# Largo Reports Q4 and Full Year 2025 Operational and Sales Results; Provides 2026 Outlook and Vanadium Guidance; Reports Positive Precious Metals Results on Recent Copper Flotation Tests.

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/largo-reports-q4-and-full-year-2025-operational-and-sales-results-provides-2026--e7f9b1a3-b2ff-49db-a663-c3805fa99e2b

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/LGO/news/6169029701809974/largo-reports-q4-and-full-year-2025-operational-and-sales-results-provides-2026-

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-02-05T23:22:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Largo Inc.

- Ticker: LGO

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Brazil

- Primary commodity: Vanadium

- Secondary commodities: Ilmenite, Copper, Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Cobalt, Nickel, Silver

- Document categories: Metallurgy, Production

- Extracted: 2026-09-18 06:56:35 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.40 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Largo Inc. reported 2025 vanadium production of 9,150 tonnes, meeting annual guidance despite US tariff impacts on high-purity sales. The company also disclosed positive metallurgical test results for copper-PGM concentrates, leading to a suspension of 2026 ilmenite guidance to evaluate infrastructure repurposing.

Reasoning: The company delivered solid 2025 production results within guidance and provided an optimistic 2026 outlook, though it faces headwinds from US tariffs and must pivot its ilmenite infrastructure to capture copper-PGM opportunities.

- Positive factor: Strong 2025 vanadium production within guidance

- Positive factor: Improved annual vanadium recovery \(80.1% vs 76.4%\)

- Positive factor: Positive metallurgical results for copper-PGM flotation

- Positive factor: Increased 2026 vanadium production guidance

- Negative factor: US tariffs impacting high-purity vanadium sales

- Negative factor: Suspension of 2026 ilmenite production guidance due to infrastructure re-evaluation

Facts used in scoring: 9

## Classification and evidence

**production**

Polarity: neutral

Story-specific tag

Definition: No canonical definition is currently available.

Why it applies: The document reports Q4 and Full Year 2025 operational and sales results.

Evidence · text

> Largo Reports Q4 and Full Year 2025 Operational and Sales Results

**metallurgy**

Polarity: positive

Story-specific tag

Definition: No canonical definition is currently available.

Why it applies: The release reports results from recent copper flotation metallurgical tests.

Evidence · text

> Reports Positive Precious Metals Results on Recent Copper Flotation Tests

**Heap Leach Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Processing via heap leach — lower CAPEX and OPEX, lower recovery expected.

Why it applies: the document describes a heap\_leach route \("heap leach"\)

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

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

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

## Metallurgical Results (7)

### flotation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/largo-reports-q4-and-full-year-2025-operational-and-sales-results-provides-2026--e7f9b1a3-b2ff-49db-a663-c3805fa99e2b#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

Maracás Menchen Mine · copper

#### Identity

- Project: Maracás Menchen Mine
- Commodity: copper
- Region: brazil
- Reported Region: Brazil
- Ticker: LGO

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: flotation
- Processing Route: flotation
- Sample: composite of the best 12 flotation test results

#### Lab

- Laboratory: SGS-Geosol

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Successful laboratory flotation tests indicate potential for copper-PGM production.

- Positive factor: Positive results for copper-PGM concentrate

Evidence · text

> copper concentrate containing 18.4% Cu, 9.1 grams per ton \("gpt"\) Au, 6.6 gpt Pt, 5.4 gpt Pd, 66 gpt Ag, 0.52% Co, 0.55% Ni

#### 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

**Byproduct Commodity**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: The tested commodity is a byproduct rather than the primary economic driver.

Why it applies: the release describes a byproduct credit

### flotation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/largo-reports-q4-and-full-year-2025-operational-and-sales-results-provides-2026--e7f9b1a3-b2ff-49db-a663-c3805fa99e2b#fact-metallurgical-facts-3)

Maracás Menchen Mine · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Maracás Menchen Mine
- Commodity: gold
- Region: brazil
- Reported Region: Brazil
- Ticker: LGO

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: flotation
- Processing Route: flotation
- Sample: composite of the best 12 flotation test results

#### Lab

- Laboratory: SGS-Geosol

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Gold is a significant byproduct in the copper concentrate.

- Positive factor: High gold grade in concentrate

Evidence · text

> 9.1 grams per ton \("gpt"\) Au

#### 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

**Byproduct Commodity**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: The tested commodity is a byproduct rather than the primary economic driver.

