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TriStar Gold Metallurgical Results and Corporate Update
Scottsdale, Arizona--(Newsfile Corp. - July 23, 2020) - TriStar Gold Inc. (TSXV: TSG) (OTCQB...
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[{"type":"text","content":"TriStar Gold Metallurgical Results and Corporate UpdateScottsdale, Arizona--(Newsfile Corp. - July 23, 2020) - TriStar Gold Inc. (TSXV: TSG) (OTCQB: TSGZF) (the Company or TriStar) is pleased to announce the receipt of results from six composite metallurgical samples as part of the prefeasibility study at Castelo de Sonhos. All six bottle roll tests returned over 96% gold recovery with an average gold recovery from the samples of 98%. Additionally, exploration work is due to restart at Castelo de Sonhos in August with drilling expected to start soon after in September. \"The metallurgical results from this campaign all exceed the conceptual recovery of 95% used in our PEA. We are very happy the results that will feed into our prefeasibility study continue to meet or exceed the expectations set by the PEA,\" says Nick Appleyard, TriStar's President and CEO. \"Our team in Brazil is now keen to get back into the field and start working aggressively on the exploration programs that we have been working on these past couple of months. We have identified multiple drill targets for both shallow paleoplacer-hosted mineralization and deeper remobilized mineralization that are now being refined into a plan for drilling and additional surface reconnaissance studies.\"Metallurgical Test ResultsThe metallurgical test-work was performed by McClelland Laboratories in Sparks, Nevada on six composite samples created from drill holes in Esperança South region of Castelo de Sonhos with head grades ranging from 0.3 g/t gold up to 1.1 g/t gold.Results from the six composites are:Composite IDGold Recovery %Calculated Head Grade g/tComposite 196.30.27Composite 298.50.68Composite 398.70.77Composite 497.80.91Composite 597.80.90Composite 699.11.06 Table 1 - 2020 Summary of metallurgical results from Whole Ore Bottle Roll Tests using 80%-105µm feed size from Castelo De Sonhos CompositesThis gives TriStar a very good database of test work covering Esperança South that will be used in the ongoing prefeasibility study. Final metallurgical recovery for the project will be determined during the pit design process, where a grade-recovery relationship will most likely be used to determine optimal project conditions for operating. Additional work is ongoing to establish standard operating procedures for crushing and grinding, overall gold reco...