# ILT: Orient Bulk Sample Ore Sorting Update

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/ilt-orient-bulk-sample-ore-sorting-update--7f517af4-5d24-41a3-a869-4e879a4f195f

Original source: https://www.asx.com.au/asx/v2/statistics/displayAnnouncement.do?display=pdf&idsId=03155092

Publisher: asx

Original announcement: 2026-10-20T22:57:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-10-20T23:08:27.814Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-10-20T23:08:27.814Z

- 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

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas 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 factor: Successful ore sorting using DE-XRT technology

- Positive factor: High mass recovery to product \(22%\)

- Positive factor: Visual confirmation of ore amenability to sorting

- Positive factor: Clear pathway to flotation testwork

- Negative factor: No assay results yet \(samples sent to Core Metallurgy\)

- Negative factor: Significant mass loss to waste \(56%\)

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: 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 Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: 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 sorting

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/ilt-orient-bulk-sample-ore-sorting-update--7f517af4-5d24-41a3-a869-4e879a4f195f#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Orient Silver-Indium Project · silver

#### 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 factor: 22% mass recovery to product

Evidence · text

> 22% of bulk sample \(by mass\) reported to product

### ore sorting

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/ilt-orient-bulk-sample-ore-sorting-update--7f517af4-5d24-41a3-a869-4e879a4f195f#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Orient Silver-Indium Project · silver

#### 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 factor: High waste mass \(56%\)

Evidence · text

> 56% to waste

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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