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Great Western Minerals Provides Metallurgical Update on Steenkampskraal Project
Great Western Minerals Provides Metallurgical Update on Steenkampskraal Project.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n Great Western Minerals Provides Metallurgical Update on Steenkampskraal Project\n \n \nGreat Western Minerals Provides Metallurgical Update on Steenkampskraal Project\n \n SASKATOON, SK--(Marketwired - Oct 7, 2013) - ?Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (\"GWMG\" or the \"Company\") (TSX VENTURE: GWG) (OTCQX: GWMGF), a leader in the manufacture and supply of rare earth-based metal alloys and high purity metals with a low cost, high-grade critical rare earth asset, provided an update on metallurgical advances on the Steenkampskraal (\"SKK\") rare earth project.\n Company President and CEO Marc LeVier stated, \"We continue to make significant progress in de-risking the SKK project.?The metallurgical testing is providing positive data with regard to the design criteria and flow sheet development and has validated assumptions in the PEA.?We have confirmed the value of pre-concentration techniques and testing has shown there is an opportunity to simplify the flow sheet.?This will allow for improved process efficiency and lower operating costs.?The development work continues to demonstrate that the SKK project is one of the most robust REE deposits in the world with very low capital requirements supported by very high TREO grades.\"\n In 2013, the Company divided the metallurgical testing into three phases and, to date, has completed phase one and significantly advanced phase two.?Test work is progressing and is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2013.?The current testing program in respect of optimization is being conducted by GWMG staff, along with Mintek in South Africa and the Saskatchewan Research Council in Saskatoon.\n Phase 1: Metallurgical Flow Sheet Development Testing\n \n \n \n ?\n ?\n ?\n \n \n TESTWORKPERFORMED\n ?\n HIGHLIGHTS\n \n \n X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) and X-ray Transmission (XRT)\n ?\n -- XRF sorting results were promising, but had limited applicability \n -- XRT sorting demonstrated that 28% of overall mass can be rejected as waste with less than 2% total rare earth oxide (\"TREO\") loss\n \n \n Gravity separation techniques\n ?\n -- Shaking tables and spirals eliminated from consideration due to poor test results\n -- Dense media separation (DMS) testing demonstrated that 43% of the feed weight can be rejected as waste with less than 1% TREO loss\n \n \n Magnetic separation techniques\n ?...