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mdjbrownon Jul 29, 2024 9:45am
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RE:RE:10 - 15 days of pouring gold perhaps?
RE:RE:10 - 15 days of pouring gold perhaps?Husky, I would not be a bit surprised if YTG knows they are neutralizing the ore once the gold has been removed, as it would make dollars and cents if VG could bring in revenue to further ongoing clean up efforts.
It would make complete sense to flush the Eagle HLF cyanide solution of all its contaminants, including the cyanide laced gold in that solution in order for that treated water to be released into the watershed reducing the volumes of water accumulating in the HLF from rain fall, pumping overflow, etc.
“Pregnant solution flows by gravity from the elution vessel to a secure gold room. The solution flows through three electrowinning cells operating in parallel. Gold is plated onto knitted-mesh steel wool cathodes in the electrowinning cells. Loaded cathodes are power washed to remove the gold-bearing sludge. The sludge is filtered to remove excess moisture and then dried in an oven. From the oven, the gold material is mixed with fluxes consisting of borax, silica, nitre, and soda ash before being smelted in an induction furnace to produce gold dor and slag. The dor is transported to an off-site refiner for further purification. Slag is processed to remove entrained gold prills and re-melted in the furnace. The dor bars are weighed and stored in a vault prior to secure off-site transportation.”