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Taranis Receives Highly Successful Metallurgical Results from Dense Media Separation of Thor Deposit
(via TheNewswire) Lakewood, Colorado / TheNewswire / October 5, 2017 - Taranis Resource...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Taranis Receives Highly Successful Metallurgical Results from Dense Media Separation of Thor Deposit(via TheNewswire)\n\n \nLakewood, Colorado / TheNewswire / October 5, 2017 - Taranis Resources Inc. (\"Taranis\") [TSX.V: TRO] is pleased to update exploration activity related to its 100%-owned Thor project.\n\n \n \nMetallurgical Pre-concentration Tests\n\n \n \nTaranis has received final test results from a sample of the main Ag-Au-Pb-Zn-Cu deposit at Thor that was undertaken to determine the applicability of Dense Media Separation (\"DMS\") in processing ore from the project.\n\n \n \nThe results of this testing were conclusive in showing that DMS is ideally suited for processing the sulphide-type ore onsite. This opens two exciting developments at Thor, first that the pre-concentrated ore can be transported economically over much greater distances to a smelter or mill where further upgrading can occur, and second that sulphide-rich ore which typically has Acid Rock Drainage (\"ARD\") characteristics, can be separated onsite from waste rock that is non-ARD producing and stored onsite.\n\n \n \nThe following table shows the recoveries for each of the metals crushing the rock to 19 mm in size and performing DMS at a specific gravity of 2.75\n\n \n\nCut Point (Specific Gravity)\n\n\n\n\nMass Rejected (%)\n\n\n\n\nAu (% Recovery)\n\n\n\n\nAg (% Recovery)\n\n\n\n\nZn (% Recovery)\n\n\n\n\nPb (% Recovery)\n\n\n\n\nCu (% Recovery)\n\n\n\n\n2.75\n\n\n\n\n54.6\n\n\n\n\n94.7\n\n\n\n\n93.1\n\n\n\n\n96.7\n\n\n\n\n98.0\n\n\n\n\n96.2\n\n\n \n \nFor the +0.85 mm material, at a SG cut point of 2.75, 54.6% of the mass was rejected with metal losses of only 2.0-6.9%. This means that almost 55% of the ore zone material could be rejected onsite and the balance transported off the property for further upgrading either by gravity concentration or flotation.\n\n \n \nJohn Gardiner, President and CEO states \"The main sulphide deposit at Thor is ideally suited to this type of processing because almost 100% of the value of the ore occurs within dense minerals. This, coupled with the coarse-grained nature of the sulphide material, allows for easing separation simply by crushing and sorting onsite to 19 mm in size. It also allows removal of virtually all of the ARD producing ore from the property, and this should simplify the permitting process in the f...