Mr.Michael Spreadborough reports
MECHANICAL SORTER CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE AHEAD OF PHASE 2 TRIALS AT NULLAGINE GOLD PROJECT
Novo Resources Corp.intends to commence phase 2 mechanical sorting trials of Pilbara deposit bulk samples from early December, 2021. The company's Steinert KSS 100F LIXT fine mechanical sorting unit will be installed adjacent to the company's Golden Eagle processing facility in Nullagine, Western Australia.
Highlights:
Steinert KSS 100F LIXT fine mechanical sorting unit en route to Nullagine;Phase 2 trials scheduled to commence once sorter commissioned (expected early December, 2021);Trials to continue through Q2 2022, at which time the sorter is scheduled to be relocated to the company's Karratha project to continue detailed test work at Comet Well and Purdy's Reward, potentially leading to commercialization of mechanical sorting of Novo's Pilbara gold deposits.
"Mobilizing the mechanical sorter for phase 2 field trials represents an important step in progressing this innovative technology," commented Rob Humphryson, chief executive officer and a director of Novo. "We are looking forward to observing sorter performance from field samples collected at Comet Well, Purdy's Reward, Talga Talga and Egina ahead of larger-scale field trials at Comet Well and Purdy's Reward scheduled for Q2 2022."
The sorter is currently en route to Nullagine and will be commissioned over the next few weeks. Fifty samples from four different deposits across the Pilbara region, ranging in size from 800 kilograms to approximately five tonnes, will be crushed and screened into three size fractions prior to testing through the sorter. The bulk samples will be processed by the sorter to produce a concentrate for gold assay.
Once this second phase of testing is complete, expected around Q2 2022, the next phase of the test work will involve relocating the sorter to the company's Comet Well project in Karratha, Western Australia, and commencing proposed large-scale bulk-sample sorting test work of 20,000 tonnes, leading to potential commercialization of mechanical sorting for Pilbara conglomerates.
The sorter infrastructure, designed and constructed by OPS Screening and Crushing Equipment, is a fully modular and containerized turnkey plant deployable to any of Novo's tenements in the future for test work and potential large bulk sampling and processing. The sorter includes feed and product transfer conveyors, allowing the sorter to produce gold-bearing concentrates in a single pass for further upgrading or downstream processing. The sorter has been preassembled and commissioned in Perth, Western Australia, and is now being disassembled and transported to the Golden Eagle processing facility. It is expected that following reassembly, the phase 2 trials will commence in early December and are expected to run through Q2 2022.
This trial of the sorter within the Golden Eagle processing facility area is a culmination of several years of test work conducted by Novo to determine the amenability of mechanical sorting to its 13,250 square kilometres of tenements across Western Australia. Mechanical sensor-based sorting utilizes X-ray technology, 3-D colour laser and metal induction to identify gold-bearing material. A high-pressure air jetshoots these gold-bearing particles into a collection system to produce a concentrate for further downstream processing.
Novo looks forward to commencing its first site-based trial of the sorter and takes this opportunity to thank its partners, OPS and Steinert in bringing this innovation to fruition.
Qualified personstatement
Dr. Quinton Hennigh, PGeo,is the qualified person, as defined under National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, responsible for, and having reviewed and approved, the technical information contained in this news release. Dr. Hennigh is the non-executive co-chairman and a director of Novo.
About Novo Resources Corp.
Novo operates its flagship Beatons Creek gold project while exploring and developing its prospective land package covering approximately 13,250 square kilometres in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. In addition to the company's primary focus, Novo seeks to leverage its internal geological expertise to deliver value-accretive opportunities to its shareholders.
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