# American Tungsten Reports Positive Initial Metallurgical Test Work Results From IMA Tungsten Project

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/american-tungsten-reports-positive-initial-metallurgical-test-work-results-from--aef122d7-504f-4e69-8c7c-d2a1aed4f6b9

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/american-tungsten-reports-positive-initial-121500696.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2026-03-03T12:15:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-09-22T03:09:54.389Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-09-22T03:09:54.389Z

- Company: American Tungsten Corp.

- Ticker: TUNG

- Exchange: CSE

- Region: Idaho

- Primary commodity: Tungsten

- Secondary commodities: Silver

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-22 03:09:55 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

American Tungsten Corp. reported positive initial metallurgical test results for its IMA Tungsten Project in Idaho. The tests, conducted by Sepro Laboratories, demonstrated that the tungsten-silver mineralization is amenable to gravity and dense media separation.

Reasoning: Initial metallurgical test work shows positive amenability to gravity and dense media separation, though specific recovery percentages and head grades are not provided in the snippet.

- Positive factor: strong amenability to separation

- Positive factor: positive initial results

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Processing via mill or concentrator \(CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation\).

Why it applies: The results involve gravity concentration and re-grinding, which are part of a mill-based processing flowsheet.

Evidence · text

> Staged Falcon gravity concentration with re-grinding achieved

**Gravity Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Gravity separation forms a material part of the flowsheet.

Why it applies: the document describes a gravity route \("gravity"\)

**Single Domain Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established.

Why it applies: only one composite was tested

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (1)

### gravity

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IMA Tungsten Project · tungsten

#### Identity

- Project: IMA Tungsten Project
- Commodity: tungsten
- Region: usa\_id
- Reported Region: Idaho
- Ticker: TUNG

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: gravity
- Processing Route: Staged Falcon gravity concentration with re-grinding
- Sample: tungsten-silver mineralized samples from the IMA Mine

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Sepro Laboratories

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Initial results indicate successful gravity concentration with re-grinding.

- Positive factor: strong amenability to dense media and gravity separation

Evidence · text

> -WO3 demonstrates strong amenability to dense media and gravity separation

#### Tags used in scoring

**Gravity Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Gravity separation forms a material part of the flowsheet.

Why it applies: processing\_route matches the gravity signal

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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