Gold Reach announces positive metallurgical results from the West Seel deposit

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nVANCOUVER, May 14, 2014 /CNW/ - Gold Reach Resources Ltd. (GRV: TSX-V) (Gold Reach and/or the Company) is pleased to announce results of metallurgical test work conducted on a large composite sample from the West Seel deposit at the Company's 100% owned Ootsa Property, located adjacent to the producing Huckleberry Mine south of Smithers, British Columbia.\n\nHIGHLIGHTS \n\n\nExcellent Overall Metallurgical Results – The West Seel deposit shows very good metallurgical results by conventional froth flotation recovery methods, with rougher flotation recoveries up to 95.1% for copper and 94.5% for molybdenum. \nRapid Flotation Kinetics at West Seel – The flotation kinetics of the West Seel material are rapid achieving >91% copper and molybdenum recoveries after only 6 minutes of flotation in a laboratory cell.   \nCopper Concentrate – A copper concentrate containing 24.3% copper, 8.92 g/t gold, and 200.9 g/t silver was obtained after 2 cleaning stages with overall recoveries of 89.2% for copper, 75.7% for gold, and 79.2% for silver. \nMolybdenum Concentrate – A molybdenum concentrate grading 51.9% molybdenum was produced after 2 cleaning stages with overall molybdenum recovery of 79.7%.\nMetallurgical StudiesMetallurgical testing was performed by Inspectorate Exploration and Mining Services Ltd. located in Richmond British Columbia, and advanced testing was done on a 314 kilogram single composite representative sample from 2013 drill core from the West Seel deposit.  Test grinding was performed and two batch rougher and two batch rougher-cleaner tests were completed to verify the metallurgy of the new sample and optimize the reagent scheme.  An optimized copper concentrate was produced and two molybdenum separation tests were performed.\n\nOverall the West Seel composite has very similar metallurgical characteristics as the Ox and East Seel deposits, however, the flotation kinetics of the West Seel sample were comparatively faster, achieving >91% Cu and Mo recoveries after only 6 minutes of flotation in a laboratory cell.  Results for 2 rougher flotation tests are summarized below.  The best recoveries of copper and molybdenum were 95.1 and 94.5%, respectively in test F2.\n\nRougher Circuit Results West Seel Sample \n\n\n\n\nTest\n\n\nGrind \n\nSize\n\n\nFeed Grade\...

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