Why it applies: the release describes a byproduct credit

### flotation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/largo-reports-q4-and-full-year-2025-operational-and-sales-results-provides-2026--e7f9b1a3-b2ff-49db-a663-c3805fa99e2b#fact-metallurgical-facts-4)

Maracás Menchen Mine · platinum

#### Identity

- Project: Maracás Menchen Mine
- Commodity: platinum
- Region: brazil
- Reported Region: Brazil
- Ticker: LGO

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: flotation
- Processing Route: flotation
- Sample: composite of the best 12 flotation test results

#### Lab

- Laboratory: SGS-Geosol

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Platinum identified as a valuable component in the copper concentrate.

- Positive factor: Presence of platinum in concentrate

Evidence · text

> 6.6 gpt Pt

#### 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

**Byproduct Commodity**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: The tested commodity is a byproduct rather than the primary economic driver.

Why it applies: the release describes a byproduct credit

### flotation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/largo-reports-q4-and-full-year-2025-operational-and-sales-results-provides-2026--e7f9b1a3-b2ff-49db-a663-c3805fa99e2b#fact-metallurgical-facts-5)

Maracás Menchen Mine · palladium

#### Identity

- Project: Maracás Menchen Mine
- Commodity: palladium
- Region: brazil
- Reported Region: Brazil
- Ticker: LGO

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: flotation
- Processing Route: flotation
- Sample: composite of the best 12 flotation test results

#### Lab

- Laboratory: SGS-Geosol

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Palladium identified as a valuable component in the copper concentrate.

- Positive factor: Presence of palladium in concentrate

Evidence · text

> 5.4 gpt Pd

#### 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

**Byproduct Commodity**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: The tested commodity is a byproduct rather than the primary economic driver.

Why it applies: the release describes a byproduct credit

### flotation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/largo-reports-q4-and-full-year-2025-operational-and-sales-results-provides-2026--e7f9b1a3-b2ff-49db-a663-c3805fa99e2b#fact-metallurgical-facts-6)

Maracás Menchen Mine · silver

#### Identity

- Project: Maracás Menchen Mine
- Commodity: silver
- Region: brazil
- Reported Region: Brazil
- Ticker: LGO

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: flotation
- Processing Route: flotation
- Sample: composite of the best 12 flotation test results

#### Lab

- Laboratory: SGS-Geosol

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Silver identified as a valuable component in the copper concentrate.

- Positive factor: Silver identified in concentrate

Evidence · text

> 66 gpt Ag

#### 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

**Byproduct Commodity**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: The tested commodity is a byproduct rather than the primary economic driver.

Why it applies: the release describes a byproduct credit

### flotation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/largo-reports-q4-and-full-year-2025-operational-and-sales-results-provides-2026--e7f9b1a3-b2ff-49db-a663-c3805fa99e2b#fact-metallurgical-facts-7)

Maracás Menchen Mine · cobalt

#### Identity

- Project: Maracás Menchen Mine
- Commodity: cobalt
- Region: brazil
- Reported Region: Brazil
- Ticker: LGO

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: flotation
- Processing Route: flotation
- Sample: composite of the best 12 flotation test results

#### Lab

- Laboratory: SGS-Geosol

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Cobalt reported as a lower value component.

Evidence · text

> 0.52% Co

#### 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

**Byproduct Commodity**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: The tested commodity is a byproduct rather than the primary economic driver.

Why it applies: the release describes a byproduct credit

### flotation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/largo-reports-q4-and-full-year-2025-operational-and-sales-results-provides-2026--e7f9b1a3-b2ff-49db-a663-c3805fa99e2b#fact-metallurgical-facts-8)

Maracás Menchen Mine · nickel

#### Identity

- Project: Maracás Menchen Mine
- Commodity: nickel
- Region: brazil
- Reported Region: Brazil
- Ticker: LGO

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: flotation
- Processing Route: flotation
- Sample: composite of the best 12 flotation test results

#### Lab

- Laboratory: SGS-Geosol

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Nickel reported as a lower value component.

Evidence · text

> 0.55% Ni

#### 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

**Byproduct Commodity**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: The tested commodity is a byproduct rather than the primary economic driver.

Why it applies: the release describes a byproduct credit

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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