THOUGHTS ... Five uranium-bearing minerals were identified in the Ivana deposit
To date, carnotite is the
sole vanadium mineral identified
https://blueskyuranium.com/news-releases/blue-sky-uranium-reports-positive-metallurgical-testwork-results-for-its-ivana-uranium-vanadium-deposit-argentina/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Metallurgy - Simple two-stage process of concentration/beneficiation followed by Alkaline Leaching using low environmental impact technology and reagents
- Stage 1 - approximately fourfold increase in the grades of uranium and vanadium, and recoveries of 89% for both elements from simple wet scrubbing and screening of raw mineralized material to produce a Leach Feed Concentrate with an approximately 77% mass reduction
- Stage 2 - recoveries of 95% for uranium and 60% for vanadium for Alkaline Leaching of Leach Feed Concentrate
- The optimized leaching process requires no added oxidants and no flotation
- Overall process recovery of 85% for uranium and 53% for vanadium
https://blueskyuranium.com/news-releases/blue-sky-uranium-reports-positive-metallurgical-testwork-results-for-its-ivana-uranium-vanadium-deposit-argentina/
I don't see any crushing, grinding, milling performed in metallurgy link above. ^ ^ .
Just screeding and scrubbing.
Such points to -----> capturing free form surficial - unranium salts - precipatated..
Biggie ?
Is the uranium separate from the host pebbled rocks ( small faction conglomerates )
Or.... is uranium precipatating from the pebbled conglomerate rocks ?
If.... precipatating from conglomerate pebbled rocks...
How much mass rock was not milled ?
= 77%
Does this photo elude to yellow + mint green uranium precipatating from grey rock ?
How about these specimens ?
