Why don't you send us the paper specifically quoting our issues and quit pussy footing around
It's all in the PEA tech report July 2015. ON SEDAR. It's free and easy. We've been telling you for years.
All you have to do is read it carefully, keeping in mind that Zen paid for it, so good stuff is up front, but everything is there.
There seems to be a piano tied to your arse tho. You actually want someone else do your dirty work.
I'll help a bit tho from my memory. The West pipe was discarded for the final met work. #5 hole from the East pipe was used exclusively for final purification.
Here's one I did save:
Not even 80% by flotation and numerous tries.
Purification:
So they discarded half the resource in the West pipe, and the rest, if you do the simple math in section 17 shows 41% NaOH, H2SO4, and HCL comes out to 41% of concentrate from flotation going in.
Note that's concentrate going in, not purified product coming out. So probably closer to 50% bad stuff to get what came out.
Totally unacceptable by any standards. And all from #5 hole in the "hot spot".
You will notice that at the end of section 16 they talk about the ring of wells with pumps operating to keep the water out of the pit. How many wells do you think it would need for a pit that size? Typical James bay water table swampland.
On and on, but you have to find the stuff, and it takes time...which I took and didn't re-buy the stock.
But Thiess, don't read it, it will make a difference to how you look at things, and you could learn something....Namely why AE was so quiet. He read it.
And why JJ was hired years later. Everyone was trying to fix the met.
One more hint - when reading this stuff go right to the end first and read the recommendations. They are at the end, not the front in bold because Zen was the paying client and they wanted more business.
They talk about what's needed for the PFS. |
