PROCESSING

Ore sorting results encouraging

Tests resulted in the sorter rejecting 37% of the mass and keeping 92.2% of the TREO.

Raw (left) and processed XRT images of high and low density particles. The high density ironstone is blue-black while the low density granite and metamorphic particles are red.

Raw (left) and processed XRT images of high and low density particles. The high density ironstone is blue-black while the low density granite and metamorphic particles are red.

That result has encouraged the company to go further down the ore sorting path. The test work determined low grade drill core from Yangibana could be upgraded using an off-the-shelf ore sorter with...

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