ILT: Orient Bulk Sample Ore Sorting Update
Original announcement by asx on
- Company
- Iltani Resources Limited
- Ticker
- ILT
- Exchange
- ASX
- Region
- Northern Queensland
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Secondary commodities
- Indium, Lead, Zinc
- Document categories
- Metallurgy
- Extracted
- 2026-10-20 23:08:28 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
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Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Iltani Resources has successfully completed initial ore sorting testwork on a 5-tonne bulk sample of Orient diamond drill core using TOMRA's DE-XRT technology. The process yielded a 22% product mass, and sorted material has been dispatched to Core Metallurgy for upcoming flotation testwork and assay analysis.
Reasoning: The successful bulk sample ore sorting testwork demonstrates the potential to upgrade feed grade via XRT technology, a key de-risking step for the project's economics.
Positive factors
- Successful ore sorting using DE-XRT technology
- High mass recovery to product (22%)
- Visual confirmation of ore amenability to sorting
- Clear pathway to flotation testwork
Negative factors
- No assay results yet (samples sent to Core Metallurgy)
- Significant mass loss to waste (56%)
Facts used in scoring: 2
Classification and evidence
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: The next stage involves flotation testwork in a mill environment.
Evidence · text
“Core Metallurgy will then commence flotation testwork program”
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)
ore sortingOrient Silver-Indium Project · silverView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Orient Silver-Indium Project
- Commodity
- silver
- Region
- australia_qld
- Reported Region
- Northern Queensland
- Ticker
- ILT
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- ore sorting
- Processing Route
- Dual-Energy X-Ray Transmission (DE-XRT)
- Sample
- Orient bulk sample (5 tonnes PQ diameter diamond core) - Product fraction
Recovery
- Recovery Basis
- unspecified
- Mass Pull
- 22 %
Lab
- Laboratory
- TOMRA
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Successful mass pull to product via XRT sorting.
Positive factors
- 22% mass recovery to product
Evidence · text
“22% of bulk sample (by mass) reported to product”
ore sortingOrient Silver-Indium Project · silverView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Orient Silver-Indium Project
- Commodity
- silver
- Region
- australia_qld
- Reported Region
- Northern Queensland
- Ticker
- ILT
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- ore sorting
- Processing Route
- Dual-Energy X-Ray Transmission (DE-XRT)
- Sample
- Orient bulk sample (5 tonnes PQ diameter diamond core) - Waste fraction
Recovery
- Recovery Basis
- unspecified
- Mass Pull
- 56 %
Lab
- Laboratory
- TOMRA
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Majority of material reported to waste.
Negative factors
- High waste mass (56%)
Evidence · text
“56% to waste”
How Atlas produces this analysis
Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. Sentiment reflects the extracted narrative and classification rules; it is an interpretation, not a reported measurement. Evidence quotes and context are provided where available. Missing data, low-confidence results, and review flags indicate limitations. Check the original publisher announcement before relying on an interpretation.