Golden Mile Resources Achieves Nickel Upgrading of Quicksilver Mineralisation
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Golden Mile Resources (ASX: G88) followed its appearance at The Resources Roadhouse Steak Sandwich Showdown in Kalgoorlie by announcing results of Stage 3 Metallurgical testwork at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Quicksilver nickel-cobalt deposit in Western Australia.
Golden Mile Resources conducted the Stage 3 metallurgical testwork on the Quicksilver project to test front end physical separation processes aimed at upgrading the nickel mineralisation to support the development of a stand-alone process flowsheet for the project.
The testing produced highlights that included:
• Nickel upgrades of 111 per cent to 226 per cent achieved from low energy scrubbing and screening tests;
• Assays of mica concentrate at 2 to 3 per cent nickel demonstrate potential for further concentration;
• Magnetic concentrate has been generated from all composite samples supporting the case for pursuing a specialised iron, chromium and nickel containing product; and
• Elevated grades of cobalt often associated with manganese exist within the Quicksilver mineralisation and offer potential for generation of a cobalt rich nickel concentrate.
“These results are a huge verification of the previous results and have demonstrated the value of obtaining the highest quality of samples for this testwork,” Golden Mile Resources managing director Damon Dormer said in the company’s ASX announcement.
“The scrubbing and screening results are extremely encouraging with the level of upgrading achieved and could result in a reduction to the size and associated costs of a beneficiation circuit.
“The high-grade nickel association with the mica has been a great discovery which opens up further processing opportunities with isolating this product.
“We will conduct further testwork to better understand why the nickel is associated with the mica without impacting our overall project timelines.”
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