# Talisker Reports Strong Gold Upgrading and Waste Rejection Results from Final Sorting Test Program for the Bralorne Gold Project

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/talisker-reports-strong-gold-upgrading-and-waste-rejection-results-from-final-so--f6ab9503-43dd-46d0-93df-39a28b35a4be

Original source: https://orestocks.com/company/TSK.TO/press-releases/6334144431652771

Publisher: orestocks

Original announcement: 2026-09-17T11:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-09-17T12:29:48.611Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-09-17T12:29:48.611Z

- Company: Talisker Resources Ltd.

- Ticker: TSK.TO

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: British Columbia

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-17 12:29:49 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Talisker has completed a final sorting test program for the Bralorne Gold Project, demonstrating that XRT technology can reject up to 67% of waste while doubling gold grades. Based on the results, the company will remove the laser sorter from its plant design to maximize grade and reduce capital costs by approximately $4 million CAD.

Reasoning: The test program successfully validated XRT sorting as a primary tool for mass rejection and grade enhancement, leading to a simplified, lower-cost plant design.

- Positive factor: Significant waste rejection \(57-67%\)

- Positive factor: Strong gold grade upgrading \(2.0x to 2.5x\)

- Positive factor: High gold recovery \(>95% with laser, 84-87% with XRT alone\)

- Positive factor: CAPEX reduction of ~$4M CAD by simplifying flowsheet

- Positive factor: Lower operating and transportation costs

- Negative factor: Laser sorter addition was deemed subeconomic due to grade dilution

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: XRT recovery of 84-87% and cumulative recovery >95% are strong for the technology application.

Evidence · text

> Recovering 87% to 84% of total contained gold respectively.

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: The sorting is part of a planned circuit for a future milling facility.

Evidence · text

> reduce the size, capital intensity, and operating costs of a future on-site milling facility

**Single Domain Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established.

Why it applies: only one composite was tested

## Extracted facts

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

## Metallurgical Results (2)

### XRT sorting

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/talisker-reports-strong-gold-upgrading-and-waste-rejection-results-from-final-so--f6ab9503-43dd-46d0-93df-39a28b35a4be#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Bralorne Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Bralorne Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: British Columbia
- Ticker: TSK.TO

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: XRT sorting
- Processing Route: XRT sorting
- Sample: Test 02, XRT maximizing gold upgrade

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 84 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Head Grade: 4.91
- Head Grade Unit: g/t Au
- Conc. Grade: 12.5
- Conc. Grade Unit: g/t Au

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Saskatchewan Research Council
- Consultant: Canenco Consulting Corp.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Strong grade upgrade and high waste rejection achieved in Test 02.

- Positive factor: 2.5x grade upgrade

- Positive factor: 67% waste rejection

Evidence · table

> 12.5

Context: 4.91

### XRT sorting

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/talisker-reports-strong-gold-upgrading-and-waste-rejection-results-from-final-so--f6ab9503-43dd-46d0-93df-39a28b35a4be#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Bralorne Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Bralorne Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: British Columbia
- Ticker: TSK.TO

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: XRT sorting
- Processing Route: XRT sorting
- Sample: Test 03, XRT maximizing gold recovery

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 87 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Head Grade: 6.49
- Head Grade Unit: g/t Au
- Conc. Grade: 13.1
- Conc. Grade Unit: g/t Au

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Saskatchewan Research Council
- Consultant: Canenco Consulting Corp.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High recovery achieved in Test 03 while maintaining significant waste rejection.

- Positive factor: 87% recovery

- Positive factor: 57% waste rejection

Evidence · table

> 13.1

Context: 6.49

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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