RE:Road Washed OutWhile I do agree the road to FC being washed out in concerning, VM doesn't plan to mine trom FC anytime. If FC accessibility is going to be a concern, get in there get your 2000 tons they plan to extract this year and truck it elsewhere to be processed. 2000 tons will get you over 1 million bottles of smooth x plus more
Upon approval from the BC Ministry of Mines, Voyageur will excavate small, 2-metre-wide surface trenches, to remove 1,000 tonnes of barite from the A zone and 1,000 tonnes from the B zone. This tonnage is expected to allow for complete testing and modifications to the new barium active pharmaceutical ingredient or API pilot plant, that the company plans to construct, with construction tentatively scheduled to begin in 2023.
Upon completion of this work program, a notice of work for a Small Quarry will be submitted to the BC Ministry of Mines, with plans for full production in 2024.
With the 2,000 tonnes expected to be a high-grade sample with low waste, Voyageur anticipates extracting 1,000 to 1,200 tonnes of high purity barium sulfate from this sample, to be used in barium contrast manufacturing.
To put the number in perspective, 1,000 tonnes of pharmaceutical grade barium sulfate, can create:
- Approximately 111,111,000 bottles of SmoothX smoothie contrast media, or
- Approximately 3,000,000 bottles of HDX powdered contrast media