Audit Trail · Article #2558302

‘A gold rush’: 1,618 mineral tenures staked in proposed Indigenous protected areas across B.C. since 2019

Source article ↗ · The Narwhal · outlet lean: center-left · owner: The Narwhal (non-profit) (non_profit)

published 2026-11-12T15:00:00 · ingested 2026-11-12T10:56:33.054951

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -1.00 confidence: 80% vv3

triggers: indigenous(-0.25×3)

Trigger phrases: mineral tenures stakedproposed Indigenous protected areascost millions

      computed at 2026-11-12T10:56:33.054951
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

ML scoring pending — backlog worker processes ~50 articles per ingest cycle.

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-12T11:00:21.166958

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-12T11:00:21.269768

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified Buying out mineral claims in proposed Indigenous protected areas could cost millions, a data analysis from The Narwhal reveals

Rule-based: source_credibility=True, has_stat=False, hedged=True

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-11-12T10:56:33.089159
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

‘A gold rush’: 1,618 mineral tenures staked in proposed Indigenous protected areas across B.C. since 2019 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-12T10:56:33.075461
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

Accountability {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Environmental {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Fairness {'events': 2, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (2 events; minimum 100 for a non-provisional score)', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Privacy {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Safety {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Transparency {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Ethics audit by C.R.E.E.D. Institute · 2 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (1 event)

2026-11-12T10:56:33.054951 ingested

payload

{
  "bias": {
    "band": "left",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: indigenous(-0.25\u00d73)",
    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 490
}

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