Tianshan Goldfields said it had completed a bulk leach extractable gold test from drill cores from the Yelmand and Jinxi deposits at the group's 90% owned 2.6 million ounce Gold Mountain project in north-west China.
Average leach recoveries for Yelmand and Jinxi were 79.8% and 66.9% respectively. The test was conducted on five metre composites of minus 2mm crushed drill core, with leaching carried out over a period of five days, the Company said.
Tianshan will add the data to evaluation models being developed for the project's economics.