# Surge Copper Announces Successful Completion of Advanced Metallurgical Testwork Program at Seel Deposit Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/surge-copper-announces-successful-completion-of-advanced-metallurgical-testwork--aa2ded23-d77f-4a20-89ba-725dcc43694e Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/SURG/news/8434018504997446/surge-copper-announces-successful-completion-of-advanced-metallurgical-testwork- Publisher: tmx Original announcement: 2022-10-19T12:00:00.000Z Analysis by Minestarters Atlas Atlas analysis published: Unknown date Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date - 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 Narrative sentiment: 0.80 ยท Bullish ## Minestarters Atlas 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 factor: High molybdenum recoveries \(75-82%\) - Positive factor: Robust copper recoveries \(83-90%\) - Positive factor: Successful molybdenum separation to marketable grades - Positive factor: Promising gold leach results from tailings Facts used in scoring: 6 ## Classification and evidence No classification tags are available. ## Extracted facts Stored fact records: 6. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record. ## Metallurgical Results (6) ### locked-cycle [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/surge-copper-announces-successful-completion-of-advanced-metallurgical-testwork--aa2ded23-d77f-4a20-89ba-725dcc43694e#fact-metallurgical-facts-0) copper #### 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 factor: Strong copper recovery ### locked-cycle [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/surge-copper-announces-successful-completion-of-advanced-metallurgical-testwork--aa2ded23-d77f-4a20-89ba-725dcc43694e#fact-metallurgical-facts-1) molybdenum #### 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 factor: Solid molybdenum recovery ### locked-cycle [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/surge-copper-announces-successful-completion-of-advanced-metallurgical-testwork--aa2ded23-d77f-4a20-89ba-725dcc43694e#fact-metallurgical-facts-2) gold #### 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-cycle [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/surge-copper-announces-successful-completion-of-advanced-metallurgical-testwork--aa2ded23-d77f-4a20-89ba-725dcc43694e#fact-metallurgical-facts-3) silver #### 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. ### flotation [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/surge-copper-announces-successful-completion-of-advanced-metallurgical-testwork--aa2ded23-d77f-4a20-89ba-725dcc43694e#fact-metallurgical-facts-4) molybdenum #### 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 factor: High grade molybdenum concentrate ### leach [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/surge-copper-announces-successful-completion-of-advanced-metallurgical-testwork--aa2ded23-d77f-4a20-89ba-725dcc43694e#fact-metallurgical-facts-5) gold #### 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 factor: High gold leach recovery ## How Atlas produces this analysis Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. 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