The first look at the mineralogical material may be the most important step in assessment of a mineral project, as its accuracy and extraction potential will often dictate a mining company’s fundamental approach to its core asset and the extent to which its financing resources can be readied to begin focusing on a particular mineral, metal, or oxide.
Evaluation step is the metallurgical examination and assessment of the feedstock & material, whether fresh run-of-mine ore, rock, heritage tailings, steel dust, or base metal sulphides, involving check of this material’s adherence to a specified protocol, followed by a rigorous and methodical analysis of its basic metallurgical viability. Neomet requests that all specimen samples being submitted be a homogeneous representation of the ore contained in the actual deposit, along with any accompanying anomalies that have already been identified.