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Ruoutevare Deposit, Metallurg
Ruoutevare Deposit, Metallurg.
About this update from Beowulf Mining Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 3709C Beowulf Mining PLC 12 November 2009 \n \nBeowulf Mining Plc\n(\"Beowulf\" or the \"Company\")\n\nRuoutevare Iron Ore Deposit \nMetallurgical Tests Update\n\nHighlights:\n\n\n\nBench scale metallurgical tests validate the previously confirmed reduction technique process\n\n\n\n\n\nFinal high grade product of sponge iron containing 90% iron and 1.5% titanium\n\n\n\n\n\nMetallurgical test results acceptable to potential international clients \n\n\n\n\n\nTests ongoing to further optimise the process of sponge iron production\n\n\n\n\n\nNew tests commenced for the possible production of high grade pellet feed \n\n\n\nBeowulf (AIM: BEM; Aktietorget: BEO), the AIM and Aktietorget traded mineral exploration company which owns several exploration projects in Sweden, is pleased to announce that the Company has recently received the initial results of ongoing metallurgical tests, at bench scale, of ore grade material from its 100%-owned Ruoutevare iron ore deposit in Northern Sweden. The tests were carried out by MINPRO AB's research laboratory at Stråssa, Central Sweden. \n\nBased on large samples (>50 kg) from the outcropping ore, the tests serve to further validate and optimise the previously confirmed process using reduction techniques in a laboratory scale mechanical oven. The process fully extracts the iron, titanium and vanadium from the Ruoutevare titanium-magnetite ore. \n\nWorking on crushed and milled Ruoutevare ore material the tests show that a final product of high grade sponge iron powder containing up to 90% iron (Fe) with 1.5% titanium (Ti) is obtained. The initial grades of Fe 52.1% and TiO2 11.4% from the milled ore material studied compare very favourably with the historic study carried out in the 1970s by the Geological Survey of Sweden showing Fe 53% and TiO2 12.3%. \n\nAlthough not analysed on this occasion...