Positive Metallurgical Results Reported from the Treaty Creek Project
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- Teuton Resources Corp.
- Ticker
- TUO
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- British Columbia
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Secondary commodities
- Silver, Copper
- Document categories
- Metallurgy
- Extracted
- 2026-09-17 02:53:16 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Teuton Resources reported positive metallurgical results from the Goldstorm Deposit at the Treaty Creek Project. Locked-cycle testing demonstrated that saleable gold and copper concentrates can be produced from the Upper, Central, and Lower zones, either individually or as a blended feed.
Reasoning: The metallurgical program successfully demonstrated the production of saleable gold and copper concentrates across multiple deposit zones using locked-cycle testing.
Positive factors
- Saleable concentrates produced from all three zones
- Excellent gold recoveries in Upper and Lower zones
- High sulphur grades (>45%) enhance marketability
- Demonstrated flexibility in mine planning via blended feed
Negative factors
- Minor optimization required to reduce copper losses to sulphide concentrate
Facts used in scoring: 8
Classification and evidence
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: Flowsheet involves primary grind to 120 um followed by flotation and cleaning stages.
Evidence · text
“followed by conventional sulphide flotation”
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: Gold recoveries in Upper and Lower zones (86.3% and 87.3%) are in the strong/exceptional band for flotation.
Evidence · table
“86.3”
Context: 11.8
Multi-Domain Testedpositive
Variability across ore domains (oxide, transition, fresh) has been addressed.
Why it applies: Testing covered Upper, Central, and Lower zones as well as a blended composite.
Evidence · text
“sourced from within and adjacent to the higher-grade Upper, Central, and Lower zones”
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 8. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (8)
locked-cycleTreaty Creek · goldRecovery: 86.3 %Head Grade: 3.57Head Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Treaty Creek
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- canada_bc
- Reported Region
- British Columbia
- Ticker
- TUO
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- locked-cycle
- Processing Route
- primary target grind to 120 um, followed by conventional sulphide flotation. This included a regrind of the rougher concentrate and two stages of cleaner flotation
- Sample
- Upper Zone composite
- Grind P80
- 120 µm
Recovery
- Recovery
- 86.3 %
- Head Grade
- 3.57
- Head Grade Unit
- g/t
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: High gold recovery in the Upper Zone concentrate.
Positive factors
- Strong gold recovery
Evidence · table
“86.3”
Context: 11.8
Tags used in scoring
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: processing_route matches the flotation signal
locked-cycleTreaty Creek · silverRecovery: 85.1 %Head Grade: 6.03Head Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Treaty Creek
- Commodity
- silver
- Region
- canada_bc
- Reported Region
- British Columbia
- Ticker
- TUO
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- locked-cycle
- Processing Route
- primary target grind to 120 um, followed by conventional sulphide flotation. This included a regrind of the rougher concentrate and two stages of cleaner flotation
- Sample
- Upper Zone composite
- Grind P80
- 120 µm
Recovery
- Recovery
- 85.1 %
- Head Grade
- 6.03
- Head Grade Unit
- g/t
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Silver recovery reported alongside gold.
Evidence · table
“85.1”
Context: 11.8
Tags used in scoring
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: processing_route matches the flotation signal
locked-cycleTreaty Creek · copperRecovery: 90.4 %Head Grade: 0.06Head Grade Unit: %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Treaty Creek
- Commodity
- copper
- Region
- canada_bc
- Reported Region
- British Columbia
- Ticker
- TUO
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- locked-cycle
- Processing Route
- primary target grind to 120 um, followed by conventional sulphide flotation. This included a regrind of the rougher concentrate and two stages of cleaner flotation
- Sample
- Upper Zone composite
- Grind P80
- 120 µm
Recovery
- Recovery
- 90.4 %
- Head Grade
- 0.06
- Head Grade Unit
- %
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Copper recovery reported.
Evidence · table
“90.4”
Context: 11.8
Tags used in scoring
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: processing_route matches the flotation signal
locked-cycleTreaty Creek · goldRecovery: 87.3 %Head Grade: 3.06Head Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Treaty Creek
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- canada_bc
- Reported Region
- British Columbia
- Ticker
- TUO
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- locked-cycle
- Processing Route
- primary target grind to 120 um, followed by conventional sulphide flotation. This included a regrind of the rougher concentrate and two stages of cleaner flotation
- Sample
- Lower Zone composite
- Grind P80
- 120 µm
Recovery
- Recovery
- 87.3 %
- Head Grade
- 3.06
- Head Grade Unit
- g/t
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: High gold recovery in the Lower Zone concentrate.
