Sanu Gold Reports Strong Initial Gold Recovery Results From Guinea Projects
Original announcement by assay on
- Company
- Sanu Gold
- Ticker
- SANU
- Exchange
- Unavailable
- Region
- Guinea
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Secondary commodities
- None reported
- Document categories
- Metallurgy
- Extracted
- 2026-09-24 02:47:00 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
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Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Sanu Gold has reported encouraging initial metallurgical test results from its Daina and Diguifara gold projects in Guinea. Average gold recoveries exceeded 90% at both properties, with Daina averaging 94% and Diguifara averaging 91% across various weathering profiles.
Reasoning: Strong initial cyanide leach recoveries at two projects support conventional processing potential, though results are from preliminary screening on drill samples.
Positive factors
- High gold recoveries (>90%)
- Consistent performance across weathering profiles
- Supports conventional processing
Negative factors
- Preliminary screening stage only
- Lack of detailed reagent consumption or kinetics data
Facts used in scoring: 5
Classification and evidence
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: The results support conventional gold processing methods such as cyanide leaching.
Evidence · text
“supporting the potential for conventional gold processing methods”
Multi-Domain Testedpositive
Variability across ore domains (oxide, transition, fresh) has been addressed.
Why it applies: 4 distinct composites were tested
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 5. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (5)
cyanide leachDaina · goldRecovery: 94 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Daina
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- guinea
- Reported Region
- Guinea
- Ticker
- SANU
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- cyanide leach
- Processing Route
- cyanide leach
- Sample
- 45 selected drill samples
Recovery
- Recovery
- 94 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: 94% recovery is strong for cyanide leach.
Positive factors
- High average recovery
Evidence · text
“average gold recovery of 94% from 45 samples at Daina”
cyanide leachDiguifara · goldRecovery: 91 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Diguifara
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- guinea
- Reported Region
- Guinea
- Ticker
- SANU
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- cyanide leach
- Processing Route
- cyanide leach
- Sample
- 91 selected drill samples
Recovery
- Recovery
- 91 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: 91% recovery is strong for cyanide leach.
Positive factors
- High average recovery
Evidence · text
“91% from 91 samples at Diguifara”
cyanide leachDaina · goldRecovery: 94 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Daina
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- guinea
- Reported Region
- Guinea
- Ticker
- SANU
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- cyanide leach
- Processing Route
- cyanide leach
- Sample
- oxide, transition, and fresh rock material at Daina
Recovery
- Recovery
- 94 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Recoveries remained consistent across all tested material types.
Positive factors
- Consistent across weathering profiles
Evidence · text
“Recoveries at Daina ranged from 93.8% to 94.2% across oxide, transition, and fresh rock material”
cyanide leachDiguifara · goldRecovery: 91.2 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Diguifara
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- guinea
- Reported Region
- Guinea
- Ticker
- SANU
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- cyanide leach
- Processing Route
- cyanide leach
- Sample
- oxide, transition, and fresh rock material at Diguifara
Recovery
- Recovery
- 91.2 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Recoveries were consistent across weathering categories.
Positive factors
- Consistent across weathering profiles
Evidence · text
“Diguifara returned recoveries between 90.1% and 92.3% across the same categories”
cyanide leachBantabaye · goldRecovery: 92.5 %Historical resultNeeds review: historical_restatementView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Bantabaye
- Commodity
- gold
- Ticker
- SANU
Test Work
- Test Type
- cyanide leach
- Processing Route
- cyanide leach
- Sample
- previous cyanide leach testwork
Recovery
- Recovery
- 92.5 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Review
- Needs Review
- Yes
- Review Reason
- historical_restatement
- Historical
- Yes
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Historical comparison data.
Evidence · text
“average gold recoveries of between 92% and 93%”
How Atlas produces this analysis
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