# International Tower Hill Mines Announces Appointment of Feasibility Study Team and Launch of Feasibility Study Drilling Program

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/international-tower-hill-mines-announces-appointment-of-feasibility-study-team-a--83fa516b-7ec7-4ea7-bbe1-b369ab51a057

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/ITH/news/7281472646043653/international-tower-hill-mines-announces-appointment-of-feasibility-study-team-a

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-05-13T13:15:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: International Tower Hill Mines Ltd.

- Ticker: ITH

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Alaska

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Antimony

- Document categories: Metallurgy, Other

- Extracted: 2026-09-14 06:38:52 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

International Tower Hill Mines has appointed a technical consortium to conduct the Phase 1 Feasibility Study for the Livengood Gold Project and has commenced core drilling. The program aims to evaluate advanced metallurgical processing options, such as pressure oxidation \(POX\), to potentially enhance recoveries given current gold prices.

Reasoning: The company is advancing the Livengood project into a feasibility study phase, mobilizing drilling and technical consultants to evaluate metallurgical optimizations \(POX\) in a higher gold price environment.

- Positive factor: Launch of feasibility study drilling program

- Positive factor: Appointment of experienced technical consortium

- Positive factor: Potential for recovery improvements via POX processing

- Positive factor: Higher gold price environment vs prior study assumptions

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**Resource Update**

Polarity: neutral

Story-specific tag

Definition: Revised estimate for an existing resource — compare to prior to assess progress.

Why it applies: The document references the existing 13.6 million ounce M&I resource and 9.0 million ounce reserve as context for the new drilling.

Evidence · text

> within the 13.6 million ounce measured and indicated resource, which includes the 9.0 million ounce proven and probably gold reserve

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: the document describes a mill\_cil route \("CIL"\)

**Gravity Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

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

**POX/BIOX Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Pressure or bio-oxidation for refractory ore — high CAPEX and OPEX.

Why it applies: the document describes a pox\_biox route \("POX"\)

## Extracted facts

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

## Metallurgical Results (1)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/international-tower-hill-mines-announces-appointment-of-feasibility-study-team-a--83fa516b-7ec7-4ea7-bbe1-b369ab51a057#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

#### Identity

- Region: usa\_ak
- Reported Region: Alaska
- Ticker: ITH

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Drilling is a key milestone for feasibility study support.

- Positive factor: Commencement of drilling supports project advancement

Evidence · text

> core drilling to support the feasibility study has commenced

## How Atlas produces this analysis

Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. Sentiment reflects the extracted narrative and classification rules; it is an interpretation, not a reported measurement. Evidence quotes and context are provided where available. Missing data, low-confidence results, and review flags indicate limitations. Check the original publisher announcement before relying on an interpretation.