
| Great | Mackay Gold & Silver MACK | AuEpithermal | 26MGS015 ✓ | 97.54 ◉ | 1.48 g/t | 144.4 | 149.9 | 0.56 |
| Great | Thunder Gold TGOL | Au | TM26-221 ✓ | 159 ◉ | 0.894 g/t | 142.1 | 142.1 | 3.00 |
| Great | Tiger Gold TIGR | AuPorphyry-Au | CEDDH-023* ~ | 268 ◉ | 0.5 g/t | 134.0 | 150.5 | 2.04 |
| Good | Capitan Silver CAPT | AgEpithermal | 26-ERDD-34 ✓ | 18.4 | 62.7 g/t | 1,153.7 | 25.1 | 4.69 (Ag) |
| Great | Hot Chili HCH | CuPorphyry-Cu | DKP084* | 148 ◉ | 0.39 % | 57.7 | 86.7 | 0.19 (Cu) |
↗ View all 110 intercepts in Google Sheets
+100 not shown: HSTR ×22, BZ ×19, MACK ×14, CAPT ×13, CAMB ×9, TGOL ×5, KARU ×5, RSG ×5, RFR ×4, FNAU ×1, LEGY ×1, HCH ×1, QIM ×1
Near-Miss — 6 of 20
| Near-miss | Mackay Gold & Silver MACK | AuEpithermal | 26MGS014 ✓ | 27.43 | 0.36 g/t | 9.9 | 11.6 | 0.04 |
| Near-miss | Thunder Gold TGOL | Au | TM26-220* | 31.5 ◉ | 0.307 g/t | 9.7 | 9.7 | 0.20 |
| Near-miss | Thunder Gold TGOL | Au | TM26-221* | 12 | 0.785 g/t | 9.4 | 9.4 | 0.20 |
| Near-miss | Capitan Silver CAPT | AgEpithermal | 26-ERDD-34 ✓ | 2.8 | 166.76 g/t | 466.9 | 4.8 | 1.90 (Ag) |
| Near-miss | Mackay Gold & Silver MACK | AuEpithermal | 26MGS012 ✓ | 10.67 ◉ | 0.86 g/t | 9.2 | 9.4 | 0.04 |
| Near-miss | Karus Mining KARU | Au | FG-26-411 ✓ | 0.8 | 11.55 g/t | 9.2 | 9.2 | 0.71 |
Narrow high-grade intervals and long low-grade runs just under the Good threshold; 14 further near-misses in the sheet.
✓ True width stated · * Drilled width — TW not determined · ◉ From ≤200m (shallow)
⚠ High jurisdiction risk · ~ Moderate jurisdiction risk
GT thresholds — Au: Good >10, Great >50, Exceptional >200 g/t·m · Ag: Good >500, Great >2,000, Exceptional >10,000 g/t·m · Cu: Good >20, Great >40, Exceptional >150 %·m
AuEq: Au $3,200/oz · Ag $33/oz · Cu $13,700/t · GT/MCap uses C$ market cap at October 19, 2026; several small-cap figures are approximate. Today's table is metal-balanced: best gold rows (max 2 per company) plus the best silver and copper rows.
⚠ High jurisdiction risk · ~ Moderate jurisdiction risk
GT thresholds — Au: Good >10, Great >50, Exceptional >200 g/t·m · Ag: Good >500, Great >2,000, Exceptional >10,000 g/t·m · Cu: Good >20, Great >40, Exceptional >150 %·m
AuEq: Au $3,200/oz · Ag $33/oz · Cu $13,700/t · GT/MCap uses C$ market cap at October 19, 2026; several small-cap figures are approximate. Today's table is metal-balanced: best gold rows (max 2 per company) plus the best silver and copper rows.
Not Screened
Core Silver (CC · CSE) — Touleary, Yukon. Intervals shown are 2011 historical drilling only; the 2026 Phase One holes carry visual sulphide logging with assays pending.
Cosa Resources (COSA · TSX-V · C$53M) / Traction Uranium (TRAC · CSE) — Aurora, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. Two holes, 541 m total, graphitic basement and brittle faulting; geochemical results pending.
Lode Gold (LOD · TSX-V) — Fremont Gold Mine, California. Six metallurgy and geotechnical holes completed; assays awaited for the first two.
Renegade Gold (RAGE · TSX-V) — BobJo, Red Lake. Channel samples (16.2 g/t Au over 5.0 m), not drilling.
Bronco Resources (BRON · TSX-V) — Surface rock samples (51.6 g/t Au, 228 g/t Ag), not drilling.
Trinity Silver (TOM · TSX-V) — Historical tailings samples, not drilling.
Partial releases — Hot Chili DKD100 and Four Nines HH26-005 / HH26-007 are visual estimates only, with assays pending.
Cosa Resources (COSA · TSX-V · C$53M) / Traction Uranium (TRAC · CSE) — Aurora, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. Two holes, 541 m total, graphitic basement and brittle faulting; geochemical results pending.
Lode Gold (LOD · TSX-V) — Fremont Gold Mine, California. Six metallurgy and geotechnical holes completed; assays awaited for the first two.
Renegade Gold (RAGE · TSX-V) — BobJo, Red Lake. Channel samples (16.2 g/t Au over 5.0 m), not drilling.
Bronco Resources (BRON · TSX-V) — Surface rock samples (51.6 g/t Au, 228 g/t Ag), not drilling.
Trinity Silver (TOM · TSX-V) — Historical tailings samples, not drilling.
Partial releases — Hot Chili DKD100 and Four Nines HH26-005 / HH26-007 are visual estimates only, with assays pending.
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Au $3,200/oz · Ag $33/oz · Cu $13,700/t · APT $3,300/mtu
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