Phase 1 Metallurgical Testing at Integra Gold’s Lamaque Project Reports Up to 98 Percent Gold Recovery

Integra Gold Corp. (TSXV:ICG) announced the completion of Phase 1 metallurgical testing at its Lamaque Gold Project in Val d’Or, Québec.

As quoted in the press release:

 Over 255 kg of core from the North and South Clusters has been used in this program. Optimized flow sheets involving gravity separation followed by direct cyanidation indicates overall gold recovery of up to 92% for the South Cluster samples and up to 98% for the North Cluster samples.

Integra’s President and CEO, Stephen de Jong, said:

Following these positive results we have initiated a second phase of metallurgical testing. Phase 2 will focus on optimizing gold recovery using a combination of grind, cyanide concentration, leach time, and the addition of flotation to the flow sheet. We anticipate having this work completed towards the end of Q3 2013.

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