# LAKE VICTORIA GOLD IDENTIFIES PREFERRED PROCESSING ROUTE FOR IMWELO NEAR-SURFACE MINERALIZATION

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/lake-victoria-gold-identifies-preferred-processing-route-for-imwelo-near-surface--281aaf9a-177d-43bd-abd2-1e2056aec874

Original source: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/lake-victoria-gold-identifies-preferred-processing-route-for-imwelo-near-surface-mineralization-878158471.html

Publisher: cnw

Original announcement: 2026-09-24T12:46:25.876Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-09-24T12:55:08.030Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-09-24T12:55:08.030Z

- Company: Lake Victoria Gold Ltd.

- Ticker: LVG

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: Tanzania

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-24 12:55:08 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Lake Victoria Gold has identified attrition scrubbing and desliming as the preferred pretreatment route for the clay-rich, near-surface mineralization at the Imwelo Gold Project. This pretreatment increased 24-hour gold extraction from 49.99% to 84.54% and improved slurry settling and gravity recovery.

Reasoning: The metallurgical testwork successfully identified a pretreatment route \(attrition scrubbing and desliming\) that significantly boosts gold extraction from ~50% to ~85% for the clay-rich near-surface ore at Area C.

- Positive factor: Significant recovery improvement via pretreatment

- Positive factor: Improved slurry handling characteristics

- Positive factor: Strong gravity-recoverable gold results

- Positive factor: QA/QC disclosed with certified lab and QP sign-off

- Negative factor: Results are from pretreated fractions and do not yet represent whole-ore plant recovery

Facts used in scoring: 5

## Classification and evidence

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.

Why it applies: Attrition scrubbed and deslimed fraction returned 88.15% recovery in bottle roll testing.

Evidence · text

> Bottle-roll recovery of up to 88.15%

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: The program evaluated cyanide leaching and CIL \(Carbon-in-Leach\) processes.

Evidence · table

> CIL – 25 g/L carbon

Context: 3.80

**Gravity Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Gravity separation forms a material part of the flowsheet.

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

**Multi-Domain Tested**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: 3 distinct composites were tested

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 5. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (5)

### agitated leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/lake-victoria-gold-identifies-preferred-processing-route-for-imwelo-near-surface--281aaf9a-177d-43bd-abd2-1e2056aec874#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Imwelo Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Imwelo Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: tanzania
- Reported Region: Tanzania
- Ticker: LVG

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Test Type: agitated leach
- Sample: As received composite

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 49.99 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Head Grade: 3.8
- Head Grade Unit: g/t

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Nesch Mintech Tanzania Limited

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Baseline recovery on as-received material is relatively low at ~50%.

- Negative factor: Low baseline recovery

Evidence · table

> 49.99 %

Context: 3.80

#### Tags used in scoring

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: processing\_route matches the mill\_cil signal

**Low Recovery**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Recovery below the weak band for the commodity and processing route.

Why it applies: 49.99% is below the weak band \(80%\)

### agitated leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/lake-victoria-gold-identifies-preferred-processing-route-for-imwelo-near-surface--281aaf9a-177d-43bd-abd2-1e2056aec874#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Imwelo Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Imwelo Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: tanzania
- Reported Region: Tanzania
- Ticker: LVG

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Test Type: agitated leach
- Sample: Deslimed composite

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 62.1 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Head Grade: 2.72
- Head Grade Unit: g/t

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Nesch Mintech Tanzania Limited

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Desliming alone provides a moderate boost to extraction.

- Positive factor: Improvement over as-received

Evidence · table

> 62.10 %

Context: 2.72

#### Tags used in scoring

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: processing\_route matches the mill\_cil signal

**Low Recovery**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Recovery below the weak band for the commodity and processing route.

Why it applies: 62.1% is below the weak band \(80%\)

### agitated leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/lake-victoria-gold-identifies-preferred-processing-route-for-imwelo-near-surface--281aaf9a-177d-43bd-abd2-1e2056aec874#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

Imwelo Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Imwelo Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: tanzania
- Reported Region: Tanzania
- Ticker: LVG

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Test Type: agitated leach
- Sample: Attrition scrubbed + deslimed composite

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 84.54 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Head Grade: 2.87
- Head Grade Unit: g/t

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Nesch Mintech Tanzania Limited

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: The combination of scrubbing and desliming significantly improves gold extraction to >84%.

- Positive factor: Strong recovery boost

Evidence · table

> 84.54 %

Context: 2.87

#### Tags used in scoring

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: processing\_route matches the mill\_cil signal

### bottle roll

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/lake-victoria-gold-identifies-preferred-processing-route-for-imwelo-near-surface--281aaf9a-177d-43bd-abd2-1e2056aec874#fact-metallurgical-facts-3)

Imwelo Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Imwelo Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: tanzania
- Reported Region: Tanzania
- Ticker: LVG

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Test Type: bottle roll
- Sample: Attrition scrubbed + deslimed composite

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 88.15 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Head Grade: 2.87
- Head Grade Unit: g/t

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Nesch Mintech Tanzania Limited

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Bottle roll testing confirms high recovery potential on the pretreated fraction.

- Positive factor: High 48h recovery

Evidence · table

> 88.15 %

Context: 2.87

### CIL

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/lake-victoria-gold-identifies-preferred-processing-route-for-imwelo-near-surface--281aaf9a-177d-43bd-abd2-1e2056aec874#fact-metallurgical-facts-4)

Imwelo Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Imwelo Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: tanzania
- Reported Region: Tanzania
- Ticker: LVG

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Test Type: CIL
- Sample: Attrition scrubbed + deslimed composite

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 85.02 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Head Grade: 2.87
- Head Grade Unit: g/t

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Nesch Mintech Tanzania Limited

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: CIL recovery on the pretreated fraction is robust at 85%.

- Positive factor: Strong CIL recovery

Evidence · table

> 85.02 %

Context: 2.87

#### Tags used in scoring

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: processing\_route matches the mill\_cil signal

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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