Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) reports 91.8% scandium recovery on half the reagent
Original announcement by yahoo_press on
- Company
- Mount Ridley Mines Limited
- Ticker
- MRD
- Exchange
- ASX
- Region
- Unavailable
- Primary commodity
- Scandium
- Secondary commodities
- None reported
- Document categories
- Metallurgy
- Extracted
- 2026-09-20 04:02:38 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
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Summary
Mount Ridley Mines reported successful metallurgical test results for its Selectro™ program. The final leach test on unbeneficiated ore achieved a 91.8% scandium recovery using half the required reagent.
Reasoning: The test achieved a high scandium recovery of 91.8% while significantly reducing reagent requirements.
Positive factors
- High recovery rate
- Reduced reagent consumption
Facts used in scoring: 1
Classification and evidence
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: 91.8% scandium recovery is exceptionally high for atmospheric pressure leaching.
Evidence · text
“reports 91.8% scandium recovery”
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: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (1)
leach testscandiumRecovery: 91.8 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- scandium
- Ticker
- MRD
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- leach test
- Processing Route
- atmospheric pressure leach
- Sample
- Selectro™ Test 3, unbeneficiated ore
Recovery
- Recovery
- 91.8 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: 91.8% recovery is strong for atmospheric pressure leaching and reagent use was halved.
Positive factors
- High recovery
- Low reagent consumption
Evidence · text
“reports 91.8% scandium recovery on half the reagent”
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.