Phase 1 Metallurgical Results Show Broad Cyanide Response at Volcan
Original announcement by yahoo_press on
- Company
- Tiernan Gold Corp.
- Ticker
- TNGD
- Exchange
- TSXV
- Region
- Atacama Region, Chile
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Secondary commodities
- None reported
- Document categories
- Metallurgy
- Extracted
- 2026-08-20 21:11:25 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Tiernan Gold Corp. has announced the commencement of Phase 1 metallurgical testing at its Volcan Gold Project in Chile. The program focuses on diagnostic leaching and gold deportment across 36 variability samples to characterize cyanide solubility.
Reasoning: The document introduces a Phase 1 metallurgical program but does not provide specific recovery percentages, head grades, or reagent consumption values in the provided text snippet.
Low confidence — this extraction should be reviewed alongside the original source.
Facts used in scoring: 0
Classification and evidence
Bench Scale Onlynegative
Only preliminary bench tests completed — no locked-cycle or pilot work.
Why it applies: The announcement describes 'Phase 1 diagnostic leach' results, which typically represent early-stage screening-level work.
Evidence · text
“Phase 1 diagnostic leach and gold deportment results from 36 variability samples”
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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