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IMX hopes for bigger flakes at Chilalo

9th September 2015

By: Esmarie Iannucci

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia

  

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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Metallurgical testwork has enhanced ASX-listed IMX Resources’ Chilalo graphite project, in Tanzania.

The company said on Wednesday that metallurgical optimisation for the project’s prefeasibility study had demonstrated Chilalo ore could produce a graphite concentrate containing up to 68% large and jumbo flake graphite, while continuing to achieve saleable concentrate grades.

The results represented a substantial improvement from initial testwork, which yielded 47% large and jumbo flake graphite.

“These latest testwork results demonstrate the strong potential for Chilalo to produce a high-quality graphite concentrate with outstanding flake size distribution. We are confident that this upgraded product will be highly attractive to both our potential offtake partners and project financiers who place significant premiums on large and jumbo flake graphite,” said IMX CEO Phil Hoskins.

“We believe we are now starting to unlock the value potential of Chilalo as a world-class graphite project.”

The latest testwork is part of the first stage of a regrind and cleaning optimisation programme, which has focused on maximising coarse graphite concentrate flake size distribution, while maintaining an attractive concentrate grade.

Additional work was being planned to further optimise flake size distribution and minimise the production of fine flake graphite.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

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