Largo Reports Q4 and Full Year 2025 Operational and Sales Results; Provides 2026 Outlook and Vanadium Guidance; Reports Positive Precious Metals Results on Recent Copper Flotation Tests.
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- Largo Inc.
- Ticker
- LGO
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- Brazil
- Primary commodity
- Vanadium
- Secondary commodities
- Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Silver, Cobalt, Nickel, Ilmenite
- Document categories
- Production, Metallurgy
- Extracted
- 2026-08-25 18:49:14 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Largo reported 2025 vanadium production of 9,150 tonnes, meeting guidance despite US tariff impacts on high-purity sales. Notably, recent copper flotation tests yielded positive results with significant gold, platinum, palladium, and silver credits, prompting a re-evaluation of ilmenite infrastructure for copper/PGM production.
Reasoning: The company reported strong annual vanadium production and recovery improvements, alongside highly material new metallurgical results for copper and PGMs that may shift future production focus away from ilmenite.
Positive factors
- Strong vanadium production in Q4 2025 vs Q4 2024
- Improved annual vanadium recovery to 80.1%
- Positive metallurgical results for copper/PGM flotation
- Positive precious metal credits (Au, Pt, Pd, Ag) in copper concentrate
Negative factors
- US tariffs impacting high-purity vanadium sales
- Suspension of 2026 ilmenite guidance to evaluate copper/PGM potential
Facts used in scoring: 9
Classification and evidence
QA/QC Disclosedpositive · Story-specific tag
Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods (blanks, standards, duplicates).
Why it applies: Results analyzed externally in an accredited laboratory (SGS-Geosol).
Evidence · text
“analysed externally in an accredited laboratory (SGS-Geosol)”
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: Copper results obtained using conventional flotation process.
Evidence · text
“recoverability of copper using conventional flotation process”
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 0. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
No stored fact records are available for this extraction.
How Atlas produces this analysis
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