The company has delivered four composite samples from La Verde to Canada-based G&T Metallurgical Services, and two samples from each of the West Hill and East Hill deposits will be tested.
According to the company, the purpose of the tests is to provide initial metallurgical recoveries to concentrate for copper gold and silver.
Each metallurgical sample weighed about 100 kilograms and was created by compositing drill core intersections taken from multiple drill holes.
For both the West and East Hill deposits, one metallurgical sample is from the mixed oxide-sulfide zone located at surface and the second is from the sulfide zone, the company said.
The sulfide zone is characterized by the presence of copper minerals chalcopyrite plus or minus bornite and forms the majority of the deposits.
The narrow mixed oxide-sulfide zone is located at or near surface as indicated by the presence of oxide minerals malachite and limonite, Catalyst Copper said.
