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NexMetals Achieves an Initial 15.2% Head Grade Increase at Selebi North Using Modern Technology Demonstrating High Recoveries and Significant Waste Reduction
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 28, 2025) - NexMetals Mining Corp. (TSXV: NE...
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[{"type":"text","content":"NexMetals Achieves an Initial 15.2% Head Grade Increase at Selebi North Using Modern Technology Demonstrating High Recoveries and Significant Waste ReductionVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 28, 2025) - NexMetals Mining Corp. (TSXV: NEXM) (NASDAQ: NEXM) (the \"Company\" or \"NEXM\") reports initial results from its bulk test work using X-ray transmission (\"XRT\") ore sorting at its past-producing copper-nickel-cobalt (\"Cu-Ni-Co\") Selebi Mine in Botswana. These initial results demonstrate the potential to significantly reduce processing mass while maintaining high metal recoveries and minimal losses.Positive Impact on the Project:Increase of Head Grade from Mine to MillPotential to reduce the amount of waste rock being sent to the mill and enhancing the head grade by over 15% from the initial tests. Ongoing testing is focused on further improving these results.Enhanced Process EfficiencyBy removing ~15.2% of the mass before further processing, the volume directed to grinding and flotation circuits is substantially reduced, offering direct energy, reagent, and throughput benefits.High Metal RetentionWith 98% recovery, only minimal copper and nickel are lost, demonstrating excellent selectivity and precision in sorting.Economic & Environmental UpsideBulky waste is diverted pre-processing, leading to lower expected operating costs, shorter critical water usage, reduced downstream tailings, and improved project carbon footprint.Next Steps:Driven by these strong initial results, the Company has initiated additional XRT trials on samples from its Selebi and Selkirk projects. The work is being carried out at IMS Engineering in South Africa. The primary objectives of these programs include:Reducing the amount of fines produced from the crushing circuit for the Selebi samples. Reducing the fines allows the XRT to process more of the feed increasing the overall sorting efficiency.Evaluating pre-concentration potential on the Selkirk sample to upgrade head feed grades before flotation.Assessing overall improvement in processing throughput and waste rejection.Results from the additional XRT test programs are expected to follow in the coming months.Morgan Lekstrom, CEO of the Company, commented: \"This is a very favorable outcome to enhance the current flowsheet and focus on higher grades with less waste feeding into ...