I just thought I better answer your question on this thread rather than GUN.
"...in your IDM comparison to GUN "141,000 tonnes of 4 minerals in first year.....". Correct me if im wrong but how did you get that number? Ive read re. 100,000 tonnes first year."
The full page is here: www.imcl.com.au Home Page, bottom right hand corner: Noosa Presentation and Exploration Conference - (page 28).
here is that page:
For another $2.5m capex they could extract Kyanite, Staurolite and Epitode. There is no open market for Staurolite and Epitode, but I've done some digging and you would expect to pay around $220 a tonne. At the moment they are sending it all back with the tailings.
The company's main focus will be commissioning the plant and working through the issues. So I don't see them going down this path for at least 6 months, even though you can see the extra bin spaces within their photo library and it would be just a case of setting up a magnetic separators via the Zircon circuit.
Pep
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