# 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--e9773298-53f4-4583-842a-92c9aa8843bf

Original source: https://orestocks.com/company/LVG.V/press-releases/5220697099027172

Publisher: orestocks

Original announcement: 2026-09-24T12:18:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-09-24T13:04:17.683Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-09-24T13:04:17.683Z

- Company: Lake Victoria Gold Ltd.

- Ticker: LVG.V

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: Tanzania

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-24 13:04:18 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Lake Victoria Gold has identified attrition scrubbing followed by desliming as the preferred pretreatment route for the clay-rich near-surface mineralization at the Imwelo Gold Project. This process increased 24-hour gold extraction from 49.99% to 84.54% and improved slurry settling and gravity recovery. The results complement existing high-recovery data for deeper transitional and fresh mineralization.

Reasoning: The identification of a preferred pretreatment route \(attrition scrubbing and desliming\) significantly lifts gold extraction from ~50% to ~85% for the clay-rich near-surface material, addressing a key technical risk for the early mining sequence.

- Positive factor: Significant recovery improvement via pretreatment

- Positive factor: Improved slurry handling characteristics

- Positive factor: Confirmed coarse gold/gravity potential

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

- Negative factor: Results represent pretreated fractions, not 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/deslimed fraction achieved 84.54% 24h extraction and 88.15% bottle roll recovery.

Evidence · text

> 84.54% following attrition scrubbing and desliming

**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 certified reference materials and blanks were used in testing.

Evidence · text

> Certified reference materials and a blank were inserted with the samples

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: the document describes a mill\_cil route \("CIL"\)

**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--e9773298-53f4-4583-842a-92c9aa8843bf#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Imwelo Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

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

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: agitated leach
- Processing Route: as-received
- 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 low \(49.99%\) due to the clay-rich nature of the near-surface ore.

- Negative factor: Low baseline recovery due to clay content

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--e9773298-53f4-4583-842a-92c9aa8843bf#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Imwelo Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

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

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: agitated leach
- Processing Route: desliming
- 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 improvement in recovery compared to as-received material.

- Positive factor: Improved recovery 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--e9773298-53f4-4583-842a-92c9aa8843bf#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

Imwelo Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

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

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: agitated leach
- Processing Route: attrition scrubbing followed by desliming
- 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 preferred pretreatment route significantly lifts gold extraction to 84.54%.

- Positive factor: Strong recovery improvement

- Positive factor: Addresses clay-rich ore challenge

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--e9773298-53f4-4583-842a-92c9aa8843bf#fact-metallurgical-facts-3)

Imwelo Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

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

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: bottle roll
- Processing Route: attrition scrubbing followed by desliming
- 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 on the pretreated fraction returned a strong 88.15% recovery.

- Positive factor: High recovery in bottle roll testing

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--e9773298-53f4-4583-842a-92c9aa8843bf#fact-metallurgical-facts-4)

Imwelo Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

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

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: CIL
- Processing Route: attrition scrubbing followed by desliming
- 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 high at 85.02%.

- 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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