# Lode Gold Commences Metallurgical Drilling at Fremont Gold Mine, Mariposa, CA

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/lode-gold-commences-metallurgical-drilling-at-fremont-gold-mine-mariposa-ca--ca5bf8a8-d3f2-4ebb-a106-bcc3108b71d8

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/LOD/news/7412485062218801/lode-gold-commences-metallurgical-drilling-at-fremont-gold-mine-mariposa-ca

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-08-17T15:06:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Lode Gold Resources Inc.

- Ticker: LOD

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: California

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy, Other

- Extracted: 2026-09-12 10:22:44 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.40 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Lode Gold has commenced metallurgical drilling at its Fremont Gold Mine in Mariposa, California. The program aims to optimize flowsheet design by evaluating gravity and flotation recovery methods and establishing robust metallurgical criteria using large-diameter \(PQ\) core.

Reasoning: The company is initiating a metallurgical drilling program to de-risk processing and optimize CAPEX/OPEX for the Fremont Gold Mine.

- Positive factor: Commencement of metallurgical drilling to optimize flowsheet

- Positive factor: Involvement of process engineers early in the drilling phase

- Positive factor: Evaluation of multiple recovery methods \(gravity vs flotation\)

- Negative factor: Metallurgical results are pending

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**Bench Scale Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Only preliminary bench tests completed — no locked-cycle or pilot work.

Why it applies: The document mentions evaluating gravity vs flotation and optimizing flowsheet, but no actual test results are provided, only a historical reference.

Evidence · text

> We are conducting a new study to validate the information

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

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

**Gravity Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

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

**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)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/lode-gold-commences-metallurgical-drilling-at-fremont-gold-mine-mariposa-ca--ca5bf8a8-d3f2-4ebb-a106-bcc3108b71d8#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Fremont Gold Mine · gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Project: Fremont Gold Mine
- Commodity: gold
- Region: california
- Reported Region: California
- Ticker: LOD

#### Test Work

- Program Status: scoping
- Sample: 2014 Metallurgical Report

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 91 %
- Recovery Basis: unspecified

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical metallurgical recovery reported from a 2014 report.

Evidence · text

> 91% recovery

## 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.