Post by
Wangotango67 on May 04, 2024 1:17am
WHAT DO WE HAVE ( take 2 )
2015 resource
329 million tonnes ( m + i ) + 846 million tonnes inferred
- high grade ores + 1% peridotite ( 1 - 16 yrs )
- high grade ores + 10% peridotite ( 16 - 25 yrs )
So what were 2015's pea crew thinking ?
Place upper peridotites in stockpiles, mine high grade first 16 yrs.
Then, deal with just 10% peridotites + more high grade ores.
So where do the.... 80% peridotite, 15% gabbs, 5% sulphides fit in ?
= Pre PEA MET tests.... hoping to blend all ores in a ratio blend to fetch highest recovery.
= Then changed to .... 2015 pea stockpiled the 10% silicates till latter mine years.
Back then, our massive clinopyroxine was included with peridotite.
Orange coloration in Johnson image.
Parent Peridotite with 3 subset geologies ( Periodtite, Dunite, Clinopyroxine )
Recharacterizing the ore geologies ? ( 2017 )
- removed high grade geologies not seen in, 2023 pfs
- type of extraction cancelled out mass clinopyroxine ( crystalines )
- shifting 2015 pea pit 400m more southerly = converted the deposit to Peridotite
- high grade zones converted to, peridotite, volcanics, hazen creek.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53671812906_2d9dcde3ff_h.jpg
- exotics now checkmated
- highgrade extraction = higher recoveries also checkmated
Mass hole between two mountains
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53686173519_01c319ba89_b.jpg
= points to pit shell #3 must be related to mass ores below ug mine
= pit #3 has greatest tonnage in both ore + wastes
= are wastes really waste or.... high grade below mine ?
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53585015681_3aeba8eac5_c.jpg
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2015 Crew's one and only nasty ?
Not understanding solution minerals ( ionic )
Deducting 10% Ni in solution form.
Yet.... extraction presoaked the ores in acid.
What would happen to milled ores with a presoak ?
Solution minerals instantly bond to acid.
Solution Nickel and..... Solution Plat Group exist and i wouldn't be surprized if
solution copper is also present due to the mass - green colorations.
I'm not talking copper iron bonds ( rather )
copper sulphide turned to, copper sulphate or copper chloride.
Keep in mind.... what's not mentioned enough is.... high chloride values.
conversions would most certainly occur.
If one only measures oxides.... where's the big miss ?
All solution or sulphate or chloride mineeals which are no longer in oxide form.
Yes.... there's a difference when accounting for,
- solution minerals ( easy peazy - mill, dunk and capture )
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- oxide minerals ( metallics ) mill try to separate from other oxides
If one reverted back to, 2015's pea resources ( m + i ) + ( inferred )
= 1, 175,000,000 billion mineralized tonnes combines categories
x 0.10% solution ( just nickel )
= 1,175,000 Ni tonnes
x 2200 ( pound conversion )
= 2,585,000,000 billion lbs
How i now read the Wellgreen ?
2015 resoure size ( ug mine + deep bore zones ) 2013 assays proof
+
New 2023 pfs 400m south stepout from 2015 pea
That's how you...
change a negative into positive.