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Kootenay Reports Follow Up Metallurgical Leach Testing Underway on Bulk Samples from La Cigarra Silver Resource
Kootenay Reports Follow Up Metallurgical Leach Testing Underway on Bulk Samples from La Ci...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nKootenay Reports Follow Up Metallurgical Leach Testing Underway on Bulk Samples from La Cigarra Silver Resource\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nVANCOUVER, March 15, 2017\n\n\n\nVANCOUVER, March 15, 2017 /CNW/ - Kootenay Silver Inc.  (TSXV: KTN) (the \"Company\" or \"Kootenay\") is pleased to report additional leach testing of oxide and sulfide silver mineralization (the \"Phase II Program\") has begun on bulk samples from the Company's La Cigarra silver deposit in Chihuahua State, Mexico, applying the proprietary SILVOX Technologies Inc. (\"SILVOX\") process. \n\nThe purpose of the Phase II Program is to determine if silver mineralization at La Cigarra is amenable to low cost heap leach processing using the SILVOX process, which could have a positive impact on potential capital requirements and operating costs. Previous metallurgical work was focused on silver recovery through production of a concentrate via conventional floatation. This work was very positive achieving recoveries up to 88% silver producing a high grade lead-silver concentrate that graded 34% lead and 23,000 gpt silver for every tonne of concentrate (see Northair Silver News Release dated June 29, 2015).\n\nThe Phase II Program was initiated based on positive results from preliminary metallurgical testing of the oxide mineralization hosted within the La Cigarra deposit that showed a significant improvement in silver recoveries when using standard leaching with the SILVOX process, versus industry standard leaching without the SILVOX process (See Kootenay News Release dated January 2, 2017). \n\nPhase II testing will involve bottle roll testing (\"BR testing\") on different crush sizes of ¼ and ¾ inch for oxide material and initial evaluation on ¼ inch for sulfide material, which was not previously tested. Metallurgical testing will involve applying industry standard (\"standard\") leach testing in addition to utilizing the SILVOX process to establish differences in recoveries and optimization.  \n\nThe metallurgical test work is part...