# TG Metals readies drill push for bigger Van Uden gold heap

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/tg-metals-readies-drill-push-for-bigger-van-uden-gold-heap--696629f2-f7d1-4664-927e-cf900fb3693e

Original source: https://stockhead.com.au/resources/tg-metals-readies-drill-push-for-bigger-van-uden-gold-heap/

Publisher: stockhead

Original announcement: 2026-09-17T01:57:35.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-09-17T03:02:27.419Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-09-17T03:02:27.419Z

- Company: TG Metals

- Ticker: TG6

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: Western Australia

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy, Drill results, Other, Resource update

- Extracted: 2026-09-17 03:02:28 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

TG Metals is launching a 689-hole aircore drilling campaign at the Van Uden gold project in Western Australia to extend the laterite resource. The program aims to support a proposed heap-leach operation, which has shown gold recoveries of over 90% in column-leach testwork.

Reasoning: The announcement details an upcoming exploration drilling program aimed at resource expansion and provides supporting metallurgical recovery data.

- Positive factor: Planned 689-hole aircore campaign to extend resource

- Positive factor: High recovery \(>90%\) from column-leach testwork

- Positive factor: Low CAPEX strategy via off-site ore purchase agreements

- Negative factor: Current resource grade is relatively low \(0.52 g/t Au\)

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**Heap Leach Route**

Polarity: neutral

Story-specific tag

Definition: Processing via heap leach — lower CAPEX and OPEX, lower recovery expected.

Why it applies: The project targets a proposed heap-leach operation.

Evidence · text

> extend the life of a proposed heap-leach operation

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

Story-specific tag

Definition: Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.

Why it applies: Column-leach testwork returned gold recoveries of more than 90%.

Evidence · text

> gold recoveries of more than 90%

**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.

## Resource Estimates (1)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/tg-metals-readies-drill-push-for-bigger-van-uden-gold-heap--696629f2-f7d1-4664-927e-cf900fb3693e#fact-resource-facts-1)

Van Uden · gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Project: Van Uden
- Commodity: gold
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: TG6

#### Resource scope

- Estimate type: resource
- Resource group id: resource:c3b828cd8e43435595b8

#### Resource Data

- Tonnes: 1053000
- Grade: 0.52
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Contained Metal: 17700
- Contained Unit: oz

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

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

Reasoning: Existing resource baseline.

- Negative factor: Low grade

Evidence · text

> 1.053Mt at 0.52g/t Au for 17,700oz

#### Tags used in scoring

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

**No QP/CP Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: No Qualified Person or Competent Person named — lower credibility for the estimate. A QP/CP should be a member of a recognized professional association with relevant experience.

Why it applies: no Qualified or Competent Person is named anywhere in the release

**PEA-Supporting**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Resource estimate prepared to support a Preliminary Economic Assessment — early-stage study.

Why it applies: the release names the study this estimate supports

## Metallurgical Results (1)

### column-leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/tg-metals-readies-drill-push-for-bigger-van-uden-gold-heap--696629f2-f7d1-4664-927e-cf900fb3693e#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Van Uden · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Van Uden
- Commodity: gold
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: TG6

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: column-leach
- Sample: laterite

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 90 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

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

Reasoning: Recovery of >90% is strong for a heap-leach/column-leach route.

- Positive factor: High recovery rate

Evidence · text

> Column-leach testwork on the laterite returned gold recoveries of more than 90%

## 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.