Nickel Industry loves the nickel pentlandite sulphides. Already in a metallic form.
= Metal Oxide Yet there is another form inwhich minerals can take. = Solution form with in, quartz silicate or crystalines
= hydrate solution / anahydrae tpowder Solution form requires ultra fine milling ( 200 mesh ) = mineral powder is liberated
= flame heat turns mineral powder to
= metal oxide Over 70% of Wellgreens ores are,
mineralized silicates. Drill hole image intercepts reveal this
dunite, peridotite, even clino has the crystalines.
Crystalines develop off the metal oxides
= salt crystals WHAT WOULD WELLGREEN'S RESOURCE LOOK LIKE IF..... - different extraction was performed suited to, silicate, crystalines
- no upper lower holes - just label laterite style deposit - UG mine deeper depths included
- 2012 MET assays used ( other minerals + dual nickel + exotics )
- Iron credit included ( sep from cons ) - revert back to original Wellgreen boundaries
- lower the cut off grades like 2014 did
- bring forth crystal solution minerals and oxides in the crytals NICKEL SULPHATE CRYSTAL .
WELLGREEN DEPOSIT March 1, 2017 Quantitative mineralogy has been used to estimate metallurgically recoverable nickel and copper ("Practical Entitlement"). Practical Entitlement recognizes that part of the feed metal units exist in a form that is either mineralogically unsuitable for recovery
(e.g. nickel as low-concentration solid solution in magnetite or silicates) or in a form that is physically unsuitable for recovery (disseminated microcrystalline inclusions of metal sulphides within silicates).
These values can be compared to the physically achieved recoveries in metallurgical testing, which reveal the magnitude of process losses associated with upgrading. June 26, 2017 The Inferred class of mineralization declined in tonnage by approximately 86%, but increased the grade of nickel by 20% and decreased the grade of copper by approximately 14% due to the following reasons:
- Additional drilling combined with the revised geologic interpretation resulted in establishing boundaries of mineral bearing rock types that were previously reported as open. The result is physically less mineral bearing rock that can host mineralization.
- Inferred mineral resource estimation in the 2017 Resource Estimate utilized a search radius based on the statistical range of influence derived from variography as measured by the Qualified Person. Previous estimates of the Inferred mineralization applied larger search radii.
- Changes to metallurgical recoveries and processing costs also impacted the Inferred category by increasing cut-off grades in Net Smelter Return ("NSR") terms. This contributed to the loss of tonnage and an increase in reported inferred nickel grade.
I really like the Wellgreen.
Big and Beautiful.
But i don't like the way others have developed it.
Easy fix.
Stats are avail.
But will they ?
Cheers...