2012 - 400 million tonnes inferred
2012 - 80% Peridotite blend with finer grind success.
2012 - revealed 2 nickels
2014 - 846 million tonnes inferred
2014 -
stock pile peridotites 2014 - 16 yr sulphides + 8 - 9 yrs peridotite 25 yrs ( 31 additional yrs )
2014 - potential of additional 31 extra mine life beyond the 25 yrs
= 56 yrs potential 56 yr potential involes far greater radius.
Robbin blue perimeter. (
first link yellow highlight )
In 2017 - reasons used to axe 86% resources
- metal prices ( lol )
- too great of boundry ( most likely thinking - undrilled area )
- extraction ( solid solution ) practical entitlement )
- cut offs tweaked ( yes, June 2017 press )
If they were fronting platinum, and platinum was 1 - 2/g with in, 0.15% Nickel ore
would they not keep the 0.15% nickel ore because of the, platinum...?
I would... thus including the 0.15% nickel ore.
And.... think of all the chromium + titanium.
And....dual nickels. ( sulphide + solid solution )
Pit Boundaries
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53320845588_6e26abc7b6_c.jpg High odds, just extraction.
Extraction prefers - metallic sulphides. ( sulphuric acids )
Moment ncp heard ( let's just use sulphides and dismiss silicates )
NCP should've ran elsewhere.
Question ? Could a new Prez have misconstrue the boundary tonnages ?
Thinking the blue perimeter boundary was, 846 million tonne inferred ?
Take another look at image above in link.
Robin Blue Perimeter ( approx ) 2.5 km long x 1.4 km n/s x 200m deep x 2.7 ore weight
= 1,890,000,000 billion tonnes = rules out - largest boundary.
Far exceeds 846 million tonnes. Yellow boundary ( i'll take top peak of yellow boundary and place east )
This will square things up.
2.3 km x 650m n/s x 200m deep x 2.7
=
807,300,000 million tonnes ( quite interesting )
= 2014 = inferred = yellow boundary
2014 / 2015 we can see several pit depths - 600 m from inside mine
Someone changed the Quill Goal Posts ( boundary ) Quill takes tonnage away
Original East boundary was including partial present day - Quill. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53324912789_0218ac0bb2_b.jpg 2023 pit depth from mine portal area = 120m deep. ( 10m benches )
Only half of mountain mined
= We have the deep intercepts why aren't they being calculated ?
OPTION # 2 ( using yellow constraint ) 2.3 km x 650m n/s x 400m deep x 2.7
= 1,614,600,000 million tonnes ( boom )
- 50% ( 2015 Tech Page 28 50% ore = inferred )
= 807,300,000 = 50% inferred ( very similar to 2015 846 million tonnes ) WHAT DOES THIS PROVE ?
Proves yellow boundary was used for 846 million inferred
Not larger Robin Blue
= 2014 Resource should stand
Other reports speak about it's assumed mineralization
goes from deep under mountain right to North Arm.
What's North Arm ?
Chevron holes.... never talked about which extends pit to
furthest pink mineralization zone - far north. We have several drills running intercepts of...
350m to as high as, 762m. Even middle of pit, one hole = 3 intercepts totalling =
676m mineralized Let's use an even tighter constraint - proven drills Mine to Central - 1400m x 650m n/s x 350m x 2.7
= 859,000, 000 million tonnes
This is what we should have at - minimum
Not just, 437 million 2023 pfs
If 2014 wanted to keep and stockpile peridotites - process later
Why aren't we seeing this in, 2023 pfs - stockpile use diff process later ?
= BIG LABOWSKI
Aren't the peridotites atop the sulphides ?
Peridotites comprise 86% ?
Peridotires have to be mined first ?
If not kept, treated as waste, high strip, no payables for yrs...
