# Encouraging High-Pressure Slurry Ablation Test Results at Myriad's Copper Mountain Uranium Project

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/encouraging-high-pressure-slurry-ablation-test-results-at-myriad-s-copper-mounta--a169215a-21c1-49aa-af54-5ac9ee1b5fa7

Original source: https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/315372/Encouraging-HighPressure-Slurry-Ablation-Test-Results-at-Myriads-Copper-Mountain-Uranium-Project

Publisher: newsfile

Original announcement: 2026-09-22T09:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-09-22T09:18:26.463Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-09-22T09:18:26.463Z

- Company: Myriad Uranium Corp.

- Ticker: M

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: Wyoming, USA

- Primary commodity: Uranium

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-22 09:18:27 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Myriad Uranium Corp. announced encouraging results from initial High-Pressure Slurry Ablation \(HPSA\) testing at its Copper Mountain Uranium Project. The technology successfully concentrated uranium into a fines fraction, achieving recoveries between 83.9% and 90.6% while significantly reducing the mass of material requiring further processing.

Reasoning: Initial HPSA technology testing demonstrates successful pre-concentration of uranium with high recovery and significant mass reduction, potentially lowering beneficiation costs.

- Positive factor: High uranium recovery in fines concentrate \(up to 90.6%\)

- Positive factor: Significant mass reduction \(up to 87.9%\)

- Positive factor: Successful liberation of uranium from coarse waste

- Positive factor: Reduction in radionuclide activity \(Ra-226 and Th-230\)

- Negative factor: Batch-scale testing only

- Negative factor: Requires further scale-up testing

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: Uranium recovery in fines concentrate reached 90.6%, which is exceptional for this type of pre-concentration test.

Evidence · text

> total percent recovery to the fines concentrate ranged from 83.9% to 90.6%

**Bench Scale Only**

Polarity: negative

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

Why it applies: Testing was conducted in a batch-style HPSA unit at a laboratory scale.

Evidence · text

> conducted by DISA Uranium™ Corporation... in a batch-style HPSA™ unit

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

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

**Multi-Domain Tested**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Variability across ore domains \(oxide, transition, fresh\) has been addressed.

Why it applies: 2 distinct composites were tested

## Extracted facts

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

## Metallurgical Results (3)

### batch-style HPSA

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/encouraging-high-pressure-slurry-ablation-test-results-at-myriad-s-copper-mounta--a169215a-21c1-49aa-af54-5ac9ee1b5fa7#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Copper Mountain Uranium Project · uranium

#### Identity

- Project: Copper Mountain Uranium Project
- Commodity: uranium
- Region: wyoming, usa
- Reported Region: Wyoming, USA
- Ticker: M

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: batch-style HPSA
- Sample: Bulk Feed

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 67.5 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Head Grade: 306
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Energy Labs

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Baseline head grade for the bulk feed.

Evidence · table

> 306

Context: Bulk Feed

### batch-style HPSA

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/encouraging-high-pressure-slurry-ablation-test-results-at-myriad-s-copper-mounta--a169215a-21c1-49aa-af54-5ac9ee1b5fa7#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Copper Mountain Uranium Project · uranium

#### Identity

- Project: Copper Mountain Uranium Project
- Commodity: uranium
- Region: wyoming, usa
- Reported Region: Wyoming, USA
- Ticker: M

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: batch-style HPSA
- Sample: Time Sample 1 \(fines concentrate\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 83.9 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Head Grade: 306
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Energy Labs

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Strong recovery in the first time interval sample.

- Positive factor: High recovery of 83.9%

Evidence · table

> 83.9

Context: Time Sample 1

### batch-style HPSA

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/encouraging-high-pressure-slurry-ablation-test-results-at-myriad-s-copper-mounta--a169215a-21c1-49aa-af54-5ac9ee1b5fa7#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

Copper Mountain Uranium Project · uranium

#### Identity

- Project: Copper Mountain Uranium Project
- Commodity: uranium
- Region: wyoming, usa
- Reported Region: Wyoming, USA
- Ticker: M

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: batch-style HPSA
- Sample: Time Sample 2 \(fines concentrate\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 90.6 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Head Grade: 306
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Energy Labs

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Excellent recovery in the second time interval sample.

- Positive factor: High recovery of 90.6%

Evidence · table

> 90.6

Context: Time Sample 2

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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