---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-23-004336"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AHNRF"
cik: "0001304409"
company_name: "ATHENA GOLD CORP"
filed_at: "2023-06-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T18:50:03.637772+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Athena Gold starts 2023 RC drill program at Excelsior Springs; up to 1,500 metres

## Summary
- Planned 1,500m (4,500ft) RC drilling targeting Western Slope Zone expansion.
- 30-metre step-out holes along strike east and west from discovery hole DB-23.
- Previous 2022 intercepts at DB-23: 33.5m of 5.15 g/t Au including 16.7m of 10.03 g/t.
- Follow-up core or RC programs possible later in 2023 after results.
- Drill samples at 5-foot intervals, QAQC with reference standards sent to ISO lab.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-23-004336
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AHNRF
- cik: 0001304409
- company_name: ATHENA GOLD CORP
- filed_at: 2023-06-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1304409/000168316823004336/0001683168-23-004336-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1304409/000168316823004336/athenagold_8k.htm

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