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Commissioning of Silver Bullet Mines Corp.'s Mill Has Begun
Burlington, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 9, 2022) - Silver Bullet Mines Corp. (TSXV: SBMI) ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Commissioning of Silver Bullet Mines Corp.'s Mill Has BegunBurlington, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 9, 2022) - Silver Bullet Mines Corp. (TSXV: SBMI) (OTCQB: SBMCF) (\"SBMI\" or \"the Company\") announces it has commenced commissioning of its wholly owned 125 MTPD state of the art mill located near Globe, Arizona. This is the next step to silver production.\"Commissioning is the culmination of much planning and hard work,\" said A. John Carter, SBMI's CEO. \"The field team overcame global supply chain issues to create a functioning 125 MTPD mill, in a location that was an empty field only last September. We are looking forward to processing ore as quickly as possible.\"Water running through piping as part of start of mill commissioning.To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit:https://orders.newsfilecorp.com/files/8464/127116_fcd72cd6d43ca802_001full.jpg.Commissioning will take place over the next few weeks and will include the following steps:water will be run through the mill to check for leaks;each motor will be test run individually and sequentially;each piece of equipment will be test run individually and sequentially to confirm technical matters such as the alignment of gears, bearing temperatures, and clearances;the conveyors will be tracked for speed and consistency;the crushers will be adjusted to proper settings as dictated by the conveyors;the ball charge will then be put in the mill, meaning the steel balls will be inserted into the ball mill in anticipation of feedstock;once all the equipment is calibrated, the mill will again be wet run with water to insure pumps and piping are correct; andthe installation of ancillary equipment as needed will follow.SBMI has contracted Sepro Mineral Systems Corp., the manufacturer of the Falcon Concentrators, to provide a start-up technical team to train SBMI's experienced mill crew, to insure optimum efficiency of each piece of the mill and the mill overall. The third-party electrical engineers will have at least one person on-site during start-up as well.When the overall mill has been confirmed to be operating properly, test feed material will be added. As previously disclosed the Company has stockpiled at the millsite some lower grade ore from the Buckeye Silver Mine to serve as test feed. This will allow SBMI to fine tune the mill while minimizing the risk o...