Early-stage metallurgical testing at Hammer Metals Ltd (ASX:HMX)‘s North Orelia gold deposit in Western Australia has yielded a top recovery of 96% (with an average recovery of 94%). The testing involved a LeachWELL process, with 11 samples from the optimised pit resource being subject to this. The deposit – which is part of Hammer’s wider Yandal gold project – received a maiden JORC resource of 1.48 million tonnes grading 1.15 grams per tonne (g/t), for 54.5,000 ounces of contained gold (with a cut off of 0.5g/t). Managing director Daniel Thomas said the results allowed Hammer to progress fur…