# Gold Recoveries Increased to Over 80%; Ongoing Metallurgical Work Produces a High-grade Copper, Gold and Silver Concentrate for the Goldstorm Deposit at Treaty Creek, Golden Triangle Region, Northwestern B.C.

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gold-recoveries-increased-to-over-80-ongoing-metallurgical-work-produces-a-high--3669f916-30ba-458b-b05d-e3986b3022fe

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/TUO/news/6453953209166409/gold-recoveries-increased-to-over-80-ongoing-metallurgical-work-produces-a-high-

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2025-04-23T18:40:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Teuton Resources Corp.

- Ticker: TUO

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: British Columbia

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Copper, Silver

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-17 03:21:06 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Teuton Resources reports improved metallurgical results for the Goldstorm Deposit, where gold recovery increased to 80.2% through the addition of a cyanide leach step to flotation tailings. The testing produced a high-grade copper concentrate grading 30.3% Cu, 36.5 g/t Au, and 99.8 g/t Ag.

Reasoning: The announcement reports successful metallurgical optimization that significantly improved gold recovery through a combined flotation and cyanide leach approach, producing high-grade concentrate.

- Positive factor: Significant increase in gold recovery \(from 63.8% to 80.2%\)

- Positive factor: High-grade copper concentrate produced \(30.3% Cu, 36.5 g/t Au\)

- Positive factor: Successful integration of cyanide leach to optimize gold recovery

- Positive factor: QA/QC and QP oversight disclosed

- Negative factor: Testing is preliminary/batch scale

- Negative factor: Variability noted in the copper circuit gold recovery

Facts used in scoring: 5

## 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 recovery increased to 80.2% using a combined flotation and leach approach.

Evidence · text

> The combined gold flotation recovery plus cyanide extraction totaled 80.2%.

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: The process involves flotation and cyanide leaching.

Evidence · text

> With a simple rougher-cleaner flotation process we are consistently able to produce an exceptionally clean, high-grade copper/gold concentrate

**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 maintained by SGS and Blue Coast.

Evidence · text

> Standard QA/QC sampling procedures are maintained by SGS and Blue Coast

**Gravity Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

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

**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: 5. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (5)

### flotation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gold-recoveries-increased-to-over-80-ongoing-metallurgical-work-produces-a-high--3669f916-30ba-458b-b05d-e3986b3022fe#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Goldstorm Deposit · copper

#### Identity

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

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: flotation
- Processing Route: flotation
- Sample: Lower CS-600 sub-domain flotation tails

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 85.8 %
- Head Grade: 30.3
- Head Grade Unit: %

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Blue Coast Research
- Consultant: Fuse Advisors Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Reported copper recovery is within a strong range for flotation.

- Positive factor: Strong copper recovery

Evidence · text

> The batch flotation tests achieved recoveries of 85.8% 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

### flotation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gold-recoveries-increased-to-over-80-ongoing-metallurgical-work-produces-a-high--3669f916-30ba-458b-b05d-e3986b3022fe#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Goldstorm Deposit · gold

#### Identity

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

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: flotation
- Processing Route: flotation
- Sample: Lower CS-600 sub-domain flotation tails

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 66.3 %
- Head Grade: 36.5
- Head Grade Unit: g/t

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Blue Coast Research
- Consultant: Fuse Advisors Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Gold recovery in the flotation stage alone is moderate, but the concentrate grade is high.

- Positive factor: High grade concentrate

Evidence · text

> achieved recoveries of 85.8% copper, 66.3% gold, and 58.1% silver into a concentrate with grade 30.3% copper, 36.5 g/t 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: 66.3% is below the weak band \(80%\)

### flotation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gold-recoveries-increased-to-over-80-ongoing-metallurgical-work-produces-a-high--3669f916-30ba-458b-b05d-e3986b3022fe#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

Goldstorm Deposit · silver

#### Identity

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

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: flotation
- Processing Route: flotation
- Sample: Lower CS-600 sub-domain flotation tails

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 58.1 %
- Head Grade: 99.8
- Head Grade Unit: g/t

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Blue Coast Research
- Consultant: Fuse Advisors Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Silver recovery is reported as part of the flotation concentrate.

Evidence · text

> achieved recoveries of 85.8% copper, 66.3% gold, and 58.1% silver into a concentrate with grade 30.3% copper, 36.5 g/t 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: 58.1% is below the weak band \(75%\)

### cyanide leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gold-recoveries-increased-to-over-80-ongoing-metallurgical-work-produces-a-high--3669f916-30ba-458b-b05d-e3986b3022fe#fact-metallurgical-facts-3)

Goldstorm Deposit · gold

#### Identity

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

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: cyanide leach
- Sample: Copper rougher flotation tails

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 53 %

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Blue Coast Research
- Consultant: Fuse Advisors Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: The leach step successfully recovered a substantial portion of the gold lost in flotation.

- Positive factor: Significant additional gold extraction from tails

Evidence · text

> The copper rougher flotation tails were subjected to cyanide leach testwork, resulting in 53% gold extraction.

#### Tags used in scoring

**Low Recovery**

Polarity: negative

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

Why it applies: 53% is below the weak band \(80%\)

### cyanide leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gold-recoveries-increased-to-over-80-ongoing-metallurgical-work-produces-a-high--3669f916-30ba-458b-b05d-e3986b3022fe#fact-metallurgical-facts-4)

Goldstorm Deposit · gold

#### Identity

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

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: cyanide leach
- Sample: Pyrite concentrate

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 45 %

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Blue Coast Research
- Consultant: Fuse Advisors Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Recovery range reported for pyrite concentrate leach.

Evidence · text

> The pyrite concentrate was reground to 10 microns and subjected to cyanide leach, extracting 42-48% gold.

#### Tags used in scoring

**Low Recovery**

Polarity: negative

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

Why it applies: 45% is below the weak band \(80%\)

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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