Bayhorse Silver Installs Its Steinert Ore-Sorter At Its Bayhorse Flotation Mill, Payette, Idaho, USA
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- Bayhorse Silver Inc
- Ticker
- BHS
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- Idaho, USA
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Secondary commodities
- Copper, Antimony, Zinc, Gold
- Document categories
- Metallurgy, Other
- Extracted
- 2026-09-13 14:57:15 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Bayhorse Silver has installed a Steinert Ore-Sorter at its 60 ton/day flotation mill in Payette, Idaho, following a successful rental period. The company is also investigating hydrometallurgical processes to extract antimony and other critical minerals from its flotation concentrate.
Reasoning: The company is installing an ore-sorter to optimize its 60 tpd flotation mill and exploring value-added leaching to recover antimony from refractory tetrahedrite.
Positive factors
- Installation of ore-sorter to reduce waste and improve efficiency
- Potential for third-party processing revenue
- High-grade concentrate potential for multiple critical minerals
Negative factors
- Mineralization is refractory in nature
- Production decisions are not yet based on a feasibility study
Facts used in scoring: 4
Classification and evidence
Refractory Orenegative
Ore requires oxidation/pressure treatment before recovery — a processing and recovery risk.
Why it applies: The tetrahedrite mineralization is explicitly described as refractory in nature.
Evidence · text
“The tetrahedrite, which is refractory in nature”
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: The company uses a 60 ton/day flotation mill.
Evidence · text
“installed at the Company's 60 ton/day flotation mill”
Single Domain Onlynegative
Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established.
Why it applies: only one composite was tested
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 4. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (4)
flotationBayhorse Silver Mine · silverHead Grade: 7500Head Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Bayhorse Silver Mine
- Commodity
- silver
- Region
- usa_id
- Reported Region
- Idaho, USA
- Ticker
- BHS
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- flotation
- Processing Route
- flotation mill
- Sample
- typical concentrate from Bayhorse mineralization
Recovery
- Head Grade
- 7500
- Head Grade Unit
- g/t
Lab
- Laboratory
- Metsolve Labs
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2025-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Reported concentrate grade for silver.
Positive factors
- High grade concentrate
Evidence · text
“typical concentrate will range between 7,500-12,000 g/t silver”
Tags used in scoring
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: processing_route matches the flotation signal
flotationBayhorse Silver Mine · copperHead Grade: 9Head Grade Unit: %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Bayhorse Silver Mine
- Commodity
- copper
- Region
- usa_id
- Reported Region
- Idaho, USA
- Ticker
- BHS
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- flotation
- Processing Route
- flotation mill
- Sample
- typical concentrate from Bayhorse mineralization
Recovery
- Head Grade
- 9
- Head Grade Unit
- %
Lab
- Laboratory
- Metsolve Labs
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2025-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Reported concentrate grade for copper.
Evidence · text
“9-11% copper”
Tags used in scoring
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: processing_route matches the flotation signal
flotationBayhorse Silver Mine · antimonyHead Grade: 10Head Grade Unit: %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Bayhorse Silver Mine
- Commodity
- antimony
- Region
- usa_id
- Reported Region
- Idaho, USA
- Ticker
- BHS
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- flotation
- Processing Route
- flotation mill
- Sample
- typical concentrate from Bayhorse mineralization
Recovery
- Head Grade
- 10
- Head Grade Unit
- %
Lab
- Laboratory
- Metsolve Labs
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2025-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Reported concentrate grade for antimony.
Evidence · text
“10-12% antimony”
Tags used in scoring
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: processing_route matches the flotation signal
flotationBayhorse Silver Mine · zincHead Grade: 15Head Grade Unit: %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Bayhorse Silver Mine
- Commodity
- zinc
- Region
- usa_id
- Reported Region
- Idaho, USA
- Ticker
- BHS
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- flotation
- Processing Route
- flotation mill
- Sample
- typical concentrate from Bayhorse mineralization
Recovery
- Head Grade
- 15
- Head Grade Unit
- %
Lab
- Laboratory
- Metsolve Labs
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2025-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Reported concentrate grade for zinc.
Evidence · text
“15-18% zinc”
Tags used in scoring
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: processing_route matches the flotation signal
How Atlas produces this analysis
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