95.8 % gold recovery at Western Mali
Diba gold project excellent results Altus Strategies announces excellent results from metallurgical testwork on oxide and sulphide samples from the Company’s 100 % owned Diba gold project in western Mali. The work was undertaken to test the amenability of Diba ores to carbon-in-leach and heap leach processing. The findings of the process said, Excellent gold recoveries from oxide and sulphide samples from Diba gold project in Mali. Steven Poulton, Chief Executive of Altus, commented, “The results of the metallurgical testwork on both oxide and sulphide material from Diba are simply excellent. Heap leach amenability shows 95.8 % gold recovery at a coarse crush size. This recovery is significantly higher than the 80 % modelled in the current PEA which we reported on in July. More significantly, the testwork on fresh (sulphide) samples shows that CIL processing will likely be very effective, with 86.8 % gold recovery at attractive grind sizes. “Diba already boasts a robust US$81M