Lot of PG's in peridotites with 0.40% nickel SS + 0.33% Ni sulphide
2 kinds of nickel https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53314406722_f0c05143da_z.jpg Page 28 2015 PEA Report ( 846 mil tonnes inferred )
Measured, Indicated and Inferred resources were used in the life-of-mine (LOM) plan
and Inferred mineral resources represent approximately 50% of the material planned for processing. https://s21.q4cdn.com/491660439/files/doc_downloads/2015pea/2015_wg_pea_report.pdf WHICH MEANS...
846 million tonnes inferred represents (1/2 total tonnage processed )
x 2
= 1,692,000,000 billion
tonnes processed - 329 million ( m + i )
- 846 million inferred
= 1,175,000 million tonnes
- 1,692,000,000 total
tonnage processed =
517,000,000 waste 1,175,000,000 total ore tonnage ( 2014 )
x 86% reduction ( 14% factor kept )
=
118,440,000 tonnes ( well look at that ) ! ! ! Junior's Website 108,000,000 million tonnes
Let's try to decipher what 86% amounts to,
Why....?
50% resource in 2014 / 2015 is ear marked as, inferred
1,692,000,000 tonnes ( total )
- 50%
= 846 million tonnes = inferred
what's 86% percent ?
THEORY....? 5% represents sulphides
10% represent Gabbs
35% represent Clino 50% represen Peridotite Could this mean.... Clino + Perio = both a form of solid solution silicates
= are these the
86% axed resources ???
Think this out...
Upper hole / Lower hole
Upper Core / Lower Core
Peridotites overlay, sulphides
Lower Core was sent to xps
= sulphides
If peridoties were not sent.
If peridotites represent 1/2
Could someone peg peridotite as, 50% based on,
= drill intercepts and avg thickness of overlying - peridotites ?
Quite logical.
June 2017 ( Embolden - Proclamation )
The recently completed testwork has demonstrated that the geometallurgical domains
are, and as such they will be referred to as:
(i) Peridotite, which makes up the largest part of the resource, and (ii) Clinopyroxenite,
(ii) Clinopyroxenite, which makes up a smaller part of the resource.
Massive Sulphides and Gabbro constituting a smaller volume of material than the Clinopyroxenite may be tested during any subsequent metallurgical testing.
Odd,
how each ore type was given no, percentage volume.
DEDUCTION
Suppose... peridotite comprises 50% inferred ( based on inferred 2015 )
Suppose some did use simple math, upper / lower core ( 50/50 )
Gabbs might comprise 10%
Sulphides comprise 5%
= Clino would be 35%
50% peridotite
35% clino
= 85%
Johnson hole showing colored ore geology
Peri / Dunite = pale pink + dark pink
Clino = Orange
Looks about right = Clino 35%
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53269123979_af3abae7c1_c.jpg
REREAD - JUNE 2017 EXCERPT
What's word is bolded ...?
Peridotite and Clinopyroxine.
Why was Clino in same sentence with, Peridotite ?
SUM ?
Wrong extraction
Upon hearing practical entitlement ncp shoild've found another
Extraction works with sulphides
Junior sent sulphides - lower hole - phase 2
Junior axed 86% of inferred resource
I gave the example above in post - using drilled out parameters + including peridotite
= far more tonnage than 2023 ressource 437 mil tonnes
EXTRACTION -
It was assumed there was a correlation between high sulphide %
and the existence of sulphide minerals = better recoveries...
And how did that work out ?
lol
You see....
minerals do come in many transitional forms.
Nickel Carbonate
Nickel + Magnesium bonds
Nickel + Calcium bonds
Nickel Chloride Solid solution
Nickel Sulphide solid solution
Nickel Oxide metallic
What do you think a sulphuric extraction would prefer, lol.
Funny thing is, Solid solution will also contain,
pyroxine, clinopyroxine, iron bond minerals, magnesium nickel bonds, carbonates.
And.... solution minerals locked in, silicates.
Solid Solution
Think of a popsicle.
Coloration = mineral
Ice = silica.
