# Gold Recoveries Increased to Over 80%; Ongoing Metallurgical Work Produces a High-grade Copper, Gold and Silver Concentrate for the Goldstorm Deposit at Treaty Creek, Golden Triangle Region, Northwestern B.C.

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/gold-recoveries-increased-to-over-80-ongoing-metallurgical-work-produces-a-high--dd91078d-1ca8-4780-8c93-df18f9294d6e

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/TUO/news/6453953209166409/gold-recoveries-increased-to-over-80-ongoing-metallurgical-work-produces-a-high-

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2025-04-23T18:40:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Teuton Resources Corp.

- Ticker: TUO

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Northwestern British Columbia

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Copper, Silver

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-08-21 08:27:48 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Teuton Resources reports improved metallurgical results for the Goldstorm Deposit, specifically a significant increase in gold recovery to 80.2% in the Lower CS-600 sub-domain. This was achieved by adding a cyanide leach step to the flotation tailings, producing a high-grade copper, gold, and silver concentrate.

Reasoning: The update reports a significant improvement in gold recovery \(from 63.8% to 80.2%\) through the addition of a cyanide leach step on flotation tails, while maintaining high-grade copper concentrate.

- Positive factor: significant increase in gold recovery

- Positive factor: high-grade concentrate produced

- Positive factor: successful optimization via cyanide leach of tails

- Negative factor: notable variability in copper circuit gold recovery

Facts used in scoring: 4

## 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 80.2% is high for a complex gold-copper deposit using flotation and leach.

Evidence · text

> Gold Recoveries Increased to Over 80%

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: The process involves flotation and grinding to -75 microns.

Evidence · text

> These reported recoveries utilized a grind size of -75 microns.

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Story-specific tag

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: Release mentions standard QA/QC procedures maintained by SGS and Blue Coast.

Evidence · text

> Standard QA/QC sampling procedures are maintained by SGS and Blue Coast

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 4. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (4)

### flotation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/gold-recoveries-increased-to-over-80-ongoing-metallurgical-work-produces-a-high--dd91078d-1ca8-4780-8c93-df18f9294d6e#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

copper

#### Identity

- Commodity: copper
- Ticker: TUO

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Test Type: flotation
- Processing Route: copper flotation circuit
- Sample: Lower CS-600L sub-domain flotation tails

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 85.8 %
- Conc. Grade: 30.3
- Conc. Grade Unit: %

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Blue Coast Research

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Achieved 85.8% recovery with a high-grade 30.3% Cu concentrate.

- Positive factor: high-grade concentrate

Evidence · text

> The batch flotation tests achieved recoveries of 85.8% copper... into a concentrate with grade 30.3% copper

### flotation and cyanide leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/gold-recoveries-increased-to-over-80-ongoing-metallurgical-work-produces-a-high--dd91078d-1ca8-4780-8c93-df18f9294d6e#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

gold

#### Identity

- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: TUO

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Test Type: flotation and cyanide leach
- Processing Route: copper flotation followed by cyanide leach of tails
- Sample: Lower CS-600L sub-domain flotation tails

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 80.2 %
- Conc. Grade: 36.5
- Conc. Grade Unit: g/t

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Blue Coast Research

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Gold recovery increased to 80.2% by adding a cyanide leach step to the flotation tails.

- Positive factor: significant increase in gold recovery

Evidence · text

> The combined gold flotation recovery plus cyanide extraction totaled 80.2%.

### flotation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/gold-recoveries-increased-to-over-80-ongoing-metallurgical-work-produces-a-high--dd91078d-1ca8-4780-8c93-df18f9294d6e#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

silver

#### Identity

- Commodity: silver
- Ticker: TUO

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Test Type: flotation
- Processing Route: copper flotation circuit
- Sample: Lower CS-600L sub-domain flotation tails

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 58.1 %
- Conc. Grade: 99.8
- Conc. Grade Unit: g/t

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Blue Coast Research

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Silver recovery reported at 58.1% with a high-grade concentrate of 99.8 g/t.

Evidence · text

> Flotation recoveries... totaled up to... 58.1% silver. Flotation testing consistently achieved a high-grade... 99.8 g/t silver.

### sequential flotation and cyanide leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/gold-recoveries-increased-to-over-80-ongoing-metallurgical-work-produces-a-high--dd91078d-1ca8-4780-8c93-df18f9294d6e#fact-metallurgical-facts-3)

gold

#### Identity

- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: TUO

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Test Type: sequential flotation and cyanide leach
- Processing Route: sequential copper-pyrite flotation and cyanide leach of pyrite concentrate
- Sample: pyrite concentrate \(sequential copper-pyrite flowsheet\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 69 %

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Reported a range of 67-71% total gold recovery through sequential flotation and pyrite leaching.

Evidence · text

> This provided an additional gold extraction of 7-8% for a total gold recovery and extraction of 67-71%.

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