The First Assay Tuesday Drill Digest TSX · TSX-V · CSE · June 30, 2026 | 7 companies 22 qualifying holes 3 jurisdictions |
Seven names cleared the bar today, weighted heavily toward Canada — Brixton (BC), Gold X2 (Ontario), TomaGold (Quebec) and Li-FT (NWT) — with gold dominating the count and two cross-metal bonanzas standing out: Metalsource's 6.28 m at 1,156 g/t AgEq in the Carolina Slate Belt and TomaGold's 204 m of 2.05% ZnEq at Berrigan. No Exceptional holes — the day's quality sits in the Great band — but Newcore's clean high-grade gold extension below the Enchi reserve pit and Brixton's polymetallic Cu-Au-Ag step-out at Thorn are the most investable results on the sheet.
␇ Hole of the Day
▾ Deep · From 245m★ Extension · Step-outGhana · Low-ModOrogenic
Newcore Gold NCAU TSX-V · C$119M Enchi (Nyam), Ghana NBDD086: 21.0m of 3.51 g/t Au* from 245m incl. 9.0m of 5.91 g/t Au from 251m |
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Newcore's NBDD086 returned 21.0 m at 3.51 g/t Au from 245 m at Nyam, including 9.0 m at 5.91 g/t — a clean orogenic gold hit below the pit shells that constrain Enchi's reserves, at grades above the reserve average. At GT 73.7 g/t·m it is the day's strongest single-metal "clean" result, and a GT/MCap of 0.62× is healthy for a ~C$119M developer. It is a depth/lateral extension, so the value is in adding ounces beneath an existing pit — the kind of intercept that can pull material into a future mine plan. It ranks mid-pack versus a June that featured bonanza Au holes above 700 g/t·m, but those were narrower or higher-cap; Newcore's width-plus-grade at a sub-1× cap makes it the most ownable gold hole today.
* Drilled widths — true width not determined pending geological modelling.
GT/MCap Spotlight — Top 5
Top two are cross-metal Ag/Zn-equivalent bonanzas on micro/small caps — not comparable to the Au/Cu names. Best clean ratio is Newcore at 0.62×.
| MSM SH26-19 Ag | 85.41× |
| LOT TOM-25-011EXT Zn | 41.87× |
| NCAU NBDD086 ★ Au | 0.62× |
| BBB THN26-372 ◉ Cu | 0.38× |
| NCAU NBDD085 Au | 0.19× |
Today's Qualifying Intercepts — Top 10 of 22
| Rating | Company | Metal | Hole | m | Grade / COG | GT | AuEq·m | GT/MCap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great ★ | Newcore Gold NCAU | Au Orogenic | NBDD086* | 21 | 3.51 g/t / n/s | 73.7 | 73.7 | 0.62 |
| Good | Gold X2 AUXX | Au Orogenic | MMD-26-379* | 58 ◉ | 0.86 g/t / n/s | 49.8 | 49.8 | 0.07 |
| Good | Gold X2 AUXX | Au Orogenic | MMD-26-381* | 33 ◉ | 1.22 g/t / n/s | 40.0 | 40.0 | 0.06 |
| Good | Blossom Gold BGAU | Au Epithermal-LS | BG26-016* | 99.5 ◉ | 0.39 g/t / n/s | 39.0 | 39.0 | 0.14 |
| Good | Blossom Gold BGAU | Au Epithermal-LS | BG26-007* | 81.5 ◉ | 0.39 g/t / n/s | 31.4 | 31.4 | 0.11 |
| Good | Gold X2 AUXX | Au Orogenic | MMD-26-375* | 3.6 ◉ | 7.43 g/t / n/s | 26.4 | 26.4 | 0.04 |
| Good | Newcore Gold NCAU | Au Orogenic | NBDD085* | 14 | 1.61 g/t / n/s | 22.5 | 22.5 | 0.19 |
| Good | Blossom Gold BGAU | Au Epithermal-LS | BG26-021* | 42.7 ◉ | 0.44 g/t / n/s | 18.8 | 18.8 | 0.07 |
| Great | Metalsource MSM | Ag VMS | SH26-19* | 6.3 | 1156 g/t / n/s | 7259.7 | 74.8 | 85.4 (Ag) |
| Great | Brixton Metals BBB | Cu Porphyry-Cu | THN26-372* | 14.8 ◉ | 1.25 % / n/s | 18.4 | 72.4 | 0.38 (Cu) |
↗ View all 22 intercepts in Google Sheets +12 not shown incl. 5× Li-FT (Li₂O, Good), TomaGold ZnEq (Great, AuEq·m 98), Brixton 2nd (Cu, Good).
Near-Miss
| Near-miss | Blossom Gold BGAU | Au Epithermal-LS | BG26-010* | 18.3 ◉ | 0.509 g/t / n/s | 9.3 | 9.3 | 0.03 |
| Near-miss | Blossom Gold BGAU | Au Epithermal-LS | BG26-011* | 13.8 ◉ | 0.685 g/t / n/s | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.03 |
| Near-miss | TomaGold LOT | Zn VMS | TOM-25-011EXTb* | 12.45 | 3.02 % / n/s | 37.6 | 8.8 | 3.76 |
* Drilled width — TW not determined · ◉ From ≤200m (shallow) · n/s = COG not stated · Cross-metal AgEq/ZnEq GTs not comparable to Au/Cu.
GT — Au: Good >10, Great >50 g/t·m · Cu: Good >20 %·m · Ag: Great >2,000 g/t·m · Li₂O: Good >16 %·m. AuEq: Au $3,200/oz · Ag $33/oz · Cu $13,700/t · Li₂O $15,000/t.
GT — Au: Good >10, Great >50 g/t·m · Cu: Good >20 %·m · Ag: Great >2,000 g/t·m · Li₂O: Good >16 %·m. AuEq: Au $3,200/oz · Ag $33/oz · Cu $13,700/t · Li₂O $15,000/t.
Grade × Width Scatter
Interactive AuEq g/t vs interval bubble chart (size ∝ AuEq·m) is available in the archived Google Sheet. Standouts: NCAU 3.51 g/t over 21 m (HOTD), MSM AgEq 1,156 g/t (high grade, narrow), LOT ZnEq over 204 m (broad, low grade).
Not Screened
Rokmaster (RKR · ~C$8M) — Hanson, BC. Porphyry Mo first-pass; Mo has no GT threshold.
Kalo Gold (KALO · ~C$22M) — Wainikoro, Fiji. Two recon holes, anomalous gold geochem only — no economic intercept. Fiji = Moderate risk.
Kalo Gold (KALO · ~C$22M) — Wainikoro, Fiji. Two recon holes, anomalous gold geochem only — no economic intercept. Fiji = Moderate risk.
THE FIRST ASSAY
thefirstassay.com · Au $3,200/oz · Ag $33/oz · Cu $13,700/t · Not investment advice.
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