TAW - The Next Lithium Producer led by Mr Pegmatite, page-37

A lot of good info covered in recent times on this thread : so maybe more food for thought , taken from Alliance Minerals website :
Apologies if this has been covered before --only recently been able to consider older postings

1) operations --The Bald Hill Project is proposed to be an open pit mining operation, carried out by a contractor, comprising open pit excavation techniques using 65 tonne excavators and 55 tonne dump trucks. The open pits are expected to be relatively shallow, ranging from 35m to 65m deep. Pegmatite Ore will be mined selectively.
So if continuity of same ground for TAW drilling , a reasonable assumption that blasting not required --a considerable  time and cost saving  ?
2) From the Alliance 2015 annual Report ( and query the significance of this , in context of Taw drilling , but just drawing it to attention)
Under Operations Review

The table below shows the potential production of different valuable minerals that can be achieved (obtained from analysis
of data produced from trial mining:
Fe2O3 TiO2 Al2O3 Sn ZrO2 LiSl(SiO3)2
Garnet Tin Lithium
% Content in Feed 7.26 0.95 12.9 0.252 0.07 0.493
% Content in Product Stream 77.093 26.214 17.053 5.050 0.401 2.903
Mass % recovered from Feed 0.63% 0.46% 3.73% 2.13% 5.01% 11.74%
Mass in 100 tonne Bald Hill
Concentrate (kg) 625.45 464.42 3730.8 2127.3 5005.3 11744
The most signification observations from this production data show that a tin concentrate (Sn) was produced during the
magnetic and electrostatic separation process. Also the Lithium present in AMA’s ore as Spodumene, LiSl(SiO3)2 was
observed during the wet tabling process. A perceivable grade of ~4-5% lithium concentrate has so far been produced but the
Company will need to adopt a flotation process to upgrade the concentrate to a marketable grade of 7%.
Once all the Oxide ore has been processed, a full reconciliation will be carried out to determine mining and processing costs,
mining dilution and losses along with metallurgical recoveries.
I've tried to provide the web link to the full report , for anyone interested
http://www.alliancemineralassets.co...nouncement-on-Annual-Report-30-June-20152.pdf
cheers
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