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- Dateline Resources (DTR) has successfully upgraded its ore sorting results from the Gold Links Gold Mine in Colorado, US
- The company says the gold grade per tonne increased by 41.6 per cent, from 15.34 g/t gold to 21.71 g/t gold,
- Just under 850 kilograms of ore was tested, with XRT sorting technology proving more effective than laser sorting
- Dateline believes using this tech will allow it to increase the tonnage, post crushing, going into primary and secondary circuits by around 33 per cent
- Shares in DTR are up 23.5 per cent at 10.5 cents each at 2:10 pm AEST
Dateline Resources (DTR) has successfully upgraded its ore sorting results from the Gold Links Gold Mine in Colorado, US.
The company carried out testing on 849 kilograms of ore to assess the potential
of upgrading it prior to further processing through the nearby Lucky Strike mill.
DTR said testing increased the gold grade per tonne by 41.6 per cent, from 15.34 g/t gold to 21.71 g/t gold.
It also revealed that XRT sorting technology proved to be more effective than laser sorting, with both methods used in the ore sorting.
“The ore sorting results are in line with our expectations and have confirmed that the Gold Links ore is perfectly suited for this technology,” Managing Director Stephen Baghdadi said.
“The sample head grade was increased by 41.6 per cent to 21.7g/t gold. Approximately a third of the material was sorted to waste.
“The amount of gold that was left in the waste was 2.2g/t, which equates to less than 0.7g/t per mined tonne.”
Mr Baghdadi also said the tech would likely increase the tonnage, post crushing, going into Lucky Strike’s primary and secondary circuits by around 33 per cent.
“By upgrading high-grade material from the veins to an even higher grade significantly enhances the potential of Gold Links by reducing processing costs and increasing the returns per tonne,” Mr Baghdadi said.
“The company intends to conduct an additional test to determine if the results can be further improved by using an ore sorter that is capable of both XRT and Laser in a single run.”
Shares in DTR were trading up 23.5 per cent at 10.5 cents each at 2:10 pm AEST.
