# Critical One Energy announces positive lab results from Howells Lake Preliminary Metallurgical Study

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/critical-one-energy-announces-positive-lab-results-from-howells-lake-preliminary--2f6edeb0-691b-4865-9ba4-4b0fe244bd74

Original source: https://www.globalminingreview.com/mining/29072026/critical-one-energy-announces-positive-lab-results-from-howells-lake-preliminary-metallurgical-study/

Publisher: globalminingreview

Original announcement: 2026-07-29T12:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Critical One Energy Inc.

- Ticker: Unavailable

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: northwestern Ontario, Canada

- Primary commodity: Antimony

- Secondary commodities: Gold, Copper

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-12 03:03:15 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Critical One Energy has announced positive preliminary metallurgical results from its Howells Lake Antimony-Gold Project in Ontario. The study, conducted by Blue Coast Research Ltd., indicates that antimony minerals are highly liberated and free from deleterious elements like arsenic and mercury, supporting potential flotation concentration.

Reasoning: Preliminary metallurgical study shows high stibnite liberation \(up to 99.1%\) and a clean mineral profile \(no arsenic or mercury\), suggesting good processing potential via flotation.

- Positive factor: High mineral liberation

- Positive factor: Absence of deleterious elements

- Positive factor: Amenable to flotation

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**Free Milling**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Simple, clean ore amenable to standard processing without oxidation.

Why it applies: Principal antimony minerals were highly liberated after grinding \(92.8% - 99.1% stibnite liberation\).

Evidence · text

> Stibnite liberation ranged from 92.8% – 99.1%

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: Results indicate minerals may be amenable to concentration by flotation.

Evidence · text

> antimony-bearing minerals in the selected samples may be amenable to concentration by flotation

**Single Domain Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established.

Why it applies: only one composite was tested

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (1)

### lab results

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/critical-one-energy-announces-positive-lab-results-from-howells-lake-preliminary--2f6edeb0-691b-4865-9ba4-4b0fe244bd74#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Howells Lake Antimony-Gold Project · antimony

#### Identity

- Project: Howells Lake Antimony-Gold Project
- Commodity: antimony
- Region: canada\_on
- Reported Region: northwestern Ontario, Canada

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: lab results
- Processing Route: flotation
- Sample: Four selected samples from drill hole HWL-2026-006 \(Hole 6\)

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Blue Coast Research Ltd.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-07-29T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Stibnite liberation is very high \(92.8% - 99.1%\) and deleterious elements are absent.

- Positive factor: High liberation

- Positive factor: Clean ore

Evidence · text

> Stibnite liberation ranged from 92.8% – 99.1%

#### 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

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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