RE: Blesburg Assays3 Jun 2025 20:59
bukky boy, heres a wee breakdown as i know you struggle with big nunbers
mineral suite at blesberg and what they are worth
beryllium is us$965,000/t
spodumene $750/t
feldspars - $102/t
coltan - $30,000/t
mica - $300/t
lepidolite - $300/t
quartz - $53/t
garnet - $190/t
flowsheet for the above (full analysis at this location)
https://grok.com/share/bgvnywn5_ea3a1d21-60bd-4f13-9b6c-57ecba35722d
flowsheet summary
crushing/screening β co**** and fine fractions.
optical/x-ray sorting (tomra, rados) β pre-concentrate spodumene, lepidolite, coltan, garnet; separate quartz/feldspar/mica.
dms β spodumene and coltan concentrates, feldspar/quartz/mica mix.
grinding/flotation β lepidolite, spodumene, feldspar, mica, quartz concentrates.
gravity/magnetic separation β coltan and garnet concentrates.
lithium extraction β roast/leach spodumene and lepidolite for lithium carbonate/hydroxide; heap leach low-grade fractions.
by-product processing β purify quartz, feldspar, mica for industrial markets
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northern cape (a tungsten mine 12km from blesberg so can be processed by the tomra/rados in batches)
https://www.aquis.eu/stock-exchange/announcements/4913410
tungsten price = $335 per dry metric ton, project capable of producing 70% tungsten using tomra and rados so that's $23,450/t
so lithium, feldspars, coltan (tantalum), mica, lepidolite, quartz, garnet, berylium and tungsten
9 minerals not 10, sorry. and none of them require a very complicated flowsheet. it would be perfectly feasible to start sorting out jist the highest value products (coltan, beryllium and tungsten) using the tomra and rados and stockpile the rest to be processed later on once a larger processing plant is built.
now you can maybe see why the cpr and jorc basket of minerals is taking a little while to be released.
just as well we have 2 other projects now selling manganese and copper, both high grade and at surface with licences to mine, export and with offtake partners either in place or currently being negotiated. ££££££££