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Iconic Announces Metallurgical Results Bonnie Claire Lithium Project, Nevada
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 1, 2019) - Iconic Minerals Ltd.  ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Iconic Announces Metallurgical Results Bonnie Claire Lithium Project, NevadaVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 1, 2019) - Iconic Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: ICM) (OTC Pink: BVTEF) (FSE: YQGB) (\"Company\" or \"Iconic\") is pleased to announce that St-Georges Eco-Mining Corp. (SX) has released further information on their metallurgical work on Bonnie Claire lithium bearing sediments dated March 31, 2019. SX states \"St-Georges Eco-Mining Corp. is pleased to inform its shareholders that it can confirm that it has achieved complete and total recovery in leach of lithium from the bulk material provided by its partner Iconic Minerals.\" SG reports leaching 100% of the lithium while not affecting 88% of the remaining solids. The process uses Nitric and Citric acid at room temperature which reduces cost over other leaching methods. The sample tested which contained 963 ppm Li before processing contained 8,025 ppm lithium after processing, a gain of 833 percent. SX also announced that because the leach process removes most of the salts from the sediment the remaining material may be suitable for a nitrate based fertilizer by-product.SX Goes into more details of the ongoing work on Bonnie Claire sediment which are quoted below:\"Developmental testing has results in 100% of the lithium leached to be repeatedly recuperated using the patent pending leaching technology developed by St-Georges.Below are the steps tested in the course of the Phase 1 development of the process.Step 1: ScreeningThe lithium material is being screened to remove pebbles and other coarse material like calcium. (Independent testing and review of this stage was performed during the course of the months of March and April 2018 by SGS Lakefield laboratory in Ontario)Step 2: De- AgglomerationThe agglomerated material is being feed into a roll grinder to break down the feed into the original fine particles before drying. This was also done and reviewed by SGS Laboratories. After these 2 initial steps review, SGS performed an XRD and chemical analysis for each of the elements and crystalline forms.Step 3: ConcentrationTwo approaches where developed and tested. Air Classification and Flotation Concentration. These co-exist as linear task A and B of the Concentration step at this stage. St-Georges is currently working on eliminating one of...