RE: BACK TOO BZT PLEASE18 Nov 2020 10:04
Much is already known about Hope. It has a JORC resource 10.2mln tonnes of ore grading 1.9% copper and 0.3 grams per tonne gold. Within that, there’s an indicated resource of 3.09mln tonnes grading 2.53% copper 0.84 grams per tonne.
Among the more significant of the historic drill intercepts are 7.1 metres grading 9.18% copper from a depth of 186 metres, 7.65 metres at 5.32% copper and 1.37 grams gold from 147.66 metres, and 12.09 metres grading 1.47% copper and 0.21 grams from 280.7 metres.
So far, test work has shown that excellent recoveries of 96% copper and 84% gold can be returned to a 28% copper concentrate via conventional flotation.
The Hope project includes the Gorob-Vendome deposit, which on its own boasts 3.83 million tonnes of mineralised ore, with some intercepts running at over 4% copper, but no available gold assays.