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NobleMetalWorks
You're doing some very interesting things!
What did the tellurium ore assay at? If it's recoverable, and the cost//benefit is right, we might be able to work something out. I run a dry fume scrubber, industrial size for a factory, that very well might be the answer to roasting the ore if it is worth the effort.
If the cons I'm currently working on prove out to be anything close to what XRF reads, then it will be one for the books. Personally, I am not seeing some of the things I would like to see, so I think some of it is mis-reads. It has assayed all over the place, but considering where the tailings are that the material comes from, it might be possible because they are so concentrated. Tons of iron in a mineral form that requires roasting, and I'm still getting 0. So if you have a high recover/ton ore, I might have a solution and might even have the right people to put together to fund something like that.
Scott
Scott
Nice offer Scott but I'm committed to working with my own funds any loose is bourne to me alone.
The old river channel that has captured my interest had a nice gravel deposit on it, the gravel was used on a highway project many years ago, when the pit owners got down to the sand layer underneath the gravel the pit was considered to be of no further use. A friend of mine purchased the property, he had a water well drilled, the driller went 15 ft before hitting bedrock at his chosen location.
This is not to say the entire area has 15 feet of over burden, some of which may contain values as fines, the real value if any exists will be laying on bedrock. Always the dreamer.
I would use a centrifuge to recover values from the fines, then after some money has been banked purchase a flotation cell to add into the flow circuit to capture what the centrifuge is not capable of.
The 12 inch centrifuge I have almost completed can process 160 lbs a minute.
From the collected concentrates I would then process via pyrometallurgy - smelting. The end results would be humongous and consistent making this material excellent refinery material.
We already have a Bobcat with a hoe attachment, and I have already expressed my interest in purchasing an older excavator from the ready mix plant owner. It's a neat old GSW with a Deutz air cooled diesel, I used this machine free of charge at my scrap yard for five years. The engine is strong and the hydraulics are good the undercarriage is well worn. Did nicely at my scrap yard as the machine never had to move any great distances and I figure the same situation working this project applies. Besides I'm expert at putting a track back on.
I never had an assay done on the tellurium gold complex as I knew the source, the complex came from a CN heap leach pond of which there were four, the liquor tested with silver nitrate for free CN which proved to be safe to proceed.
The black sludge used in the test sample was sucked from the bottom using a bilge pump my biggest fear was drowning which may have influenced me to post that crazy youtube video of those guys jumping into the wild ocean.
I have no further interest in pursuing this project. It has become just another tall tail, a memory to add to my book of adventures.
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