Suppose you have a peridotite or Olivine core in hand.
You crush it, then powder fine mill it.
If there are any solid solution minerals with in, coloration gives it away.
It will be not wet, but powder form.
Nickel Chloride = Green
Nickel sulphide = Green or Blue. Either or.
Ahhhh.
Green Nickel Solid Solution = Milled + Dried = Powder = Nickel Chloride 2
= Highly soluble in WATER
Green Nickel Solid Solution = Milled + Dried = Powder = Nickel Sulphide
= Highly soluble in WATER
Green Chromium Solid Solution = Milled + Dried = Powder = Chromium 3,4
= Highly soluble in WATER
Why are we not measuring and keeping ?
Mineralized Silicates
All ores factored.
Crush, fine mill to capture more solid solution.
Light water acid bath.
Drain light acid bath water
= Captured solid solution minerals
Plats, irons, Mg, Gold, Cobalt, Titanium, Oxides
move on for more processing.
= SIMPLE FORMAT.
Both Nickels representing 0.77%
would come into play.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53314406722_f0c05143da_z.jpg
Here's a resesrch paper on, minerals in, olivines, dunite, serps, etc...
Discusses hoe silicate can be used to capture CO2 in oceans.
ISSUE ?
Dumping mineralized silicates in ocean still mineralized contaminates
ocean with, nickel and chromium.
Extreme fine grind imparts the minerals.
= they mention how the nickel + chromium in solid solution Re,
= WATER SOLUBLE !!!!
LINK -
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c02974
What does one do with remaining silicate
Separate from oxides ?
Reverse flotation
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-did-iron-ore-beneficiation-use-reverse-flotation-cell
Now your mining.
July 10 2018 - Press
What ever you do, do not think solid solution when reading this,
tease.
MPP:
The goal of the MPP was to build upon the technical success in Phase IIA employing the flowsheet improvements in order to produce a representative run-of-mine bulk concentrate sample of sufficient size to perform closed circuit (or locked cycle) testing of Cu/Ni separation.
MPP for Bulk Concentrate
The XPS MPP processed 1,100 kg of Run of Mine (ROM) ore with a head grade of 0.33% Ni, 0.15% Cu, 0.018% Co, 0.23 gpt Pt, 0.29 gpt Pd, and 0.04 gpt Au. The processing circuit incorporated conditioning with sulphuric acid @ pH 5.7 followed by rougher flotation and magnetic scavenging of the rougher tailings (Figure 1).
It's still in open circuit ( mineral escape % ) if solid solution silicates are present.
Presoaked in acid....in open circuit, not closed.
On its heels, this not long after in another press
this was said....lol ( make of it as you wish )
Sept 25 2018 Press
The Company has analysed the impact of this new relationship on the Project. The nickel recovery correlation to sulphur results in a reduction in the average nickel recoveries to levels below those observed in our Phase II Metallurgical Program. By applying the nickel sulphur recovery formula discussed above, the Company estimates that the Project's 2017 stated mineral resource tonnage would be reduced by approximately 10% using a nickel price of US$8.25 per pound (see table below).
Between cut off excuses, practical excuses, spot nickel prices, or,
was it just the wrong extraction for, Wellgreen...lol
I have never seen so many press releases speak about tonnage in the
ground reducing in size because of, spot prices.
Tonnage and grades remain same.
They don't grow lefs and walk away.
lol
Wellgreen is big, bad, beautiful.
Since 2016, well, i'll refrain.
Perhaps this post will help the junior to reinstate inferred tonnages
based on, removing added name boundaries, actual drills, larger boundary,
deeper widths below and above n/s, and longer strike.
Include more mineral credits...
iron, titanium, chromium, 2 nickels, exotics, magnesium
Scrap 2023 PFS
Do a quick revision utilizing existing mineral % data that is accessible.
= make shareholders happy.
Cheers....
Yeah.... one last post.
lol