# Benton Receives Positive Metallurgical Results from South Pond with Gold Recoveries up to 88.4%

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/benton-receives-positive-metallurgical-results-from-south-pond-with-gold-recover--b83e8ea5-a04c-4a90-b0bd-691d89d0342f

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/BEX/news/7658557148840595/benton-receives-positive-metallurgical-results-from-south-pond-with-gold-recover

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-01-14T12:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Benton Resources Inc.

- Ticker: BEX

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Newfoundland

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Copper

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-08-21 03:16:25 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Benton Resources has announced positive preliminary gold recovery results from its South Pond Gold-Copper Deposit. Standard bottle-roll tests conducted by SGS Canada achieved gold recoveries of up to 88.4%.

Reasoning: Initial bottle-roll tests at South Pond show strong gold recoveries up to 88.4% using a representative composite sample.

- Positive factor: high gold recovery

- Positive factor: standard bottle-roll testing

- Positive factor: accredited laboratory

- Negative factor: laboratory-scale only

- Negative factor: preliminary results

Facts used in scoring: 3

## Classification and evidence

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.

Why it applies: Gold recovery of 88.4% is strong for a bottle-roll test.

Evidence · text

> recoveries up to 88.4%

**Bench Scale Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Only preliminary bench tests completed — no locked-cycle or pilot work.

Why it applies: Results are from standard bottle-roll tests, which are screening-level.

Evidence · text

> standard bottle-roll cyanidation tests

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: Testing involved cyanide leaching via bottle-roll.

Evidence · text

> standard cyanide leaching using standard bottle-roll cyanidation tests

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 3. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (3)

### bottle roll

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/benton-receives-positive-metallurgical-results-from-south-pond-with-gold-recover--b83e8ea5-a04c-4a90-b0bd-691d89d0342f#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

gold

#### Identity

- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: BEX

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: bottle roll
- Processing Route: cyanide leaching
- Sample: South Pond Gold Composite Metallurgical Sample
- Leach Time: 24 hours

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 88.4 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Lab

- Laboratory: SGS Canada Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 88.4% recovery is strong for a first-pass bottle-roll test.

- Positive factor: high recovery

- Negative factor: laboratory-scale

Evidence · text

> recoveries up to 88.4%

### Fact 2

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/benton-receives-positive-metallurgical-results-from-south-pond-with-gold-recover--b83e8ea5-a04c-4a90-b0bd-691d89d0342f#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

gold

#### Identity

- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: BEX

#### Test Work

- Sample: South Pond Gold Composite Metallurgical Sample

#### Recovery

- Head Grade: 3288
- Head Grade Unit: ppb

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Composite head grade of 3288 ppb Au.

Evidence · table

> 3288

Context: 1571

### Fact 3

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/benton-receives-positive-metallurgical-results-from-south-pond-with-gold-recover--b83e8ea5-a04c-4a90-b0bd-691d89d0342f#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

copper

#### Identity

- Commodity: copper
- Ticker: BEX

#### Test Work

- Sample: South Pond Gold Composite Metallurgical Sample

#### Recovery

- Head Grade: 1571
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Composite head grade of 1571 ppm Cu.

Evidence · table

> 1571

Context: 0.16

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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