Positive factors
- Strong gold recovery
Evidence · table
“87.3”
Context: 14.0
Tags used in scoring
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: processing_route matches the flotation signal
locked-cycleTreaty Creek · silverRecovery: 86.5 %Head Grade: 11.06Head Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Treaty Creek
- Commodity
- silver
- Region
- canada_bc
- Reported Region
- British Columbia
- Ticker
- TUO
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- locked-cycle
- Processing Route
- primary target grind to 120 um, followed by conventional sulphide flotation. This included a regrind of the rougher concentrate and two stages of cleaner flotation
- Sample
- Lower Zone composite
- Grind P80
- 120 µm
Recovery
- Recovery
- 86.5 %
- Head Grade
- 11.06
- Head Grade Unit
- g/t
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Silver recovery reported.
Evidence · table
“86.5”
Context: 14.0
Tags used in scoring
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: processing_route matches the flotation signal
locked-cycleTreaty Creek · copperRecovery: 85.5 %Head Grade: 0.6Head Grade Unit: %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Treaty Creek
- Commodity
- copper
- Region
- canada_bc
- Reported Region
- British Columbia
- Ticker
- TUO
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- locked-cycle
- Processing Route
- primary target grind to 120 um, followed by an initial copper flotation stage. The resulting rougher copper concentrate was reground and treated through three stages of cleaner flotation. The copper flotation tailings were subsequently processed through a sulphide rougher stage, after which the rougher concentrate was reground and subjected to three stages of cleaner flotation.
- Sample
- Central Zone composite
- Grind P80
- 120 µm
Recovery
- Recovery
- 85.5 %
- Head Grade
- 0.6
- Head Grade Unit
- %
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: High copper recovery in the Central Zone copper concentrate.
Positive factors
- Strong copper recovery
Evidence · table
“85.5”
Context: 0.9
Tags used in scoring
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: processing_route matches the flotation signal
locked-cycleTreaty Creek · goldRecovery: 55.1 %Head Grade: 2.22Head Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Treaty Creek
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- canada_bc
- Reported Region
- British Columbia
- Ticker
- TUO
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- locked-cycle
- Processing Route
- primary target grind to 120 um, followed by an initial copper flotation stage. The resulting rougher copper concentrate was reground and treated through three stages of cleaner flotation. The copper flotation tailings were subsequently processed through a sulphide rougher stage, after which the rougher concentrate was reground and subjected to three stages of cleaner flotation.
- Sample
- Central Zone composite
- Grind P80
- 120 µm
Recovery
- Recovery
- 55.1 %
- Head Grade
- 2.22
- Head Grade Unit
- g/t
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Gold recovery in the copper concentrate is moderate.
Negative factors
- Lower gold recovery in the copper concentrate
Evidence · table
“55.1”
Context: 0.9
Tags used in scoring
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: processing_route matches the flotation signal
Low Recoverynegative
Recovery below the weak band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: 55.1% is below the weak band (80%)
locked-cycleTreaty Creek · goldRecovery: 57.4 %Head Grade: 3Head Grade Unit: g/tView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Treaty Creek
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- canada_bc
- Reported Region
- British Columbia
- Ticker
- TUO
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- locked-cycle
- Processing Route
- primary target grind to 120 um, followed by an initial copper flotation stage. The resulting rougher copper concentrate was reground and treated through three stages of cleaner flotation. The copper flotation tailings were subsequently processed through a sulphide rougher stage, after which the rougher concentrate was reground and subjected to three stages of cleaner flotation.
- Sample
- Blended composite
- Grind P80
- 120 µm
Recovery
- Recovery
- 57.4 %
- Head Grade
- 3
- Head Grade Unit
- g/t
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Gold recovery in the blended sulphide concentrate is moderate.
Negative factors
- Moderate gold recovery in the blended sulphide concentrate
Evidence · table
“57.4”
Context: 9.4
Tags used in scoring
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: processing_route matches the flotation signal
Low Recoverynegative
Recovery below the weak band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: 57.4% is below the weak band (80%)
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