Sulphide miners -
think in terms of high mineral grams or percentages.
All good.
But... let's place the sulphide mindset off to the side.
Begin thinking in terms of - SALTS.
And - CHLORIDES.
It then becomes a whole new ball game.
SCADDING MINE -
In my opinion, has to be rethought.
If what they're saying is at all accurate - lot's of chlorite - then...
It would mean high odds the depoist has undergone alteration.
Sulphides converted to chlorides.
And this is why i've discussed the other minerals.
One can't think in brutish ways of, just drill, keep drilling, and more drilling.
There's no logic to it - it works works against shareholders - favors larger interests -
and... if no resource calculation - it's just all wrong.
It's how many sulphide miner's think. ( nowadays )
How does a - salt miner - think ?
SOULUTION MINING.
Ores are crushed, visable gold is eaxtracted.
The chief question that should be at the forefront is...
Just how much chloride are in the ores ?
It's a question that should've been answered in the True Claim assays - but was not.
Knowing the chloride value would assist a miner when it comes to extraction and how much more or less chloride is needed to extract the metals.
Gold is already there.
Forces the miner to handle the ores to get the gold out.
Which questions - what other minerals could be pulled if ores are being handled.
If ores are in chloride form...
Perhaps not much more chloride would be needed to pull remaining minerals of value.
Not all minerals.. just a few selective ones that add $$$$ as secondary mineral credits.
Suppose the ore was crushed and visable gold or larger mesh gold was extracted.
What to do with the rest of the ores ?
How does one get the other valued minerals ?
Ore is already crushed, high percentage of chloride could already be present -
Or... minerals may already be in solid state solution.
Just bonded to a crystal.
And... it may not take that much more chloride ( HCl ) to place
Dump the remaining ores into dilute chloride - and....
what would one do next ?
They'd pass the chloride salt metals through - ELECTROLYSIS.
Selectively pullinng out key minerals of choice to add to the - profits.
MINERALS SUCH AS...
Chromium
Titanium
Aluminum
Calcium
Magnesium
Potassium
Cobalt
Nickel
Gold
Why include gold ?
Ifone only pulled the larger gram gold in first phase - they could pull it out in electrolysis.
Dumpingthe remaining ore into HCL not worring about the small gold - they could end up saving lots of ( $$$$$ ) in mining circuts using less equipment - placing or directing those funds towards - electrolysis - units.
SIDE NOTE -
Most boxite ores ( aluminum deposits ) are mined above 20% grade.
Keep in mine thisis oxide not.. chloride.
Large miners are now thinking of mining magnesium from the ocean.
Mg values in ocean are -1300 ppm.
1300 grams per cubictonne of ocean water.
Scad has - 1 % Mg = 22 lbs per tone or to compare per cubic meter x 2.5
= 55 lbs. ( keeping it fair to cubic tonne of water vs cubic tonne of ore )
As one can now see...
Placing one's mindset in achloride value - it completely changes the dynamics of hte project.
If it were oxide values... i wouldn't even mention it. Not worth it.
But since...
Scadd has seen a chlorite conversion - it must be looked differently.
Still not impressed ?
Sulphide mining convets minerals to oxides.
Lessor prices.
Chloride Electrolysis -
Converts minerals to metal.
In one fallow swoop.
METALS COMMAND - TOP DOLLAR.
EXAMPLE SAKE -
Magnesium metal is running about - $4,300 per tonne.
If one selectively chose a few good minerals in the Scadd...
And looked at it from a stance of perhaps - already - chloride converted -
And.. if a small percentage were still in sulphide - remnant pyrites bioties - it might mean all the less HCL needed to place all into solution.
It might also mean...
less chloride needed
less ores mined
due to higher end metal product using - electrolysis.
And this is why....
I was wanting the values of chloride % with in - True North's assay report. ( none were shown )
- HOW MUCH CHLORIDE IN ORE
- WERE MINERALS CONVERTED TO CHLORIDE
- IF FIRE ASSAYED -COULD SOME OF THE MINERALS DISINTERGATED ?
- LIKE - NICKEL IN SOLID SOLUTION ( SERPENTINE / CHLORIDE = NICKEL ll )
- WAS AN XRF USED ON CORES LOOKINGFOR NICKEL ?
- OTHER REPORT I POSTED - XRF HAS DIFFICULTY RECOGNIZING SERPENTINE NICKEL
KEEP IN MIND
Electrolysis cell banks - set up properly - can handle several minerals at once -
Something to notate.
Would be interesting to see the profit margins using GOLD as a flagship...
and then kicking in several seconday mineral credits to see how much the bottom line is augmented. Just maybe, a small mining operation could be quite profitable converting minerals to metals such as, chromium and titanium, aluminum, potassium, calcium,
If you think magnesium metal is top dog for the steel industry or aviation as an alloyed metal - calcium is not far behind - with very similar attributes - calcium metals is near same in value as magnesium metal.
JUST OPEN THOUGHTS...
Another way of looking at the Scadd.
Think brutish... or... Think Smart.
Think sulphide - or - rethink the chlorite ?
Most of the GOLD is in the breccia chlorite lense.
One would have to handle these ores or remove other ores to get at the gold.
Why not pull more minerals out - right ?
Using the Chlorite to your - vanatage.
I have a funny feleing this way of thninking - was never considered.
Just drill away.. roll, keep drilling... more drilling, move around from location to location.
Make it into a race track - confuse the audience.
All the while... Big Show and Tell in photos and Press.
Hoping to attract majors nearby.
I'm more on board with -
show us all assays - don't leave the junior without prez in limbo - please tell us when your drilling
try to drill with constraints to build out deposits - deliver resource calculations = investors value.
refrain from - mention of rolls - instead - apply all the above.
Cheers.....