Beauce Gold Fields Annonce des Analyses de Phosphate Jusqu'a 8,07 % P2O5 des Essais Metallurgiques Produisent un Concentre a 38,9 % avec une Recuperation de 93,4 %
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- Beauce Gold Fields
- Ticker
- BGF
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec
- Primary commodity
- Phosphate
- Secondary commodities
- Rare earth oxides
- Document categories
- Metallurgy, Other
- Extracted
- 2026-09-13 14:45:32 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Beauce Gold Fields has announced successful metallurgical flotation tests on phosphate-bearing apatite from its CH-98 property in Quebec. The tests produced a high-grade phosphate concentrate of 38.9% P2O5 with a recovery of 93.4%, demonstrating the viability of conventional processing for this critical mineral.
Reasoning: Strong metallurgical results for phosphate recovery using conventional methods, confirming the economic potential of the CH-98 property.
Positive factors
- High recovery of 93.4%
- High concentrate grade of 38.9% P2O5
- Low impurity levels (thorium and uranium)
- Conventional flotation route successful
Facts used in scoring: 7
Classification and evidence
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: 93.4% recovery achieved in flotation tests.
Evidence · text
“Récupération de 93,4 %”
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: Processing via flotation methods.
Evidence · text
“méthodes conventionnelles de flottation”
QA/QC Disclosedpositive · Story-specific tag
Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods (blanks, standards, duplicates).
Why it applies: Release mentions ALS Canada's ISO certification and internal QC procedures (standards, blanks, duplicates).
Evidence · text
“Le programme analytique comprenait des procédures de contrôle de qualité internes incluant des étalons, des blancs et des duplicatas.”
Multi-Domain Testedpositive
Variability across ore domains (oxide, transition, fresh) has been addressed.
Why it applies: 2 distinct composites were tested
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 7. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (7)
flotationCH-98 · phosphateRecovery: 93.4 %Head Grade: 8.07Head Grade Unit: %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- CH-98
- Commodity
- phosphate
- Region
- canada_qc
- Reported Region
- Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec
- Ticker
- BGF
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- flotation
- Processing Route
- flotation
- Sample
- CH-98-61 outcrop rock sample
Recovery
- Recovery
- 93.4 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
- Head Grade
- 8.07
- Head Grade Unit
- %
- Conc. Grade
- 38.9
- Conc. Grade Unit
- %
Lab
- Laboratory
- COREM
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: 93.4% recovery and 38.9% concentrate grade are strong results for phosphate flotation.
Positive factors
- Excellent recovery
- High concentrate grade
Evidence · text
“Meilleur essai de flottation: 38,9 % P2O5 Récupération de 93,4 %”
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
flotationCH-98 · rare earth oxidesView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- CH-98
- Commodity
- rare earth oxides
- Region
- canada_qc
- Reported Region
- Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec
- Ticker
- BGF
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- flotation
- Processing Route
- flotation
- Sample
- CH-98-61 flotation concentrate
Recovery
- Conc. Grade
- 0.19
- Conc. Grade Unit
- %
Lab
- Laboratory
- COREM
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Trace amounts of rare earth oxides reported in the concentrate.
Positive factors
- Presence of TREO in concentrate
Evidence · text
“0,19 % d’oxydes totaux de terres rares (TREO)”
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
Fact 3CH-98 · phosphateView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- CH-98
- Commodity
- phosphate
- Region
- canada_qc
- Reported Region
- Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec
- Ticker
- BGF
Test Work
- Sample
- Rock sample D589656
Lab
- Laboratory
- ALS Canada Ltée
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Routine geochemical rock sample analysis.
Evidence · table
“1,95”
Context: D589656
Fact 4CH-98 · phosphateView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- CH-98
- Commodity
- phosphate
- Region
- canada_qc
- Reported Region
- Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec
- Ticker
- BGF
Test Work
- Sample
- Rock sample D589657
Lab
- Laboratory
- ALS Canada Ltée
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Routine geochemical rock sample analysis.
Evidence · table
“3,01”
Context: D589657
Fact 5CH-98 · phosphateView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- CH-98
- Commodity
- phosphate
- Region
- canada_qc
- Reported Region
- Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec
- Ticker
- BGF
Test Work
- Sample
- Rock sample D589659
Lab
- Laboratory
- ALS Canada Ltée
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Routine geochemical rock sample analysis.
Evidence · table
“4,31”
Context: D589659
Fact 6CH-98 · phosphateView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- CH-98
- Commodity
- phosphate
- Region
- canada_qc
- Reported Region
- Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec
- Ticker
- BGF
Test Work
- Sample
- Rock sample D589660
Lab
- Laboratory
- ALS Canada Ltée
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Routine geochemical rock sample analysis.
Evidence · table
“0,28”
Context: D589660
Fact 7CH-98 · phosphateView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- CH-98
- Commodity
- phosphate
- Region
- canada_qc
- Reported Region
- Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec
- Ticker
- BGF
Test Work
- Sample
- Rock sample D589661
Lab
- Laboratory
- ALS Canada Ltée
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: High grade phosphate sample from outcrop.
Positive factors
- High grade P2O5
Evidence · table
“8,07”
Context: D589661
How Atlas produces this analysis
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