To: richard badauskas who wrote (53003 ) 5/19/2000 2:07:00 PM From: IngotWeTrust Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116753
Thank you for your response. FYI, I'm using thiosulfates as well and am impressed with its "friendliness", but I do NOT find its speed complimentary to cyanide recovery. The re-titration process of cyanidation is a PIA that I avoid when switching to the thiosulfate modality. So, I confess to alternating between the two modalities in my operations. And safe, environmentally friendly operations are ALWAYS first and foremost in my action plan as well!!! Does this time differentiation between the two modalities push out your output schedule as well? I appreciated the fish/maize connection and was able to see the fields of grain in the picture you mentioned the first time I looked. Course, that could be due to my "farmer background"...looked plenty healthy to me. I do not see in your reply that you addressed the fiberglass issue I brought up. Perhaps you overlooked this? Ditto your scale up tonnage throughput goals? Overlooked this as well? Kudos on your efforts to remediate lead-poisoned soils. Are you implying you are using thiosulfates in that regard as well? There are other "friendly" resulting in "fertilizer" modalities that are infinitely cheaper to use in my experience. One final comment: I would imagine your decision to use thiosulfates has some cost considerations as well, since you are geographically close to the major mfg/distributors of thiosulfates. Care to comment? Thanks for your reply and treating my interest seriously. I await your further thoughtful answer and wish to reiterate my support and wishes for your continued success there in LIAN and elsewhere. This is a serious problem, and I am glad for all serious entrants into this above ground gold recovery field, regardless of what it does to "above ground leaseable supply" frankly. It simply MUST be done and there is certainly enough for all of us to apply ourselves to, considering the above ground scrapping of gold is in excess of 18 million ounces a year and getting larger. Most folks don't understand that the more that is mined, the more that is discarded, and the more that people like you and me are needed to be a part of the recovery solution. Would it surprise you to learn that only about 80 people seriously tackle this above ground gold recovery problem here in the USA? Wonder how many are addressing it outside the USA. Any ideas? GO FOR THE GOLD, RICHARD! O/49r members.aol.com for the front page of a 3 page article, free to all who are interested in learning more about how to capitalize on this above ground gold recovery/mining bonanza in its many forms!