Sanu Gold Reports Strong Initial Gold Recovery Results From Guinea Projects
Original announcement by assay on
- Company
- Sanu Gold
- Ticker
- SANU
- Exchange
- Unavailable
- Region
- Guinea
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Secondary commodities
- None reported
- Document categories
- Metallurgy
- Extracted
- 2026-09-23 14:48:34 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Sanu Gold has reported encouraging initial cyanide leach test results from its Daina and Diguifara gold projects in Guinea. Average gold recoveries were 94% at Daina and 91% at Diguifara, with consistent performance observed across oxide, transition, and fresh rock material.
Reasoning: Initial screening metallurgical testwork shows strong gold recoveries across multiple projects and ore types, supporting conventional processing.
Positive factors
- High average gold recoveries (>90%) at both Daina and Diguifara
- Consistent performance across weathering profiles (oxide, transition, fresh)
- Supports conventional cyanide leach processing
Facts used in scoring: 2
Classification and evidence
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: Gold recoveries of 94% at Daina and 91% at Diguifara exceed the exceptional band for cyanide leach.
Evidence · text
“average gold recovery of 94% from 45 samples at Daina and 91% from 91 samples at Diguifara”
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: Results support conventional gold processing methods (cyanide leach).
Evidence · text
“supporting the potential for conventional gold processing methods”
Bench Scale Onlynegative
Only preliminary bench tests completed — no locked-cycle or pilot work.
Why it applies: The results are described as initial screening/preliminary testwork on selected drill samples, not composite or pilot scale.
Evidence · text
“The preliminary screening programme supports more detailed metallurgical studies using representative composite samples”
Multi-Domain Testedpositive
Variability across ore domains (oxide, transition, fresh) has been addressed.
Why it applies: 2 distinct composites were tested
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (2)
cyanide leachDaina · goldRecovery: 94 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Daina
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- guinea
- Reported Region
- Guinea
- Ticker
- SANU
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- cyanide leach
- Processing Route
- cyanide leach
- Sample
- 45 selected drill samples
Recovery
- Recovery
- 94 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Strong initial recovery result for the Daina project.
Positive factors
- High recovery rate of 94%
Evidence · text
“average gold recovery of 94% from 45 samples at Daina”
cyanide leachDiguifara · goldRecovery: 91 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Diguifara
- Commodity
- gold
- Region
- guinea
- Reported Region
- Guinea
- Ticker
- SANU
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- cyanide leach
- Processing Route
- cyanide leach
- Sample
- 91 selected drill samples
Recovery
- Recovery
- 91 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Strong initial recovery result for the Diguifara project.
Positive factors
- Strong recovery rate of 91%
Evidence · text
“91% from 91 samples at Diguifara”
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.