# Sitka Reports 94.3% Gold Recovery and 84.7% Tungsten Recovery from Metallurgical Testing at the Rhosgobel Deposit at Its Rc Gold Project, Yukon

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/sitka-reports-94-3-gold-recovery-and-84-7-tungsten-recovery-from-metallurgical-t--f55ee5a2-4458-4b04-bd53-549cfc84ac02

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/commodities/articles/sitka-reports-94-3-gold-123000697.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2026-05-04T12:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Sitka Gold

- Ticker: SIG

- Exchange: TSXV

- Region: Yukon

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Tungsten

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-08-20 23:30:51 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Sitka Gold reported successful initial metallurgical testing at the Rhosgobel deposit, achieving 94.3% gold recovery via cyanidation and 84.7% tungsten recovery via flotation. The results suggest tungsten could serve as a valuable byproduct for the project.

Reasoning: Initial metallurgical testing shows high recoveries for both primary gold and tungsten using conventional methods.

- Positive factor: High gold recovery

- Positive factor: Strong tungsten byproduct potential

- Positive factor: Conventional processing route

Facts used in scoring: 2

## 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 94.3% is in the exceptional band for mill/CIL routes.

Evidence · text

> Gold recovery averaging 94.3%

**Byproduct Commodity**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: The tested commodity is a byproduct rather than the primary economic driver.

Why it applies: Tungsten is identified as a potential valuable byproduct.

Evidence · text

> tungsten could be a valuable by-product

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: Testing utilized cyanidation leaching and flotation.

Evidence · text

> utilizing conventional whole ore cyanidation leaching

## Extracted facts

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

## Metallurgical Results (2)

### leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/sitka-reports-94-3-gold-recovery-and-84-7-tungsten-recovery-from-metallurgical-t--f55ee5a2-4458-4b04-bd53-549cfc84ac02#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Rhosgobel · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Rhosgobel
- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: SIG

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: leach
- Processing Route: whole ore cyanidation leaching
- Sample: Rhosgobel deposit, whole ore cyanidation leaching
- Grind P80: 75 µm

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 94.3 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-05-04T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 94.3% recovery is in the exceptional band for gold mill/CIL routes.

- Positive factor: Exceptional gold recovery

Evidence · text

> Gold recovery averaging 94.3% from Rhosgobel deposit utilizing conventional whole ore cyanidation leaching

### flotation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/sitka-reports-94-3-gold-recovery-and-84-7-tungsten-recovery-from-metallurgical-t--f55ee5a2-4458-4b04-bd53-549cfc84ac02#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Rhosgobel · tungsten

#### Identity

- Project: Rhosgobel
- Commodity: tungsten
- Ticker: SIG

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: flotation
- Processing Route: conventional flotation
- Sample: Rhosgobel deposit, rougher concentrate

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 84.7 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Mass Pull: 1 %

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-05-04T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 84.7% recovery is strong for tungsten flotation and achieved with a very low mass pull.

- Positive factor: Strong tungsten recovery

- Positive factor: Low mass pull

Evidence · text

> tungsten recovery of 84.7% in rougher concentrate using conventional flotation with a very low mass pull of less than 1%

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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