- Benchmark Metals (BNCH) has announced advanced metallurgical laboratory test results for the company’s wholly-owned Lawyers Gold-Silver Project
- The test work has provided gold leach recoveries averaging 93 per cent, and silver recoveries of approximately 65 per cent
- The Lawyers Project is located in the historic mining region of the Golden Horseshoe, located in north-central British Columbia
- The supporting studies have been conducted by several globally recognized laboratories
- Benchmark Metals Inc. is a gold and silver company
- Shares of Benchmark Metals Inc. (BNCH) are up 4.44 per cent, trading at C$0.94 at 11 am ET
Benchmark Metals (BNCH) has announced advanced metallurgical laboratory test results for the company’s wholly-owned Lawyers Gold-Silver Project.
The test-work has provided gold leach recoveries averaging 93 per cent, and silver recoveries of approximately 65 per cent from the Amethyst Gold Breccia (AGB) and Cliffs Creek resources.
The advanced test work confirms a simple preliminary design using conventional whole-rock cyanide leaching and incorporating Merrill Crowe zinc precipitation to produce on-site gold and silver Dore.
The test work builds a large data set throughout the main Amethyst Gold Breccia (AGB) and Cliffs Creek resource areas, in addition to composites representing potentially the first years of mining in a conceptual mine plan.
The Lawyers Project is located in the historic mining region of the Golden Horseshoe, located in north-central British Columbia (BC), Canada.
“The results demonstrate exceptional gold recovery from rocks utilizing a conventional and proven method that results in pouring gold and silver Dore bars,” said Jim Greig, President and Director.
“Technical results and participation from miners like Yamana Gold in Benchmark Metals continues to validate the potential to become Canada’s next major gold and silver mine,” he added.
The supporting studies were conducted by several globally recognized laboratories including ALS Laboratory, BV Mineral Process Laboratories, FLSmidth Inc. and SGS Mineral Services.
Various mineralogical studies have also been performed on AGB and Cliffs Creek samples that indicate the gold is primarily present as fine native particles. Depending on the sample specimen, the silver occurs predominantly as acanthite (Ag2S), or electrum, often as coarser particles of 200 microns or greater, although it can be fine-grained as well.
To a lesser extent native silver is present.
The results confirm the initial metallurgical evaluation that with modest operating conditions a positive process response is expected from both the principal mineral zones of the Lawyers property.
Benchmark Metals Inc. is a gold and silver company advancing its 100-per-cent-owned Lawyer’s Gold-Silver Project.
Shares of Benchmark Metals Inc. (BNCH) are up 4.44 per cent, trading at C$0.94 at 11 am ET.
