Scottie Resources Corp. reported positive preliminary metallurgical test results for the Blueberry Zone, part of its 100% owned and royalty free Scottie Gold Mine Project located 35 kilometres north of the town of Stewart, BC along the Granduc Road. The program was completed by independent metallurgical consultants, Sepro Laboratories, at their testing facilities in Langley, British Columbia.

A composite sample was created from coarse reject material from 2022 drill core samples. Sample selection was based on geological considerations, distribution throughout the mineralized structure, and geochemical and mineralogical data to best represent a conceptual resource. Core samples were shipped for metallurgical testing to Sepro Laboratories, an accredited facility located in Langley, BC.

After homogenisation of the samples, representative head grade samples were taken from the composite sample. The average gold grade of these representative samples was in excellent agreement with the calculated grade based on a weighted average of the combined drill intercepts, 11.8 g/t versus 11.9 g/t respectively. The average silver grades varied slightly with respective values of 9.6 g/t and 6.5 g/t. The recovery processes used to test the samples were selected based on technology and flowsheets of nearby operating mills, the testwork focused on recovery processes such as Gravity Recoverable Gold (GRG), Rougher Flotation (RF), and Cyanide Leaching (CN).

Grind sizes tested were between p80s of 103 m, and 25 m. The results were not fully optimized during this preliminary testing program, but to serve as a baseline from which to evaluate the processing of ore from the Blueberry Deposit. Direct CN leach test results show that 97.6% of the gold can be extracted with a grind size of p80 of 25 m. Cyanide and lime consumptions were low at 1.2 kg/t- solids and 0.91 kg/t-solids, respectively. CN leach tests on the coarser GRG tails (milled to p80 of 103 m) returned 91.1% gold recovery (72.4 % silver), cyanide and lime consumptions were low at 0.65 kg/t-solids and 0.72 kg/t-solids, respectively.

The standard GRG test resulted in a GRG value of 37.6% by grinding of the material to a p80 of 103 m. Using a grind size of p80 of 55 m on the GRG, the overall gold gravity-rougher flotation recovery was 87.2% with a grade of 42.1 g/t Au in 19.7% mass. The total silver recovery of 88.6% with a grade of 31.9 g/t Ag was achieved in the same test.