# Sanu Gold Reports Strong Initial Gold Recovery Results From Guinea Projects

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/sanu-gold-reports-strong-initial-gold-recovery-results-from-guinea-projects--b879270d-3497-4f12-b477-ef394a7ddde0

Original source: https://www.theassay.com/news/sanu-gold-reports-strong-initial-gold-recovery-results-from-guinea-projects/

Publisher: assay

Original announcement: 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-09-24T02:46:59.300Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-09-24T02:46:59.300Z

- 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

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas 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 factor: High gold recoveries \(>90%\)

- Positive factor: Consistent performance across weathering profiles

- Positive factor: Supports conventional processing

- Negative factor: Preliminary screening stage only

- Negative factor: Lack of detailed reagent consumption or kinetics data

Facts used in scoring: 5

## Classification and evidence

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: 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 Tested**

Polarity: positive

Definition: 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 leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/sanu-gold-reports-strong-initial-gold-recovery-results-from-guinea-projects--b879270d-3497-4f12-b477-ef394a7ddde0#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Daina · gold

#### 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 factor: High average recovery

Evidence · text

> average gold recovery of 94% from 45 samples at Daina

### cyanide leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/sanu-gold-reports-strong-initial-gold-recovery-results-from-guinea-projects--b879270d-3497-4f12-b477-ef394a7ddde0#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Diguifara · gold

#### 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 factor: High average recovery

Evidence · text

> 91% from 91 samples at Diguifara

### cyanide leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/sanu-gold-reports-strong-initial-gold-recovery-results-from-guinea-projects--b879270d-3497-4f12-b477-ef394a7ddde0#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

Daina · gold

#### 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 factor: Consistent across weathering profiles

Evidence · text

> Recoveries at Daina ranged from 93.8% to 94.2% across oxide, transition, and fresh rock material

### cyanide leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/sanu-gold-reports-strong-initial-gold-recovery-results-from-guinea-projects--b879270d-3497-4f12-b477-ef394a7ddde0#fact-metallurgical-facts-3)

Diguifara · gold

#### 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 factor: Consistent across weathering profiles

Evidence · text

> Diguifara returned recoveries between 90.1% and 92.3% across the same categories

### cyanide leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/sanu-gold-reports-strong-initial-gold-recovery-results-from-guinea-projects--b879270d-3497-4f12-b477-ef394a7ddde0#fact-metallurgical-facts-4)

Bantabaye · gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### 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%

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