# Spanish Mountain Gold Initiates Ore Sorting Work on Gold Mineralization

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/spanish-mountain-gold-initiates-ore-sorting-work-on-gold-mineralization--3a0ae1c6-df60-49b9-a87c-7e6c3f662b1a

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/SPA/news/7481163259668387/spanish-mountain-gold-initiates-ore-sorting-work-on-gold-mineralization

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2025-10-20T11:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd.

- Ticker: SPA

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: British Columbia

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy, Other

- Extracted: 2026-08-26 11:21:56 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Spanish Mountain Gold has initiated a two-pronged ore sorting study involving particle ore sorting with ABH Engineering and bulk ore sorting with OrePortal Technologies. The program aims to improve mill feed grades, increase gold production, and potentially reduce capital and operating expenditures for the Spanish Mountain Gold project.

Reasoning: The announcement details the commencement of metallurgical studies \(ore sorting\) aimed at improving the economics of an existing project. While not a direct production or resource update, it is a material technical advancement for a project moving toward feasibility.

- Positive factor: potential for improved project economics

- Positive factor: potential for increased mill feed grades

- Positive factor: potential reduction in CAPEX/OPEX

- Positive factor: derisking of lower grade resource portions

- Negative factor: early stage testing \(desktop and particle sorting\)

- Negative factor: results are not yet realized

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: The study focuses on improving the feed grade to the process plant/mill.

Evidence · text

> increase process plant mill feed grades

## Extracted facts

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

## Metallurgical Results (2)

### particle ore sorting

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/spanish-mountain-gold-initiates-ore-sorting-work-on-gold-mineralization--3a0ae1c6-df60-49b9-a87c-7e6c3f662b1a#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

gold

#### Identity

- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: SPA

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: particle ore sorting
- Processing Route: X-ray transmission \(XRT\) ore sorting
- Sample: particle ore sorting test work using historical drill core from Phoenix and Main deposits

#### Lab

- Laboratory: ABH Engineering Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Preliminary particle sorting study using historical core to optimize gold recovery.

- Positive factor: aims to increase mill feed grades

- Positive factor: aims to reduce tailings and infrastructure footprint

Evidence · text

> The company is proceeding with sample collection from the historical drill core at the project site. Samples for this testing will be from both Phoenix and Main deposits

### bulk ore sorting

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/spanish-mountain-gold-initiates-ore-sorting-work-on-gold-mineralization--3a0ae1c6-df60-49b9-a87c-7e6c3f662b1a#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

gold

#### Identity

- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: SPA

#### Test Work

- Program Status: scoping
- Test Type: bulk ore sorting
- Processing Route: XRF and PGNAA sensor evaluation
- Sample: bulk ore sorting desktop study using 3D block model and assay geochemistry from recent MRE

#### Lab

- Laboratory: OrePortal Technologies Ltd.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Desktop study to determine suitability of bulk ore sorting sensors.

- Positive factor: aims to evaluate ore heterogeneity

- Positive factor: aims to optimize sensor configuration \(XRF/PGNAA\)

Evidence · text

> The bulk ore sorting study will evaluate its amenability to the SMG project by examining several key factors that include determining the presence of ore heterogeneity.

## How Atlas produces this analysis

Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. Sentiment reflects the extracted narrative and classification rules; it is an interpretation, not a reported measurement. Evidence quotes and context are provided where available. Missing data, low-confidence results, and review flags indicate limitations. Check the original publisher announcement before relying on an interpretation.