Elementos Confirms Oropresa Project’s Tin Potential

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Elementos (ASX: ELT) reported that pilot scale metallurgical test work has confirmed ore from the company’s Oropesa tin project in Andalucía, Spain can be processed via a conventional tin flow sheet to produce a high-grade and commercially desirable tin concentrate.

Elementos said the metallurgical upgrade results from the pilot plant have confirmed the project’s Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) flow sheet as well as production of a commercially appealing greater than 61 per cent tin concentrate with low impurity specifications.

“After a prolonged yet detailed metallurgical program Elementos is very pleased to be able to release these robust metallurgical results,” Elementos managing director Joe David said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“These results confirm the DFS flowsheet for the project with a production of a commercially appealing, high-grade and low impurity, tin concentrate of around 61 per cent tin.

“The resulting concentrate is not only low in impurities but is confirmed to be produced with economic average recoveries above 74 per cent, using a conventional and modern tin concentrate process flow sheet.

“This pilot scale flowsheet is now the basis for the DFS.

“We are pleased that this test work has built-on the core flowsheets from previous test work programs, with only minor optimisation changes being made during this program to creating a more robust flowsheet and concentrate product.

“The flow sheet from this test work will now be provided, under the ECI contract, to Duro Felguera who we will work alongside to mature the process engineering through the DFS design gates and into an EPC delivery contract.”

 

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