Surge Copper Announces Successful Completion of Advanced Metallurgical Testwork Program at Seel Deposit
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- Surge Copper Corp.
- Ticker
- SURG
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- British Columbia
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Secondary commodities
- Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
- Document categories
- Metallurgy
- Extracted
- 2026-08-21 11:56:17 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Surge Copper has completed an advanced metallurgical testwork program at the Seel deposit, demonstrating successful bulk flotation and molybdenum separation. Results showed strong copper and molybdenum recoveries, with additional potential identified for recovering gold from tailings streams via leaching.
Reasoning: The program successfully demonstrated robust recoveries for all target metals using standard flotation, including high-grade molybdenum separation and promising gold leach potential from tailings.
Positive factors
- High molybdenum recoveries (75-82%)
- Robust copper recoveries (83-90%)
- Successful molybdenum separation to marketable grades
- Promising gold leach results from tailings
Facts used in scoring: 6
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 6. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (6)
locked-cyclecopperRecovery: 88.4 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- copper
- Ticker
- SURG
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- locked-cycle
- Processing Route
- flotation
- Sample
- Composite 1, Bulk Circuit Locked-Cycle Test
Recovery
- Recovery
- 88.4 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
- Conc. Grade
- 27.3
- Conc. Grade Unit
- %
Lab
- Laboratory
- ALS Metallurgy
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Recovery is within the robust range for flotation.
Positive factors
- Strong copper recovery
locked-cyclemolybdenumRecovery: 74 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- molybdenum
- Ticker
- SURG
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- locked-cycle
- Processing Route
- flotation
- Sample
- Composite 1, Bulk Circuit Locked-Cycle Test
Recovery
- Recovery
- 74 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
- Conc. Grade
- 2.3
- Conc. Grade Unit
- %
Lab
- Laboratory
- ALS Metallurgy
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Recovery is consistent with expectations for bulk circuit.
Positive factors
- Solid molybdenum recovery
locked-cyclegoldRecovery: 54.6 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- gold
- Ticker
- SURG
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- locked-cycle
- Processing Route
- flotation
- Sample
- Composite 1, Bulk Circuit Locked-Cycle Test
Recovery
- Recovery
- 54.6 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
- Conc. Grade
- 11.9
- Conc. Grade Unit
- g/t
Lab
- Laboratory
- ALS Metallurgy
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Gold recovery in bulk concentrate is moderate.
locked-cyclesilverRecovery: 44.5 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- silver
- Ticker
- SURG
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- locked-cycle
- Processing Route
- flotation
- Sample
- Composite 1, Bulk Circuit Locked-Cycle Test
Recovery
- Recovery
- 44.5 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
- Conc. Grade
- 241
- Conc. Grade Unit
- g/t
Lab
- Laboratory
- ALS Metallurgy
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Silver recovery is moderate.
flotationmolybdenumRecovery: 74.9 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- molybdenum
- Ticker
- SURG
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- flotation
- Processing Route
- molybdenum separation
- Sample
- Composite 1, Molybdenum Concentrate
Recovery
- Recovery
- 74.9 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
- Conc. Grade
- 46.8
- Conc. Grade Unit
- %
Lab
- Laboratory
- ALS Metallurgy
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Achieved marketable molybdenum grade.
Positive factors
- High grade molybdenum concentrate
leachgoldRecovery: 87 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- gold
- Ticker
- SURG
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- leach
- Processing Route
- leach
- Sample
- Composite 3, Leach Composite
Recovery
- Recovery
- 87 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Lab
- Laboratory
- ALS Metallurgy
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Very promising results for tailings recovery.
Positive factors
- High gold leach recovery
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