# American Creek's JV Partner Tudor Gold Announces Positive Metallurgical Testing Results for the Goldstorm Deposit at Treaty Creek, Located in the Heart of the Golden Triangle, Northwestern British Columbia

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/american-creek-s-jv-partner-tudor-gold-announces-positive-metallurgical-testing--8df51ab8-5e2b-4054-a035-dec579ca4da0

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/AMK/news/6651632117412188/american-creek-s-jv-partner-tudor-gold-announces-positive-metallurgical-testing-

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2024-10-25T11:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: American Creek Resources Ltd.

- Ticker: AMK

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: British Columbia

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Copper, Silver

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-15 11:18:03 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Tudor Gold, American Creek's JV partner, has announced positive metallurgical results from locked-cycle flotation testing on the Goldstorm deposit. The tests produced a high-grade copper concentrate \(29.59% Cu\) with significant gold and silver credits, demonstrating a stable and effective flowsheet for the Lower CS-600 sub-domain.

Reasoning: Locked-cycle flotation tests on the Lower CS-600 sub-domain produced high-grade copper concentrate with strong recoveries for all three primary metals, significantly de-risking the project's metallurgical profile.

- Positive factor: High-grade copper concentrate produced

- Positive factor: Strong recoveries for copper, gold, and silver

- Positive factor: Flowsheet stability demonstrated via locked-cycle tests

- Positive factor: No deleterious compounds formed during oxidation-leach tests

Facts used in scoring: 6

## Classification and evidence

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: Copper recovery of 88.1% is within the strong/exceptional band for flotation.

Evidence · text

> recoveries of 88.1% copper

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: The process uses a typical copper flotation circuit.

Evidence · text

> typical copper flowsheet

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Story-specific tag

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: Release mentions standard QA/QC sampling procedures by SGS and Blue Coast.

Evidence · text

> Standard QA/QC sampling procedures are maintained

**Gravity Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Gravity separation forms a material part of the flowsheet.

Why it applies: the document describes a gravity route \("gravity"\)

**POX/BIOX Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Pressure or bio-oxidation for refractory ore — high CAPEX and OPEX.

Why it applies: the document describes a pox\_biox route \("pressure oxidation"\)

**Multi-Domain Tested**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Variability across ore domains \(oxide, transition, fresh\) has been addressed.

Why it applies: 2 distinct composites were tested

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 6. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (6)

### locked-cycle

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Goldstorm · copper

#### Identity

- Project: Goldstorm
- Commodity: copper
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: British Columbia
- Ticker: AMK

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: locked-cycle
- Processing Route: rougher-cleaner flotation
- Sample: Lower CS-600 sub-domain locked cycle flotation test
- Grind P80: 75 µm

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 88.1 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Head Grade: 0.59
- Head Grade Unit: %

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Blue Coast Research
- Consultant: JDS Energy &amp; Mining Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2024-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 88.1% copper recovery in a locked-cycle test is a strong result for a flotation circuit.

- Positive factor: Recovery of 88.1% is strong for copper flotation

Evidence · text

> The locked cycle test achieved recoveries of 88.1% copper

#### Tags used in scoring

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: processing\_route matches the flotation signal

### locked-cycle

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Goldstorm · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Goldstorm
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: British Columbia
- Ticker: AMK

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: locked-cycle
- Processing Route: rougher-cleaner flotation
- Sample: Lower CS-600 sub-domain locked cycle flotation test
- Grind P80: 75 µm

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 63.8 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Head Grade: 0.91
- Head Grade Unit: g/t

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Blue Coast Research
- Consultant: JDS Energy &amp; Mining Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2024-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 63.8% gold recovery in a copper flotation concentrate is a significant credit.

- Positive factor: Consistent with previous flotation testwork

Evidence · text

> 63.8% gold

#### Tags used in scoring

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: processing\_route matches the flotation signal

**Low Recovery**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Recovery below the weak band for the commodity and processing route.

Why it applies: 63.8% is below the weak band \(80%\)

### locked-cycle

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Goldstorm · silver

#### Identity

- Project: Goldstorm
- Commodity: silver
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: British Columbia
- Ticker: AMK

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: locked-cycle
- Processing Route: rougher-cleaner flotation
- Sample: Lower CS-600 sub-domain locked cycle flotation test
- Grind P80: 75 µm

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 51.3 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Head Grade: 3.3
- Head Grade Unit: g/t

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Blue Coast Research
- Consultant: JDS Energy &amp; Mining Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2024-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 51.3% silver recovery provides additional value to the copper concentrate.

- Positive factor: Provides significant silver credits

Evidence · text

> 51.3% silver

#### Tags used in scoring

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: processing\_route matches the flotation signal

**Low Recovery**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Recovery below the weak band for the commodity and processing route.

Why it applies: 51.3% is below the weak band \(75%\)

### Fact 4

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Goldstorm · copper

#### Identity

- Project: Goldstorm
- Commodity: copper
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: British Columbia
- Ticker: AMK

#### Test Work

- Sample: Cleaner 3 Conc

#### Recovery

- Conc. Grade: 29.59
- Conc. Grade Unit: %

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2024-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 29.59% Cu concentrate is a high-grade, saleable product.

- Positive factor: High-grade concentrate exceeding 29% Cu

Evidence · table

> 29.59

Context: 105.0

### Fact 5

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Goldstorm · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Goldstorm
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: British Columbia
- Ticker: AMK

#### Test Work

- Sample: Cleaner 3 Conc

#### Recovery

- Conc. Grade: 33.16
- Conc. Grade Unit: g/t

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2024-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 33.16 g/t Au in a copper concentrate is a very high-value credit.

- Positive factor: Significant gold grade in copper concentrate

Evidence · table

> 33.16

Context: 105.0

### Fact 6

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Goldstorm · silver

#### Identity

- Project: Goldstorm
- Commodity: silver
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: British Columbia
- Ticker: AMK

#### Test Work

- Sample: Cleaner 3 Conc

#### Recovery

- Conc. Grade: 96.7
- Conc. Grade Unit: g/t

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2024-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 96.7 g/t Ag in a copper concentrate provides strong byproduct value.

- Positive factor: Significant silver grade in copper concentrate

Evidence · table

> 96.7

Context: 105.0

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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