Tintina Mines Completes Drilling Campaign and Reports Key Geometallurgical Advances to Support 2025 PEA for Domeyko Sulfuros Project
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- Tintina Mines Limited
- Ticker
- TTS
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- Atacama Region, Chile
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Secondary commodities
- Gold
- Document categories
- Metallurgy, Drill results
- Extracted
- 2026-08-21 07:32:44 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Tintina Mines has completed its 2025 drilling campaign at the Domeyko Sulfuros Project in Chile. Preliminary metallurgical testwork shows favorable copper and gold recoveries, supporting the upcoming Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA).
Reasoning: The announcement reports strong preliminary metallurgical recoveries (92.6% Cu) and confirms the completion of a drilling campaign, though full assay results are still pending.
Positive factors
- high copper recovery
- good mineral liberation
- QP sign-off
Negative factors
- incomplete assay results
Facts used in scoring: 2
Classification and evidence
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: 92.6% Cu recovery in flotation is at the top of the strong/exceptional band.
Evidence · text
“yielded average recoveries of 92.6% Cu”
QP/CP Signedpositive · Story-specific tag
Qualified Person (QP) or Competent Person (CP) named and signed off — a member of a recognized professional association (e.g., AusIMM, SME, AIG, P.Geo) with relevant experience.
Why it applies: Mr. José Luis Bello Soto, a qualified person, has reviewed and approved the release.
Evidence · text
“reviewed and approved by Mr. José Luis Bello Soto... a “qualified person””
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: The report describes flotation and grinding circuits.
Evidence · text
“supporting the design of a conventional grinding circuit”
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (2)
flotationcopperRecovery: 92.6 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- copper
- Ticker
- TTS
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- flotation
- Processing Route
- rougher flotation
- Sample
- rougher flotation, five-stage kinetic tests
- Grind P80
- 150 µm
Recovery
- Recovery
- 92.6 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2025-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: 92.6% Cu recovery in flotation is strong for a preliminary test.
Positive factors
- strong recovery
Evidence · text
“five-stage kinetic tests yielded average recoveries of 92.6% Cu”
flotationgoldRecovery: 74.9 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- gold
- Ticker
- TTS
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- flotation
- Processing Route
- rougher flotation
- Sample
- rougher flotation, five-stage kinetic tests
- Grind P80
- 150 µm
Recovery
- Recovery
- 74.9 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2025-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: 74.9% Au recovery in flotation is a reasonable preliminary result.
Positive factors
- solid recovery
Evidence · text
“yielded average recoveries of 92.6% Cu and 74.9% Au”
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.