# Awalé Reports Gold Recoveries of up to 98% at Odienné on Simple, Conventional Metallurgy

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/awale-reports-gold-recoveries-of-up-to-98-at-odienne-on-simple-conventional-meta--97750674-48a4-4a24-b6c1-b877f6521bb2

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/commodities/articles/awal-reports-gold-recoveries-98-110000588.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2026-09-15T11:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Awalé

- Ticker: ARIC

- Exchange: TSXV

- Region: Unavailable

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-21 12:11:23 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Awalé has reported gold metallurgical recoveries ranging from 91% to 98% at its Odienné project. These results exceed the recovery assumptions used in the May 2026 Mineral Resource Estimate, providing positive de-risking for upcoming economic studies.

Reasoning: The announcement reports significantly higher gold recoveries than previously assumed in the Mineral Resource Estimate, de-risking future economic studies.

- Positive factor: High gold recoveries \(91-98%\)

- Positive factor: Recoveries exceed May 2026 MRE assumptions

- Positive factor: Simple, conventional metallurgy

Facts used in scoring: 3

## Classification and evidence

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: Gold recoveries of 91% to 98% are reported, which are high for conventional metallurgy.

Evidence · text

> Gold recoveries of 91% to 98%

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: The release describes 'simple, conventional metallurgy' which typically implies a mill route.

Evidence · text

> Simple, Conventional Metallurgy

**Multi-Domain Tested**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: 3 distinct composites were tested

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 3. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (3)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/awale-reports-gold-recoveries-of-up-to-98-at-odienne-on-simple-conventional-meta--97750674-48a4-4a24-b6c1-b877f6521bb2#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

BBM · gold

#### Identity

- Project: BBM
- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: ARIC

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Sample: BBM deposit

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 91 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Recovery at BBM is 91.0%, which is higher than the 86.0% assumed in the MRE.

- Positive factor: Exceeds MRE assumption of 86.0%

Evidence · text

> Gold recovery was 91.0% at BBM \(versus 86.0% assumed in the MRE\)

### Fact 2

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/awale-reports-gold-recoveries-of-up-to-98-at-odienne-on-simple-conventional-meta--97750674-48a4-4a24-b6c1-b877f6521bb2#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Charger · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Charger
- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: ARIC

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Sample: Charger deposit

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 97 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Recovery at Charger is 97.0%, which is higher than the 91.4% assumed in the MRE.

- Positive factor: Exceeds MRE assumption of 91.4%

Evidence · text

> 97.0% at Charger \(versus 91.4%\)

#### Tags used in scoring

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: 97% is at or above the exceptional band \(95%\)

### Fact 3

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/awale-reports-gold-recoveries-of-up-to-98-at-odienne-on-simple-conventional-meta--97750674-48a4-4a24-b6c1-b877f6521bb2#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

Empire · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Empire
- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: ARIC

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Sample: Empire deposit

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 97.8 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Recovery at Empire is 97.8%, exceeding the MRE assumption.

- Positive factor: Exceeds MRE assumption

Evidence · text

> 97.8% at Empire

#### Tags used in scoring

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: 97.8% is at or above the exceptional band \(95%\)

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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