Canadian Zinc Provides Update on Research Program for Central Mining Facility in Newfoundland
Canadian Zinc Corporation (TSX: CZN; OTCQB: CZIF) and Buchans Minerals Corporation (BMC) provided an update on ongoing metallurgical testing and the dense media separation testing (DMS). The companies have agreed to jointly undertake a research program aimed at investigating the technical viability of developing their deposits through a central mining facility. As quoted in the …
Canadian Zinc Corporation (TSX: CZN; OTCQB: CZIF) and Buchans Minerals Corporation (BMC) provided an update on ongoing metallurgical testing and the dense media separation testing (DMS). The companies have agreed to jointly undertake a research program aimed at investigating the technical viability of developing their deposits through a central mining facility.
As quoted in the press release:
Both Companies have completed bench scale dense media separation (“DMS”) testing and are undertaking metallurgical studies on their respective NI 43-101 defined mineral deposits. Highlights to date of the DMS and metallurgical testing include:
• Preconcentration of the ore by DMS (prior to flotation) was determined to be technically viable for semi-massive and stringer sulphide samples from the BoomerangDomino, Lemarchant, Long Lake, Bobbys Pond and Daniels Pond deposits.
• Initial flotation tests indicate the deposits are amenable to a common flotation flowsheet with the sequential Cu-Pb-Zn flotation flowsheet providing the best overall performance for all four deposits tested. Further development of the sequential flotation by bench scale testing is in progress.