Why not eeport 2 resources ? - Sulphide + Gabbs
- Peridotites + Dunites
UG mine portals support access to sulphides and gabbs.
If 2017 press stated test sulphides and gabbs at later date then,
lets ask does industry have issues with sulphide extraction ?
No
Gabbs being closest minerology aside sulphides, then...
sulphide resource is no longer 5% volume... it would be more.
2012 report allotted 15% gabb ore volume.
5% + 15%
= 20% higher grades ( not as rich as pure sulphides - fabbs would dilute grades )
2017 Press ( excerpt ) The Massive Sulphides and Gabbro constituting a smaller volume of material than the Clinopyroxenite may be tested during any subsequent metallurgical testing. https://www.nickelcreekplatinum.com/investors/news-releases/press-release-details/2017/Wellgreen-Platinum-Announces-Results-of-Metallurgical-Testwork/default.aspx Where's the boo boo ? Either combining sulphides with silicates ( extraction ) = silicates affect recoveries
Or... sulphides and gabbs set aside, and...
and were seeing sulphide in silicate extraction. Which suffers the recoveries and stock dilution. Yup... separate sulphides and gabbs vs peridotites + pyroxines ( silcate + crystals )
The Fix ? Sepparate the sulphides. Report a sulphide ore resource with industry extraction % recoveries 80%+
sulphide grades
solution grade in, sulphides ( 2012 assays back this )
Mine portal supports access to sulphides
Then, report a silicate resource These are overlaying the sulphides.
Easy to keep separate.
Industry peers already have extraction methods for silicates that accommodate
sulphides in silicates
solid solution in silicates
Employing an
optical ore sorter could / might differentiates ores
enabling the separation of sulphides and silicates ( ore colors )
This image below
shows the east end of deposit has moreso, gabbs
with just a small red line between two holes as sulphides.
The billion dollar question ?
Could this junior mine the gabbs + sulphides using ug mine firstly ?
5% sulphides + 15% gabbs
= 20% ore volume
Report a separate resource using silicates and pyroxines ?
Including both nickels in all ore geologies.
Why not.
After reviewing the ore geology in image below
I'd keep the mine
retest extraction using - sulphide, gabbs, pyroxine
pyroxines in image below grades run... 0.85% - 1% Ni with 2 - 4 grams plats
Pyroxines are a major puse for... higher grade ore.
Ore volume would increase well beyon 20%
And since the grades are higher in these 3 geologies
more acid could be used to capture both kinds of nickel Then report a separate, peridotite / dunite resource.
And apply curent extraction tech like other peers.
Mine portal ( center ) lane
runs right to central zone - not hard to extend to west and north west.
Goods ideas.
Ideas the shuffle the resources.
Separates geologies forming 2 resources - both nickels.
Creating a vantage.
Inside Wellgreen Mine ( is that Johnson in background ? ) 