# NorthWest Reports Significant Improved Recoveries for Gold at Kwanika Ranging from 94.6%-96.3%

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/northwest-reports-significant-improved-recoveries-for-gold-at-kwanika-ranging-fr--85afa151-35e8-4a28-8c20-2fbca14c1bc1

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/northwest-reports-significant-improved-recoveries-113000129.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2026-01-21T11:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: NorthWest Copper Corp.

- Ticker: NWST

- Exchange: TSXV

- Region: Unavailable

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Silver

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-08-21 03:01:41 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

NorthWest Copper Corp. reported successful 2025 metallurgical test results at the Kwanika project, showing gold recoveries between 94.6% and 96.3%. The program demonstrated material improvements in both gold and silver recoveries.

Reasoning: The company reports significant improvements in gold and silver recoveries \(34% and 37% respectively\) from its 2025 metallurgical program.

- Positive factor: material improvements in recoveries

- Positive factor: high recovery rates

Facts used in scoring: 3

## Classification and evidence

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: Gold recoveries of 94.6%-96.3% are in the exceptional band.

Evidence · text

> Recoveries for Gold at Kwanika Ranging from 94.6%-96.3%

**Recovery Improving**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Recovery improved versus a like-for-like prior test program on the same domain and route.

Why it applies: The release explicitly states material improvements in recoveries for gold and silver.

Evidence · text

> demonstrated material improvements in recoveries of 34% for gold and 37% for silver

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 3. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (3)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/northwest-reports-significant-improved-recoveries-for-gold-at-kwanika-ranging-fr--85afa151-35e8-4a28-8c20-2fbca14c1bc1#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Kwanika · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Kwanika
- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: NWST

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Sample: higher-grade zones

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 96.3 %
- Recovery Basis: unspecified

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Reported gold recovery of up to 96.3% is in the exceptional band for gold.

- Positive factor: exceptional recovery range

- Negative factor: recovery basis unspecified

Evidence · text

> Recoveries for Gold at Kwanika Ranging from 94.6%-96.3%

### Fact 2

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/northwest-reports-significant-improved-recoveries-for-gold-at-kwanika-ranging-fr--85afa151-35e8-4a28-8c20-2fbca14c1bc1#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Kwanika · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Kwanika
- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: NWST

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Sample: higher-grade zones

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 94.6 %
- Recovery Basis: unspecified

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Reported gold recovery of 94.6% is in the strong/exceptional band for gold.

- Positive factor: strong recovery

- Negative factor: recovery basis unspecified

Evidence · text

> Recoveries for Gold at Kwanika Ranging from 94.6%-96.3%

### Fact 3

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/northwest-reports-significant-improved-recoveries-for-gold-at-kwanika-ranging-fr--85afa151-35e8-4a28-8c20-2fbca14c1bc1#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

Kwanika · silver

#### Identity

- Project: Kwanika
- Commodity: silver
- Ticker: NWST

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Sample: higher-grade zones

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 37 %
- Recovery Basis: unspecified

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: The company reports a 37% improvement in silver recoveries.

- Positive factor: material improvement in recovery

- Negative factor: recovery basis unspecified

Evidence · text

> demonstrated material improvements in recoveries of ... 37% for silver

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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