Molycor Receives Proposal for Magnesium Metallurgy
2009-07-23
Molycor Gold recently reported the company is receiving proposals for metallurgical studies on the 100% owned Tami Mosi magnesium property in Nevada.
The Company has received a proposal for dolomite beneficiation from Process Research Associates of Richmond, British Columbia, a division of Inspectorate America Corporation.
The proposal will evaluate the suitability of Tami-Mosi dolomite resource for upgrading by a brine or seawater process.
Separation of Mg and Ca will require a hydrometallurgical process which leads to the high-end target products: ceramics and metal production. Several processes rely on heating calcined dolomite with softened seawater to precipitate magnesium hydroxide which is thickened repulped and filtered and dried by solar evaporation. This product can be calcined to high grade magnesia (Mg0) which is the feed for production of refractories or metal.
This is the first stage to the known conventional Pidgeon or Magnetherm processes and will provide indications for ways which may lead to savings in energy for the overall process.
The Company has requested other proposals and will proceed with the metallurgical testing upon receipt of suitable financing.
The Tami-Mosi Magnesium Resource contains an inferred 236,183,772 tonnes of virtually pure dolomite containing more than 51 billion lbs Mg grading 10 percent magnesium as reported in a NI 43-101 resources study written by N. Tribe & Associates of Kelowna, B.C.
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