# Peruvian Metals Announces Third Quarter Production at the Aguila Norte Processing Plant and Provides Sampling Update from the Tailings Area

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/peruvian-metals-announces-third-quarter-production-at-the-aguila-norte-processin--36ed3b24-64f9-4205-b941-9f0322d877ee

Original source: https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/316893/Peruvian-Metals-Announces-Third-Quarter-Production-at-the-Aguila-Norte-Processing-Plant-and-Provides-Sampling-Update-from-the-Tailings-Area

Publisher: newsfile

Original announcement: 2026-10-01T13:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-10-01T13:18:43.238Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-10-01T13:18:43.238Z

- Company: Peruvian Metals Corp.

- Ticker: PER

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: Northern Peru

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Silver

- Document categories: Production, Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-10-01 13:18:44 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Peruvian Metals reported Q3 2026 production of 9,065 mt at the Aguila Norte plant, maintaining near full capacity. The company also provided metallurgical results from tailings sampling showing high gold \(93%\) and silver \(87%\) recoveries.

Reasoning: The company reports steady production at its processing plant and high-grade metallurgical results from tailings sampling, supporting future reprocessing potential.

- Positive factor: Plant operating at near full capacity

- Positive factor: High metallurgical recoveries for gold and silver

- Positive factor: Significant gold and silver grades identified in tailings area

- Negative factor: Slight decrease in quarterly production tonnage compared to 2025

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 recovery of 93% and silver recovery of 87% are strong for the reported material.

Evidence · text

> confirmed the high recoveries of gold and silver at 93 per cent and 87 per cent

**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 names a Qualified Person \(P. Geo.\) and a specific assay laboratory.

Evidence · text

> Qualified Person Jeffrey Reeder, P. Geo., is the Qualified Person

**Single Domain Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established.

Why it applies: only one composite was tested

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (2)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/peruvian-metals-announces-third-quarter-production-at-the-aguila-norte-processin--36ed3b24-64f9-4205-b941-9f0322d877ee#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Aguila Norte · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Aguila Norte
- Commodity: gold
- Region: peru
- Reported Region: Northern Peru
- Ticker: PER

#### Test Work

- Sample: composite sample within the sampled tailings area

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 93 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Head Grade: 1.76
- Head Grade Unit: g/t

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Procesmin Ingenieros SRL

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Metallurgical composite sample head grade.

- Positive factor: High grade for tailings material

Evidence · text

> head grade of the metallurgical sample assayed 1.76 grams Au/mt and 75 grams Ag/mt

### Fact 2

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/peruvian-metals-announces-third-quarter-production-at-the-aguila-norte-processin--36ed3b24-64f9-4205-b941-9f0322d877ee#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

Aguila Norte · silver

#### Identity

- Project: Aguila Norte
- Commodity: silver
- Region: peru
- Reported Region: Northern Peru
- Ticker: PER

#### Test Work

- Sample: composite sample within the sampled tailings area

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 87 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Head Grade: 75
- Head Grade Unit: g/t

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Procesmin Ingenieros SRL

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Metallurgical composite sample head grade.

- Positive factor: High grade for tailings material

Evidence · text

> head grade of the metallurgical sample assayed 1.76 grams Au/mt and 75 grams Ag/mt

## 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.