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Freeman Gold Initiates Lemhi 2021 Metallurgical Program - Builds On Historical High Leach Recovery Results
Historical metallurgical test work confirms strong leach response at Lemhi Bottle roll testing indicated recoveries >95% Heap Leach recoveries range from 70 to
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[{"type":"text","content":" Historical metallurgical test work confirms strong leach response at Lemhi Bottle roll testing indicated recoveries >95% Heap Leach recoveries range from 70 to 90% depending upon crush size 2021 program focusing on optimizing earlier work SALMON, ID, Jan. 19, 2021 /CNW/ - Freeman Gold Corp. (CSE: FMAN) (FSE: 3WU) (\"Freeman\" or the \"Company\") has commenced metallurgical test work on its 100% owned Lemhi Gold Project located in Idaho, USA. This work is part of Freeman's integrated technical program to advance towards a production decision. A comprehensive review of the historical information and test work conducted by previous operators has been completed. Freeman's metallurgical team has designed a test work program to follow-up and enhance gold recoveries, ultimately leading to a project flowsheet for the Lemhi Project. The Company is utilizing samples from both historical and fresh drill core from the 2020 exploration drill program. Will Randall, President & CEO, commented, \"We have a very strong foundation of metallurgical test work from previous operators of the Lemhi project which indicate excellent recoveries using conventional leach technologies. This body of work has saved us considerable time and money in designing a metallurgical program that will provide an optimal process and recovery parameters at Lemhi. As part of our 2020 drill campaign, we completed a large diameter diamond drill hole providing us valuable material for the testing program which will be conducted at SGS Canada.\" A review of metallurgical evaluations by previous owners of Lemhi has shown that gold recoveries respond well to conventional processing techniques. Past engineering studies has also shown that Lemhi has the potential to be developed into an open pit, heap and/or tank leach operation. Historical test work focused primarily on cyanide leaching, most recently in the mid-1990s, by Kappes Cassiday & Associates (\"KPA\") of Reno, NV. Column leach tests by KPA to evaluate heap leach potential showed gold recovery ranged from the seventy to ninety percent range, with best results obtained using a crush size of 80 percent minus 8 mesh (2.4 mm). Additional work by KPA included bottle roll testing to simulate tank leaching response that typically resulted in optimized gold recoveries in the mid-ninety percent range. The result...