RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Novo NRThanks Gringo. At least now I know what caused it. Baldness that is.
No more questions. I'll have to hope the next news release has pictures.
RingoTheGringo wrote: Mineshack wrote: Well Gringo, I think you read it correctly, but I don't think I fully understand what has been accomplished. I'm still scratching the head.
So in the 2.3 to 6 mm sized sample, 95.5% of the gold was recuperated. Is it still mixed in the 20.3% mass?
Does the rejected mass have any gold in it?
RingoTheGringo wrote: RingoTheGringo wrote: Mineshack wrote: The "Summary of mechanical sorting test results" posted in the January 29 news release shows two columns.
The left column divides the 2.8 tonne sample into four groups that were screened for size. The first (top) group consist includes 50.4% of the sample and is the largest nuggets measuring over 18mm, but not more than 50mm.
The right column splits each group in two. This is where I need help and have two questions.
- Does the "%Gold Accepted" amounts equal gold recovered by the process?
- and are those amounts of gold still diluted by the "%Mass Accepted"?
The way I read it is as follows:
In the 18 to 50 mm size (which was 50.4% of the total bulk sample), 54.5% of the mass went to the ore discharge (I will put it that way), and the rest went to the waste discharge. And of the 54.5% that went to the ore discharge, 90.2% of the actual gold in that pile was was recuperated. And so on for the smaller sized stuff.
So as you go down the table, the mass that goes to the ore pile is less and less, which would be expected , as the fines are harder to pick out than the larger sized gold. So in the 2.3 to 6 mm sized sample (which accounted for 6.4% of the total sample), only 20.3% of the sample went to the ore discharge, and the rest went to the waste discharge. And of that 20.3% that went to the ore discharge, 95.5% of the gold was recuperated. The 95.5% part is good. The 20.3%, not so good.
Thats the way I read it.
But we can always ask putz what he thinks. hes usually quite useful.
Ringo the Gringo
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The last table shows that 17% of the sample was < 2.3 mm and didnt go through the sorter. I presume because the sorter will not detect a meaningful % of the gold.
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Sorry, see previous post. I answered you by replying to my post. In short, yes there is most certainly gold in the waste pile, but it wont be recuperated by sorters. Gold that was not detected by the machine. The difference between milling and sorting.
Ringo