# Monument Commissions Intec Pilot Plant at Selinsing

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/monument-commissions-intec-pilot-plant-at-selinsing--e2eefa6a-cf17-420f-9987-fb83b313d83b

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/MMY/news/67570079/monument-commissions-intec-pilot-plant-at-selinsing

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2015-09-30T15:12:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Monument Mining Limited

- Ticker: MMY

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Malaysia

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Copper

- Document categories: Metallurgy, Other

- Extracted: 2026-09-16 11:17:37 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.40 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Monument Mining has completed construction and commenced commissioning of the Intec Pilot Plant at the Selinsing gold mine in Malaysia. The pilot plant aims to demonstrate the scalability of Intec's sulphide dissolution and gold recovery technology, with independent oversight provided by Orway Mineral Consultants.

Reasoning: The announcement marks a significant technical milestone in testing a new metallurgical process \(Intec\) to unlock sulphide gold at an existing mine, though actual recovery results are pending.

- Positive factor: Pilot plant commissioning marks transition from bench-scale to continuous flow testing

- Positive factor: Engagement of independent consultant Orway Mineral Consultants for QA/QC oversight

- Positive factor: Potential to extend mine life by processing sulphide ore using existing infrastructure

- Negative factor: Results are not yet available; current status is commissioning only

- Negative factor: Success is contingent on scaling up bench-scale results to a continuous process

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 notes that previous successful results were only demonstrated on a bench scale, and the pilot plant is intended to test scale-up.

Evidence · text

> successfully demonstrated the technical ability of the Intec technology to dissolve sulphides and recover gold from the sulphide material on a bench scale test work program

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: The pilot plant is being integrated with the existing Selinsing Gold Processing Plant.

Evidence · text

> using the existing Selinsing Gold Processing Plant

**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)

### pilot plant

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/monument-commissions-intec-pilot-plant-at-selinsing--e2eefa6a-cf17-420f-9987-fb83b313d83b#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Selinsing · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Selinsing
- Commodity: gold
- Region: malaysia
- Reported Region: Malaysia
- Ticker: MMY

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: pilot plant
- Processing Route: Intec sulphide dissolution and gold recovery
- Sample: sulphide feed stock materials

#### Lab

- Consultant: DCS Technical Services Pty. Ltd.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2015-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: The fact describes the commencement of a pilot plant program to test gold recovery from sulphides.

- Positive factor: Transitioning from bench-scale to pilot-scale testing

- Negative factor: No recovery results reported yet

Evidence · text

> completed construction of the Intec Pilot Plant and placed it into commissioning at the Selinsing gold mine site in Malaysia

#### Tags used in scoring

**Pilot Scale Complete**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Pilot or demonstration plant testing completed under continuous operation.

Why it applies: test\_type names pilot-scale work

## 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.