Komet Resources Inc.: First Results of the VAT Leaching Pilot Tests
QUÉBEC CITY, QUÉBEC--(Marketwired - May 25, 2015) - Komet Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KMT) ("Komet" or the "Company") announces the first results from the VAT Leaching pilot tests.
Started back in January, pilot testing was undertaken as part of a complete and meticulous assessment of onsite ore processing equipment. The leaching process was completely upgraded and modified to use a percolation (Up Flow) system instead of a flooding (down flow) system. These pilot tests will carry on through the next couple of months and will seek to optimize this new process by systematically varying parameters such as debit, granulometry, gold grade of treated material and elution performance.
Testing was conducted using the waste material available on site (see January 29th, 2015 press release). So far, treated material graded an average of 1.75 g/t AU and recovery rates obtained from leaching averaged 66% with a cash cost of 340 CAD/oz (see table below). Three gold elution were made resulting in 1,9 kg of gold (weighted average of 20.07 carats or 84%) and generating a revenue of 75 809 CAD. President and CEO André Gagné declares: "With those surprising and encouraging results and the the gravimetry circuit pilot tests beginning next July, our slogan Produce to discover... takes on its full meaning." All the results are based on the analysis from the laboratory of SGS at Ouagadougou using fire assay followed by atomic absorption spectrometry.
| VAT Leaching operating costs - pilot tests | ||||||||
| Cost per VAT | ||||||||
| Quantity | Unit price (XOF) | Unit price (CAD) | Total (XOF) | Total (CAD) | ||||
| Chemical reactives | Tons per VAT | 39 | ||||||
| Cyanide (kg) | 15.625 | 4 550 | 9.52 $ | 71 094 | 148.73 $ | Waste processed grade (g/t) | 1.75 | |
| Caustic Soda (kg) | 9.375 | 490 | 1.03 $ | 4 594 | 9.61 $ | Gold per VAT (g) | 68.25 | |
| Carbon (kg) | 3.611 | 1 500 | 3.14 $ | 5 417 | 11.33 $ | Recovery grade | 66% | |
| Assay | Recovered gold per VAT (g) | 45.045 | CAD | |||||
| Ore | 2 | 7 500 | 15.69 $ | 15 000 | 31.38 $ | Gold price (XOF/g) | 22 814 | 47.73 $ |
| Carbon (kg) | 0.75 | 15 000 | 31.38 $ | 11 250 | 23.54 $ | 1 VAT value (XOF) | 1 027 659 | 2 149.91 $ |
| Diesel | ||||||||
| 322 excavator ($/day) | 0.5 | 11 700 | 24.48 $ | 5 850 | 12.24 $ | Operating cost (XOF) | 231 014 | 483.29 $ |
| Loader ($/day) | 0.5 | 8 450 | 17.68 $ | 4 225 | 8.84 $ | Gold price (XOF/g) | 22 814 | 47.73 $ |
| 322 emptying ($/day) | 1 | 11 700 | 24.48 $ | 11 700 | 24.48 $ | Gold (g) equivalent | 10.13 | |
| Dump truck ($/day) | 1 | 2 600 | 5.44 $ | 2 600 | 5.44 $ | Recovery grade | 66% | |
| Labor (hour) | Gold needed | 15.34 | ||||||
| Security | 3.50 | 563 | 1.18 $ | 1 969 | 4.12 $ | Tons for 1 VAT | 39 | |
| Excavator operator | 3 | 563 | 1.18 $ | 1 688 | 3.53 $ | Minimum grade (g/t) | 0.39 | |
| Loader operator | 1 | 563 | 1.18 $ | 563 | 1.18 $ | |||
| Truck operator | 2 | 563 | 1.18 $ | 1 125 | 2.35 $ | Cost/oz (CFA) | 159 515 | |
| Laborer loading | 14 | 563 | 1.18 $ | 7 875 | 16.47 $ | Cost/oz (CAD) | 340.12 $ | |
| Laborer emptying | 14 | 563 | 1.18 $ | 7 875 | 16.47 $ | |||
| Water and electricity | Gold price (CAD/Oz)* | 1 513.00 $ | ||||||
| Water ($/liters) | 46.375 | 30 | 0.06 $ | 1 391 | 2.91 $ | Grams for 1 oz | 31.1035 | |
| Electricity ($/Kwh) | 960 | 80 | 0.17 $ | 76 800 | 160.67 $ | Exchange CAD to XOF* | 469 | |
| Total cash cost/VAT | 231 014 | 483.29 $ | Gold price (XOF/Oz) | 709 597 | ||||
* Exchange rate is the average for quarter 1, 2015 according to Oanda and gold price is the average price for quarter 1. 2015 according to london metal exchange
Jacques Marchand, P.Eng. Geo., is the Qualified Person who has reviewed this news release and is responsible for the geological information presented there.
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