Thor Mining {ASX / AIM : THR}
Announced it had produced successful laboratory test work results for the extraction of copper at the Kapunda project in Australia, in partnership with Environmental Copper Recovery.
Up to 78% copper was recovered within two days of bottle-roll leach testing. The extraction agent was glycine, a biodegradable amino acid.
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Thor Mining announces successful test results on Australia copper samples
Thor Mining said it had produced successful laboratory test work results for the extraction of copper at the Kapunda project in Australia, in partnership with Environmental Copper Recovery.
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Up to 78% copper was recovered within two days of bottle-roll leach testing, and the extraction agent was glycine, a biodegradable amino acid, elsewhere used in the food and pharmaceutical industries.
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Executive chairman Mick Billing commented “the recovery outcomes are very pleasing, and whilst laboratory conditions are not a full simulation of field processing, it is a very positive result. The success with glycine, a very benign substance, is an important step forward, and other lixiviants are also being trialled, and we look forward to these results when available. ECR will be well placed from this work to identify and assess many other projects for which ISR may be an economic extractive solution. We look forward to providing further regular updates on this exciting new venture.”
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