What is the difference between Cu content and min recovery rate?

Originally Posted by JJinLV

It's the minimum allowable % of net copper from the gross weight. Gross weight is 100whatevers and the minimum allowable recovery is 96% then the mix you provided needs a copper weight of at least 96whatevers. Lower than that and your mix is too impure to qualify for the category.

Thanks for getting back to me. Surely that's the same as the Cu content percentage though?