Prairie Lake Metallurgical Study Results Indicate Marketable Concentrate Grade
Greater Than 30% P2O5, Less Than 1% MgO in Concentrate is the Target
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 04/02/12 -- Nuinsco Resources Limited ("Nuinsco")(TSX: NWI) () today reported positive preliminary results from a second round of metallurgical testing from its 100%-owned Prairie Lake phosphorus - rare metals project in northwestern Ontario. These results confirm that the primary objective of the testing program is achievable - to produce a concentrate that meets the requirements of the fertilizer industry, namely phosphorus (P2O5) content of greater than 30%, and magnesium oxide (MgO) content less than 1%, with a calcium oxide ratio of (CaO)/P2O5 less than 1.6(1).
"Achieving these thresholds is a significant milestone for the project," said Paul Jones, President. "Prairie Lake is one of the largest deposits of its type in the world. Not only does it have tremendous scale, but its location near existing infrastructure and transportation networks, the relative ease with which it could be exploited from surface using quarry methods, the continuing potential for expansion of the known mineralization and now favourable phosphorus metallurgy all point to Prairie Lake being a very valuable asset within Nuinsco's property portfolio."
The NI-43-101-compliant Exploration Target Mineralization Inventory (ETMI) is 515 - 630 million tonnes grading between 0.09-0.11% niobium (Nb2O5) (0.9 to 1.1 kg/tonne) and 3.0-4.0% P2O5 - making Prairie Lake one of the world's ten largest carbonatite hosted niobium deposits (and in North America second only to the Iron Hill Project in Colorado, USA, in contained tonnes - the grade at Prairie Lake is however greater). The current metallurgical work establishes the project as a substantial, recoverable, phosphorus inventory. The suite of minerals of potentially economic significance also includes tantalum (Ta), uranium (U) and rare earth elements (REE) (including lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), samarium (Sm), neodymium (Nd) and yttrium (Y).
An earlier metallurgical program indicated that the production of high-grade phosphorus concentrates was possible. A 1,000kg sample was submitted to COREM in Quebec City in September 2011 to follow up on that work. The program comprised a comprehensive series of tests including sample characterization gravity separation and pre-concentration tests using a Mozley Separator, shaking table and spiral tests; mineralogical investigation; development of an apatite grinding curve in preparation for flotation tests; magnetic separation; bench flotation to determine the most suitable apatite collectors; reverse flotation tests to further remove calcium containing minerals; Nb-Ta concentration by gravity separation using Mozley Separator, shaking tables and Kelsey Centrifugal Jig; Nb-Ta concentration by flotation. Comprehensive reporting of the test program is expected shortly at which point further options will be evaluated.
About Prairie Lake
Located about 45 kilometres northwest of Marathon, Ontario, Nuinsco's Prairie Lake property covers the entire 2.8 km2 (at surface) Prairie Lake Carbonatite Complex and is easily accessible from the TransCanada Highway. In January, 2012, Nuinsco bought back a 2% production royalty making the property royalty free.
The Prairie Lake project hosts an ETMI of 515 - 630 million tonnes grading between 0.09-0.11% Nb2O5 (0.9 to 1.1 kg/tonne) and 3.0-4.0% P2O5 (see news release dated October 26, 2011). The ETMI was undertaken by Eugene Puritch, P.Eng. and Antoine Yassa, P.Geo of P&E Mining Consultants Inc. of Brampton, Ontario.
All exploration work is supervised by Paul Jones, P.Geo, President and Laura Giroux, P.Geo, Senior Geologist, who act as Nuinsco's Qualified Persons under National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Jones and Ms. Giroux have reviewed and approved the technical contents of this news release. The potential quantity and grade of the ETMI is conceptual in nature and there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource. It is uncertain if further exploration will result in the discovery of a mineral resource.
(1) Sis, H. and S. Chander, 2003. Reagents used in the flotation of phosphorus ores; A critical review. In Minerals Engineering, v.16, pp577-585.
About Nuinsco Resources Limited
Nuinsco is a growth-oriented, multi-commodity mineral exploration company that is focused on world-class mineralized belts in Canada and internationally when attractive opportunities arise. In addition to its property holdings, Nuinsco owns common shares in Coventry Resources Limited (ASX: CVY) and Victory Nickel Inc. (TSX: NI). Shares of Nuinsco trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol NWI.
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