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Copper Fox Metals (TSXV:CUU) announced it had received the preliminary in-situ leach test results from its Van Dyke project with copper grades ranging from 0.35 percent to 2.03 percent and averaging 0.76 percent. About 89 percent of the copper contained in the samples is reported as soluble copper.
According to the press release, highlights include:
- Calculated total copper grades ranged from 0.35% to 2.03% and averaged 0.76%,
- Approximately 89% of the copper contained in the samples reports as soluble copper,
- Gangue acid consumption ranged from 0.72 kg/kg copper to 23.69 kg/kg copper and averaged 7.72 kg/kg copper,
- Copper extractions ranged from approximately 87% to 24% and averaged 63%, and
- The relative difference between the percentage copper extractions and the percentage of soluble copper (acid soluble copper and cyanide soluble copper) reported could be due to lack of solution diffusion, lack of ferric iron generation, mass transfer or solution channeling in the test vessels used to complete the tests.
Elmer Stewart, president of Copper Fox, said:
We are pleased with the preliminary in-situ leach test work results for the Van Dyke oxide copper deposit. The high percentage of soluble copper in the test samples combined with the reported acid consumption is very encouraging and considered a significant milestone in the advancement of the project. These results combined with the resource estimation that is currently underway will be used to determine the next phase of work to be completed at the Van Dyke project.
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