Troilus Gold Corp. reported excellent metallurgical recovery results for Zone 87 as part of the recently concluded pilot plant scale metallurgical testing program on each of the main mineral deposits (Zone 87, J Zone and Southwest Zone) from its Troilus Project in northcentral Quebec, Canada. Approximately 3 tonnes of sample material from each of the main mineral zones were sent to Eriez's metallurgical test facility in Erie, Pennsylvania last year to validate the recovery of gold, copper and silver using standard gravity and column flotation technology.

The latest Zone 87 results, along with the metallurgical recoveries for the Southwest and J zones announced earlier this year will be used to support the upcoming Pre-Feasibility Study, as well as future economic studies. An ~3 tonne (3,000 kg) composite sample of mineralized material from the Z87 zone, prepared using coarse assay rejects and sawn ¼ core from the various domains of the PEA mineralized zone was provided to Eriez for testing. Overall gold recovery of 95.5%, copper recovery of 95.9%, and silver recovery of 92.8% was achieved in combined gravity separation and rougher-scavenger-cleaners column flotation, an industry standard processing method.

These results all exceed the recoveries used in the Preliminary Economic Assessment, where the recoveries for copper and gold were 90% and silver was 40%.