General Discussion Topics, page-137610

”Moblan has an amenable orebody that will deliver product from an integrated process of both dense medium separation (DMS) and floatation circuits supported by ore sorting technology.

The offset of delivering such high recoveries is an increase in capital intensity relative to simpler DMS plants. The high expected product recovery will benefit project economics and extend the life of mine.”

https://mining.com.au/sayona-highlights-low-risk-moblan-operation/

Reading into what JB has said above, can we assume that SYA will target the orebody that is amenable to dense medium separation (DMS) before accessing the ore that must be separated by flotation?

Someone that knows about mining might be able to tell us if the types of ore bodies (with different characteristics) are clearly defined?

If SYA was able to concentrate on mining the DMS friendly ore first, they would only need to build the DMS element of the processing plant to start with.

Later on, they could add the flotation circuit after a steady flow of income had been established.