98.2% Copper Recovery Tests the Number B26's Resource Already Assumed
Original announcement by cruxinvestor on
- Company
- Abitibi Metals
- Ticker
- AMQ
- Exchange
- Unavailable
- Region
- Quebec
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Secondary commodities
- Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead
- Document categories
- Metallurgy, Resource update
- Extracted
- 2026-08-28 15:17:29 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Abitibi Metals reported initial flotation testwork at the B26 deposit in Quebec, achieving a 98.2% copper recovery. This result closely aligns with the 98.3% recovery assumed in the project's 2026 mineral resource estimate.
Reasoning: The copper recovery results are highly positive and validate the assumptions used in the 2026 resource estimate, though the metallurgical program is incomplete for other metals.
Positive factors
- High copper recovery (98.2%) aligns with resource assumptions
- Simple flotation circuit suggested by fast flotation
- Independent testing by SLR Consulting
Negative factors
- Results only cover the copper zone; zinc/gold/silver testing ongoing
- Laboratory scale results may not translate to commercial scale
- Single sample representativeness risk
Facts used in scoring: 8
Classification and evidence
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: 98.2% copper recovery is exceptional for flotation.
Evidence · text
“recovered 98.2% of the copper”
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: The report describes flotation testwork.
Evidence · text
“Initial flotation testwork”
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 8. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (8)
flotationcopperRecovery: 98.2 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- copper
- Ticker
- AMQ
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- flotation
- Processing Route
- flotation
- Sample
- copper zone sample, rougher concentrate
Recovery
- Recovery
- 98.2 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
- Conc. Grade
- 23.7
- Conc. Grade Unit
- %
Lab
- Laboratory
- SLR Consulting
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: 98.2% recovery is exceptional for copper flotation and validates resource assumptions.
Positive factors
- High recovery rate
Negative factors
- Laboratory scale
Evidence · text
“Initial flotation testwork on B26's copper zone recovered 98.2% of the copper into a rougher concentrate grading 23.7% copper.”
Fact 2copperView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- copper
- Ticker
- AMQ
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Indicated resource component of the B26 deposit.
Positive factors
- Large tonnage
Evidence · text
“the deposit holds an indicated resource of 12.96 million tonnes at 2.08% copper equivalent”
Fact 3copperView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- copper
- Ticker
- AMQ
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Inferred resource component of the B26 deposit.
Positive factors
- High grade
Negative factors
- Inferred category
Evidence · text
“alongside an inferred resource of 12.34 million tonnes at 2.20% copper equivalent”
Fact 4zincView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- zinc
- Ticker
- AMQ
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Zinc resource component.
Evidence · text
“The zinc horizon holds 3.27 million tonnes of indicated resource at 4.02% zinc”
Fact 5silverView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- silver
- Ticker
- AMQ
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Silver byproduct in zinc resource.
Evidence · text
“3.27 million tonnes of indicated resource at 4.02% zinc and 92.5 grams per tonne silver”
Fact 6zincView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- zinc
- Ticker
- AMQ
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Zinc inferred resource component.
Evidence · text
“plus 0.34 million tonnes inferred”
Fact 7zincView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- zinc
- Ticker
- AMQ
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Zinc resource in remobilized zone.
Evidence · text
“a separate zone of remobilized silver and zinc holds 0.40 million tonnes indicated at 2.55% zinc”
Fact 8silverView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- silver
- Ticker
- AMQ
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Silver byproduct in remobilized zone.
Evidence · text
“0.40 million tonnes indicated at 2.55% zinc and 101.5 grams per tonne silver”
How Atlas produces this analysis
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