bird in hand worth,,,,,YTD December 31/2017 Bisha milled 2,233,331 t containing 22,065 t of copper and 138,948 t of zinc. Also contained using Bisha figures at .8g/t Au and 42.6 g/t Ag, 57443 oz of gold and 3058866 oz of silver.
Cu in copper 6360 t $ 44868019.
Zn in copper 2907 t
Zn in zinc 95997 t $ 317452479.
Cu in zinc 7007 t
Cu in Tails 8698 t $ 61361954. 39.4 %
Zn in Tails 40044 t $ 132421503. 28.8 %
Au in copper 5664 oz
Au in zinc 10246 oz
Ag in copper 468926 oz
Ag in zinc 847731 oz
Au in Tails 41533 oz $ 49839600.
Ag in Tails 1316657 oz $ 22383169.
So, if we assume Cu@ 3.20, Zn@ 1.50, Au@ 1200 and Ag@17.00
Original Feed Cu $ 155662396.
Original Feed Zn $ 459487141.
Original Feed Au $ 68931600.
Original Feed Ag $ 52000717.
It is more likely that efforts to improve Zn to zinc recovery have a better chance to succeed than other streams, 85 % should be achievable and would have yielded over $ 390 million last year. We need money.