# Spanish Mountain Gold Initiates Ore Sorting Work on Gold Mineralization

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/spanish-mountain-gold-initiates-ore-sorting-work-on-gold-mineralization--1888214d-9147-41d2-beaf-e2ffad4b12c2

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/SPA/news/7481163259668387/spanish-mountain-gold-initiates-ore-sorting-work-on-gold-mineralization

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2025-10-20T11:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd.

- Ticker: SPA

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: British Columbia

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy, Economic study

- Extracted: 2026-09-19 01:21:52 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Spanish Mountain Gold has commenced a two-part ore sorting program involving particle ore sorting with ABH Engineering and a bulk ore sorting desktop study with OrePortal Technologies. The goal is to improve gold production, increase mill feed grades, and potentially reduce initial capital expenditures for the Spanish Mountain Gold project.

Reasoning: The company is initiating metallurgical testwork \(ore sorting\) aimed at improving the economics of a project currently at the PEA stage. While not a completed study, the intent to optimize the flowsheet is a positive development for project value.

- Positive factor: Initiation of ore sorting studies to improve project economics

- Positive factor: Potential for capex reduction via mill size optimization

- Positive factor: Potential for grade uplift through preconcentration

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: The study focuses on ore sorting to improve mill feed grades and process plant performance.

Evidence · text

> increase process plant mill feed grades and gold produced

**Multi-Domain Tested**

Polarity: positive

Definition: 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)

### particle ore sorting

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/spanish-mountain-gold-initiates-ore-sorting-work-on-gold-mineralization--1888214d-9147-41d2-beaf-e2ffad4b12c2#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Spanish Mountain Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Spanish Mountain Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: British Columbia
- Ticker: SPA

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: particle ore sorting
- Sample: historical drill core from Phoenix and Main deposits

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Commencement of particle ore sorting testwork using historical core.

- Positive factor: Aims to increase gold recovered per tonne milled

Evidence · text

> The company is proceeding with sample collection from the historical drill core at the project site. Samples for this testing will be from both Phoenix and Main deposits

### bulk ore sorting

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/spanish-mountain-gold-initiates-ore-sorting-work-on-gold-mineralization--1888214d-9147-41d2-beaf-e2ffad4b12c2#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Spanish Mountain Gold Project · gold

#### Identity

- Project: Spanish Mountain Gold Project
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: British Columbia
- Ticker: SPA

#### Test Work

- Program Status: scoping
- Test Type: bulk ore sorting
- Sample: desktop study using 3D block model and assay geochemistry from recent MRE

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: OrePortal is conducting a desktop study to evaluate bulk ore sorting amenability.

- Positive factor: Desktop methodology to determine if laboratory work is warranted

Evidence · text

> OrePortal employs a desktop study methodology to ascertain if further laboratory work is warranted. The heterogeneity of the mineralization is studied through the assessment of gold distribution using the 3D block model and assay geochemistry

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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