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TVI Pacific Reports Pilot Plant Metallurgical Test Work Results For Its Balabag Gold-Silver Project, Philippines
TSX: TVI  OTCQX: TVIPF Initial Results Confirm Balabag Deposit Highly Amenabl...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\nTSX: TVI  OTCQX: TVIPF\n\n\nInitial Results Confirm Balabag Deposit Highly Amenable To Leaching \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGold and silver recoveries average 93% and 90%, respectively\n\n\nDemonstrated effectiveness of carbon in leach circuit (\"CIL\") \n\n\nAmenability of CIL over other processing could translate into lower\n capex\n\n\nPilot Plant testing continues to focus on optimizing process\n efficiencies\n\n\nCALGARY, June 26, 2013 /CNW/ - TVI Pacific Inc. (TSX: TVI) (OTCQX: TVIPF) (\"TVI\" or the \"Company\") announced today that its Philippine operating\n affiliate, TVIRD has established a pilot plant at its nearby Canatuan\n mine site to carry out metallurgical test work on samples of the\n different  types of mineralization at Balabag, the initial results of\n which are reported herein. The establishment of a pilot plant marks\n another key step forward for the Balabag project, located approximately\n 75 kilometres east-northeast of TVI's Canatuan copper-zinc mine on the\n island of Mindanao, Philippines.\n\n\nThe principal objectives of the pilot plant test work are to confirm the\n results obtained in previous laboratory cyanide leaching tests,\n optimize the metallurgical processing under an environment that more\n closely resembles actual operations, provide design parameters for\n engineering, and to start training personnel in operations and\n metallurgical process control.\n\n\nInitial results from the first 30 tonnes of sample material grading 4.8\n g/t Au and 212 g/t Ag indicated average overall recoveries of 93% for\n gold and 90% for silver after 36 hours leach time (Figure 1). The\n sample material analysed represents different types of vein\n mineralization distributed throughout the deposit. The results to date\n validate Balabag test material's amenability to leaching as determined\n from prior laboratory scale tests.  Results also demonstrate the\n effectiveness of carbon-in-leach (\"CIL\") over both carbon-in-pulp\n (\"CIP\") and Merrill-Crowe recovery processes in processing the test\n material.\n\n\nThe one metric ton per day pilot plant initially had been operated for\n 21 days simulating CIP plant operations. After some reconfiguration in\n the circuit, it was operated for three days simulating actual CIL plant\n conditions.  The amenability of CIL over CIP processing could trans...