Canagold Resources Successfully Produces Physical Antimony Metal Grading over 99% Sb from New Polaris Concentrate
Original announcement by jmn on
- Company
- Canagold Resources Ltd.
- Ticker
- CCM
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- British Columbia
- Primary commodity
- Antimony
- Secondary commodities
- Gold
- Document categories
- Metallurgy
- Extracted
- 2026-10-06 12:27:52 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
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Summary
Canagold Resources has successfully produced physical antimony metal grading over 99% Sb from its New Polaris project concentrate. The refining process, using alkaline sulphide leach and electrowinning, achieved a 99.7% antimony leach extraction rate.
Reasoning: The successful conversion of concentrate to high-purity metal is a major technical milestone that de-risks the project's ability to capture more value from the antimony stream.
Positive factors
- Successful production of high-purity (>99%) antimony metal
- High leach extraction efficiency (99.7%)
- Demonstrated technical pathway to value-added refined product
- Reduces reliance on third-party smelters
Facts used in scoring: 2
Classification and evidence
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: 99.7% antimony leach extraction is exceptional.
Evidence · text
“achieved 99.7% antimony leach extraction”
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: The process involves an alkaline sulphide leach and electrowinning.
Evidence · text
“Using an alkaline sulphide leach followed by electrowinning”
Single Domain Onlynegative
Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established.
Why it applies: only one composite was tested
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (2)
refining test workNew Polaris · antimonyRecovery: 99.7 %Head Grade: 59.1Head Grade Unit: %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- New Polaris
- Commodity
- antimony
- Region
- canada_bc
- Reported Region
- British Columbia
- Ticker
- CCM
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- refining test work
- Processing Route
- alkaline sulphide leach followed by electrowinning
- Sample
- New Polaris antimony-gold concentrate
Recovery
- Recovery
- 99.7 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
- Head Grade
- 59.1
- Head Grade Unit
- %
- Conc. Grade
- 99.7
- Conc. Grade Unit
- %
Lab
- Laboratory
- Core Metallurgy Pty Ltd.
- Consultant
- Core Metallurgy Pty Ltd.
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: 99.7% extraction is an exceptional result for the leach stage of the refining process.
Positive factors
- High leach extraction efficiency
- Successful production of high-purity metal
Evidence · text
“achieved 99.7% antimony leach extraction and produced antimony metal grading greater than 99% Sb”
Fact 2New Polaris · goldHead Grade: 98.3Head Grade Unit: g/tHistorical resultNeeds review: historical_restatementView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- New Polaris
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- canada_bc
- Reported Region
- British Columbia
- Ticker
- CCM
Test Work
- Sample
- New Polaris antimony-gold concentrate
Recovery
- Head Grade
- 98.3
- Head Grade Unit
- g/t
Review
- Needs Review
- Yes
- Review Reason
- historical_restatement
- Historical
- Yes
- Historical Source Date
- 2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: This is a restatement of the concentrate grade from a previous release.
Evidence · text
“high-grade gold-antimony concentrate assaying 59.1% Sb and 98.3 g/t Au (see news release dated October 1, 2025)”
How Atlas produces this analysis
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