Contained Metal Nickel - 2.471,000,000 billion lbs
Copper - 1,281,000,000 billion lbs
Cobalt - 137,000,000 million lbs
Palladium - 3,290,000 million oz
Pltatinum - 3,141,000 million oz
Gold - 545,000 ( thousand ) oz
PFS - Total LOM payable metal production - 614.3M lbs nickel; - 25% recovery
- 281.5M lbs copper; - 22% recovery
- 21.5 M lbs cobalt; - 15.6 % recovery
- 626,500 troy ounces platinum; - 20% recovery
- 743,400 troy ounces palladium; - 22.7% recovery
- 174,400 troy ounces gold. - 32% recovery
So how can this be ? Massive metal content ( billion pound categories )
Reduced to extreme minimal payables ?
I might have the answer... XPS began with a bulk concentrate
could this bulk have been brought forth fom previous yrs ?
Could it be SGS's stats punched in
If so...XPS bulk con nickel was at a 53.3% recovery, other metals had their own %
In the xps met report ( pretty sure ) it said it was a continuence work on concentrating.
Bulk con wording is seen in this image as -
head assay Notice the head assay percentages ( hello )
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53197071709_6388508961_z.jpg Now run a previous bulk con through anothers xps patent process..
What might happen ?
Metal payables ( % ) in current pfs could reduce drastically.
Compare SGS - they began from scratch
we can verify with actual grade of minerals cycled into bulk con
https://image.slidesharecdn.com/prophecyplatinumpresentation-120206130514-phpapp02/75/prophecy-platinum-presentation-15-2048.jpg?cb=1671716840 Thing is ? An apparent 1100 Kgs were sent to XPS
Composite ores ( variety from all zones )
If so, it would mean the 1100 Kg sample should have seen a
fresh flow sheet / own bulk con test.
Using Nickel as an example xps numbers ( bulk con had 53.3% nickel recovery )
multiply this by 1/2 reduction = near same metal payable percentage in current pfs.
Could a former ( SGS ) bulk con been used to begin
XPS test and result in.., halving the bulk con again ?
2x reduction ?
Simple fix ? Revert back to underground mining
Stick to the sulphide lenses
Only sulphides
Use SGS to perform concentrate
Could result in higher recoveries using only sulphides
https://image.slidesharecdn.com/prophecyplatinumpresentation-120206130514-phpapp02/75/prophecy-platinum-presentation-15-2048.jpg?cb=1671716840 What's that magic number ? When the concentrate is, finished, how many pounds remain ?
2200 lbs ( 1 tonne )
- silicate % - remove
- iron magnetite 220 lbs ( 13 other minerals with iron bonds = more than 10% )
- magnesium 5% - 14%
KEEP
- nickel
- copper
- cobalt
- platinum
- palladium
- 4 exotics
= con pound ???
Dump in vat / acid and employ ( electrolysis
small mine operation underground focusing on rich sulphide lenses
Maximum payables
Had to write one more post - pfs metal payables are funky...
Cheers...