Mr. Frank Basa reports
GOLD BULLION ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY METALLURGICAL TESTING SHOWING AVERAGE GOLD RECOVERY OF 94.1 % WITH AN AVERAGE GOLD GRADE OF 0.94 G/T AT THE GRANADA GOLD PROPERTY
Gold Bullion Development Corp.
has released 29
composite sample results from the SGS Lakefield Gold Metallurgical
Testing Group. These results are to be used in the total gold
determination program that SGS Geostat is working on for the Granada
gold property located on the prolific Cadillac trend, south of
Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Canada.
The purpose of the test was to determine the head grades and recoveries
of the various composites in order to compare them with the individual
assay results. Claude Duplessis, Eng, the SGS Geostat qualified person,
selected 29 different composite samples from 29 different mineralized
zones at various depths with variable grades. The testwork consisted
of a total gold metallurgical balance that resulted in overall gold
recovery data.
Overall recovery rates averaged 94.1 per cent, ranging from 87.1 per cent to 98.5 per cent. These
numbers demonstrate that even at low grades, superior recovery of gold
can be achieved within the mineralized zones by using gravity followed
by cyanidation on the Granada property. The recovery rates using only
gravity ranged from 25.1 per cent to 78.0 per cent with an average rate of 50.6 per cent,
indicating a significant amount of free gold is present.
Test details summary
The composites were prepared by blending from seven to 11 individual witness
core samples to represent a continuous mineralized zone from 9.1 metres to
16.5 metres long. The total composite weight ranged from 17 kilograms to 41 kg.
The composites were then crushed to minus 10 mesh. The crushed sample
was riffled into 10-kilogram test charges with each composite treated in its
entirety.
Each composite sample was ground in 10-kilogram batches in a laboratory rod
mill to approximately 80 per cent passing 75 micrometres (one-millionth of a metre). The grind sizes for processing ranged from 52 micrometres to 102 micrometres,
averaging 77 micrometres.
The mill discharge was passed through a Knelson concentrator, and the
concentrate was then cleaned on a Mozley mineral separator. All of the
resulting concentrate from the Mozley separator was then fire assayed
for gold.
The Mozley and Knelson tailings were then combined and submitted for
cyanide leaching.
The pregnant leach solution was collected and submitted for gold assay. The leached pulp was also sampled for gold content by fire
assay. An overall (gravity and cyanidation) gold metallurgical balance
was then performed to calculate the head grade of each composite.
Tests were conducted under the supervision of Lesley Hendry, project
metallurgist at the Lakefield facilities of SGS Canada.
The comparison between the length-weighted-average gold grade from the
original uncapped assay results versus SGS total gold on an individual
basis shows some variance as expected. This variance is directly
related to the nature of the gold mineralization at Granada. The
weighted average of the original composite data is 1.16 grams per tonne, while the
average of the total gold test is 0.94 g/t. When the capping of an
individual fire assay result of 36.94 g/t in composite No. 14 to 10 g/t is
applied, the original average grade is 1.05 g/t.
For complete details of the total gold metallurgical tests including
accompanying tables, please go to the company's website. Claude Duplessis, Eng, is acting as the qualified person for Gold
Bullion Development in compliance with National Instrument 43-101,
and has reviewed the technical contents of and data included in this
press release.
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