---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-23-006495"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AHNRF"
cik: "0001304409"
company_name: "ATHENA GOLD CORP"
filed_at: "2023-09-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T16:04:34.948127+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Athena Gold Phase 3 drilling: 1.02 g/t Au over 51.8m extends Western Slope Zone at Excelsior Springs

## Summary
- 9 RC holes totaling 1,140m completed; gold mineralization extended both east and west in the Western Slope Zone.
- Hole 23-03 returned 1.02 g/t Au and 8.2 g/t Ag over 51.8m starting at 29.0m, extending zone 23m eastward.
- Hole 23-01 returned 2.18 g/t Au and 1.9 g/t Ag over 6.1m, including 1.52m of 6.6 g/t Au, extending zone 15m east.
- 3D geological modeling completed; 6 Phase 4 drill holes proposed to further delineate and expand WSZ.
- Company also sampling GE-14 area (1.09 g/t Au over 24.4m) targeting Intrusion Related Gold system nearby.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-23-006495
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AHNRF
- cik: 0001304409
- company_name: ATHENA GOLD CORP
- filed_at: 2023-09-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1304409/000168316823006495/0001683168-23-006495-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1304409/000168316823006495/athenagold_8k.htm

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