Good question about direct shipping. Les rang me when he got the first results back and said how do you process this. I said you dilute it with some waste, call it a concentrate and ship it!
But seriously, if you put DSO through a plant you are going to lose some in slimes so you wouldn't do that unless there is not enough of it to justify selective mining and handling.
There are factors other than grade that make a concentrate grade. Arsenic, pyrite etc have to be under certain levels as well else you face smelter penalties.
In that phone call from Les, he also asked me to confirm that the copper minerals would float. Seams some analyst had questioned Les because she thought SLR had discovered a copper oxide deposit.
Just goes to show why she is an analyst. No idea. If it was a high grade oxide deposit wouldn't they not leach it?
SLR Price at posting:
$2.86 Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Not Held
