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Kenorland Minerals Announces Preliminary Metallurgical Results at the Frotet Project
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 18, 2023) - Kenorland Minerals Ltd. ( TS...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Kenorland Minerals Announces Preliminary Metallurgical Results at the Frotet ProjectVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 18, 2023) - Kenorland Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: KLD) (OTCQX: KLDCF) (FSE: 3WQ0) (\"Kenorland\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the results of preliminary metallurgical testing of the Regnault gold system (\"Regnault\") on the Frotet Project (the \"Project\"), located in northern Quebec and held under joint venture (the \"Joint Venture\") with Sumitomo Metal Mining Canada Ltd. (\"SMMCL\"). Results of the Preliminary Metallurgical StudyPreliminary metallurgical test work was initiated with the completion of hole 22RDD149 that twinned the Regnault discovery hole 20RDD007 (29.08m at 8.47 g/t Au including 11.13m at 18.43 g/t Au*) and intersected 29.20m at 16.61 g/t Au including 9.85m at 44.89 g/t Au. Objectives of this study included the analysis of mineralogical characteristics and the preliminary assessment of Au-Ag recovery through cyanide amenability of the Regnault ore. The study was carried out at the Engineering Dept., Mineral Resources Division of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. Approximately 60kg of material from 27.1m of NQ half drill core from 22RDD149 was processed to make a representative sample of the R1 mineralised zone for characterization. Samples were crushed to under 1.7mm and thoroughly mixed. A 1kg sample was split for head assay, X-ray diffractometry (XRD) and mineralogical analysis by Mineral Liberation Analyzer (MLA). The composite head grade was 15.9 g/t Au and 24 g/t Ag, similar to the original composite analyzed by Bureau Veritas Commodities (Timmins, Ontario). MLA analysis identified gold-silver-telluride, electrum and native gold as the main gold and silver bearing mineral species. Sulphides identified include pyrite, chalcopyrite and galena totalling 2.3%. Approximately 84% of the Au bearing minerals was gold-silver-tellurium minerals, and the rest was composed from 5% native gold and 11% electrum (Figure 1). More than 90% of the gold and silver bearing minerals were classified as liberated or exposed in the leach feed (100µm in P80). Figure 1: Proportion of gold and silver bearing minerals in the head sample.To view an enhanced version of Figure 1, please visit:https://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/6489/151635_revfigure1.jpgBaseline test procedures were co...