# PTX Metals Demonstrates 97% Copper Recovery from Locked Cycle Test at W2 Copper-Nickel-PGE Project

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/ptx-metals-demonstrates-97-copper-recovery-from-locked-cycle-test-at-w2-copper-n--bf468f60-a37a-4336-81d7-cbfa5a7c1767

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/commodities/articles/ptx-metals-demonstrates-97-copper-120700568.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2026-08-17T12:07:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: PTX Metals Inc.

- Ticker: PTX

- Exchange: TSXV

- Region: Unavailable

- Primary commodity: Copper

- Secondary commodities: Palladium, Gold

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-08-20 17:18:51 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.90 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

PTX Metals has announced successful locked-cycle metallurgical test results at the W2 project, demonstrating 97% copper recovery. The resulting high-grade concentrate contains 28% copper, 7.2 g/t palladium, and 0.8 g/t gold.

Reasoning: 97% copper recovery from a locked-cycle test is exceptional and provides significant metallurgical validation for the project.

- Positive factor: exceptional recovery

- Positive factor: high-grade concentrate

- Positive factor: strong test scale

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: 97% copper recovery is in the exceptional band.

Evidence · text

> 97% copper recovery

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Processing via mill or concentrator \(CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation\).

Why it applies: Locked cycle tests are characteristic of mill/concentrator processing.

Evidence · text

> Locked cycle test

## Extracted facts

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

## Metallurgical Results (3)

### locked-cycle

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copper

#### Identity

- Commodity: copper
- Ticker: PTX

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: locked-cycle
- Sample: Locked cycle test concentrate

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 97 %
- Recovery Basis: to\_concentrate
- Conc. Grade: 28
- Conc. Grade Unit: %

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 97% recovery is in the exceptional band for copper flotation/concentrate production.

- Positive factor: exceptional recovery

- Positive factor: high-grade concentrate

Evidence · text

> Locked cycle test demonstrates 97% copper recovery to a high-grade concentrate with a grade of 28% copper

### Fact 2

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palladium

#### Identity

- Commodity: palladium
- Ticker: PTX

#### Test Work

- Sample: Locked cycle test concentrate

#### Recovery

- Conc. Grade: 7.2
- Conc. Grade Unit: g/t

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Significant palladium grade reported in the copper concentrate.

- Positive factor: valuable byproduct

Evidence · text

> 7.2 g/t palladium

### Fact 3

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gold

#### Identity

- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: PTX

#### Test Work

- Sample: Locked cycle test concentrate

#### Recovery

- Conc. Grade: 0.8
- Conc. Grade Unit: g/t

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Gold is present as a byproduct in the concentrate.

- Positive factor: valuable byproduct

Evidence · text

> 0.8 g/t gold

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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