Kodiak Copper (TSX-V:KDK) has started a metallurgical test work program at its MPD Copper-Gold Porphyry Project in British Columbia, Canada, with results expected in the March quarter of 2027.
The program builds on initial results received earlier this year and will support flowsheet development and optimisation.
Kodiak selected material from all seven deposits in MPD’s mineral resource estimate — Gate, Ketchan, Man, Dillard, West, Adit, and South — to reflect differences in mineralisation, grade, lithology, and location.
Four composite samples will represent the Southern Area deposits of South, West, and Adit; the Northern Area deposits of Man and Dillard; and the Ketchan and Gate deposits individually.
Kodiak says work includes mineralogical and comminution studies, gravity test work for gold, flotation optimisation, locked-cycle testing, and concentrate quality assessment.
Fuse Advisors, part of SLR, designed and will manage the program, with Blue Coast Research conducting the laboratory work. Fuse metallurgist Renee Goold is the independent Qualified Person overseeing the work.
President and CEO Claudia Tornquist says the program will assess metal recoveries and rock hardness while exploration continues to test resource growth.
“As we continue to grow the mineral resource at MPD through exploration, we are also advancing our metallurgical test work to further de-risk the project and strengthen the foundation for future economic studies,” Tornquist says.
An updated resource estimate is planned for early 2027. All seven deposits included in the initial 2025 estimate remain open for expansion.
The program follows Kodiak’s application to list Kay Copper, a proposed US-focused explorer combining its Mohave Project with Teck Resources’ (NYSE:TECK) Copper Hill Project in Arizona.
Kodiak Copper is a Canadian explorer advancing the wholly owned MPD copper-gold project in southern British Columbia.
Write to France Pinzon at Mining.com.au
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