A-Cap Energy Limited Announces New Development Plan for Letlhakane Uranium Project
366Mlbs of U3O8. The project has a low strip ratio, flat lying, shallow orebody that is amenable to free dig mining due to the relatively soft host rocks. In 2010, the company committed to a first-pass series of test work on radiometric sorting utilising seven different samples from across Letlhakane. At the time the results were encouraging with an upgrade of around 1.7 to 2.0 times for the uranium grade and rejection of between 50 to 70% of the mass of the coarse fraction sorted. The overall mass reduction, when fines are added back, was around 45% at a grade increase of 1.5. Running in parallel with the beneficiation work, A-Cap has engaged MinAssist, experts in uranium processing, to review and test historical work on the process route used in the 2016 Letlhakane feasibility study. This work will incorporate the results from the ongoing beneficiation test work where appropriate and will look at strategies to mitigate acid consumption during leaching.