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Pilot Gold (TSX:PLG) reported results from an initial metallurgical program at its Kinsley Mountain project for the production of high-grade concentrate.
Pilot Gold (TSX:PLG) reported results from an initial metallurgical program at its Kinsley Mountain project for the production of high-grade concentrate.
As quoted in the press release:
Four samples representing a range of gold grades from 4.23 to 20.3 g/t gold and a range of cyanide solubility levels were subjected to rougher and scavenger flotation testing over a range of conditions including variations in grind size, followed by cyanidation of the flotation tails. Combined concentrate recoveries ranged from a low of 76% to a high of 89.6%. Combined with cyanidation of the flotation tails, the total recovery increased to 89.0% to 95.0%. The concentrate grades ranged from a low of 98.6 g/t gold to a high of 312 g/t gold, with gold recovery to concentrate highest in the higher-grade and less oxidized samples.
Pilot Gold CEO, Matt Lennox-King, said:
These initial metallurgical test results clearly demonstrate that high grade material from the Western Flank zone can produce a high-grade concentrate with excellent gold recoveries. The results open the door to consideration of low capital and operating cost alternatives for potential mining of high-grade sulphide mineralization at Kinsley.