Western Exploration Completes Transformative Cyanide Leach test work at Gravel Creek
Original announcement by prospectors_exchange on
- Company
- Western Exploration
- Ticker
- WEX
- Exchange
- Unavailable
- Region
- Unavailable
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Secondary commodities
- Silver
- Document categories
- Metallurgy
- Extracted
- 2026-09-21 14:50:00 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
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Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Western Exploration has completed cyanide leach test work at the Gravel Creek project, reporting high recoveries for both gold and silver. The results were achieved across oxide, transition, and fresh rock domains using a standard mill route.
Reasoning: The cyanide leach test work achieved exceptional gold and silver recoveries across multiple ore domains using an established mill route, significantly de-risking the project's metallurgical profile.
Positive factors
- High gold recovery
- High silver recovery
- Established process route
- Multiple domains tested
Facts used in scoring: 6
Classification and evidence
Multi-Domain Testedpositive
Variability across ore domains (oxide, transition, fresh) has been addressed.
Why it applies: 3 distinct composites were tested
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 6. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (6)
bottle rollGravel Creek · goldRecovery: 96 %Head Grade: 1.2Head Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Gravel Creek
- Commodity
- gold
- Ticker
- WEX
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- bottle roll
- Processing Route
- cyanide leach
- Sample
- Oxide composite
- Grind P80
- 75 µm
- Leach Time
- 24 hours
Recovery
- Recovery
- 96 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
- Head Grade
- 1.2
- Head Grade Unit
- g/t
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: 96% gold recovery is in the exceptional band for a cyanide leach route.
Positive factors
- Exceptional gold recovery
Tags used in scoring
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: 96% is at or above the exceptional band (95%)
bottle rollGravel Creek · goldRecovery: 94 %Head Grade: 1.5Head Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Gravel Creek
- Commodity
- gold
- Ticker
- WEX
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- bottle roll
- Processing Route
- cyanide leach
- Sample
- Transition composite
- Grind P80
- 75 µm
- Leach Time
- 24 hours
Recovery
- Recovery
- 94 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
- Head Grade
- 1.5
- Head Grade Unit
- g/t
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: 94% gold recovery is a strong result for transition ore.
Positive factors
- Strong gold recovery
bottle rollGravel Creek · goldRecovery: 91 %Head Grade: 2.1Head Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Gravel Creek
- Commodity
- gold
- Ticker
- WEX
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- bottle roll
- Processing Route
- cyanide leach
- Sample
- Fresh rock composite
- Grind P80
- 75 µm
- Leach Time
- 24 hours
Recovery
- Recovery
- 91 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
- Head Grade
- 2.1
- Head Grade Unit
- g/t
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: 91% gold recovery is a strong result for fresh sulphide ore.
Positive factors
- Strong gold recovery
bottle rollGravel Creek · silverRecovery: 88 %Head Grade: 45Head Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Gravel Creek
- Commodity
- silver
- Ticker
- WEX
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- bottle roll
- Processing Route
- cyanide leach
- Sample
- Oxide composite
- Grind P80
- 75 µm
- Leach Time
- 24 hours
Recovery
- Recovery
- 88 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
- Head Grade
- 45
- Head Grade Unit
- g/t
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: 88% silver recovery is a strong result for a byproduct metal.
Positive factors
- Strong silver recovery
bottle rollGravel Creek · silverRecovery: 85 %Head Grade: 55Head Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Gravel Creek
- Commodity
- silver
- Ticker
- WEX
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- bottle roll
- Processing Route
- cyanide leach
- Sample
- Transition composite
- Grind P80
- 75 µm
- Leach Time
- 24 hours
Recovery
- Recovery
- 85 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
- Head Grade
- 55
- Head Grade Unit
- g/t
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: 85% silver recovery is a strong result for transition ore.
Positive factors
- Strong silver recovery
bottle rollGravel Creek · silverRecovery: 82 %Head Grade: 65Head Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Gravel Creek
- Commodity
- silver
- Ticker
- WEX
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- bottle roll
- Processing Route
- cyanide leach
- Sample
- Fresh rock composite
- Grind P80
- 75 µm
- Leach Time
- 24 hours
Recovery
- Recovery
- 82 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
- Head Grade
- 65
- Head Grade Unit
- g/t
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: 82% silver recovery is a moderate result for fresh rock.
Positive factors
- Moderate silver recovery
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