8 200 4 2000 17 3200

26 13 800 100 2000

51 25.5 400 87 800
67 33.5 100 89 400
103 100

40

35

30

Sulfide content (%)

25

20

15

10

0
100 300 500 700 900 1100
Mean particle siz
500 700 900 1100 1300 1500 1700 1900 2100
Mean particle size (m)
Particle siz Sulfide content ns Sulfide % Non Sulfide
3360 5 55 2.5 97.5 0.916291 4.579852
2380 7 70 3.5 96.5 1.252763 4.569543
841 9 101 4.5 95.5 1.504077 4.559126
500 15 104 7.5 92.5 2.014903 4.527209
105 13 112 6.5 93.5 1.871802 4.537961

100

f(x) = 93.1621626755194 exp( 1.41919590500185E-05 x )

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

20
f(x) = 7.05676965901405 exp( − 0.000307556451778715 x )
2000
0
32.8 0 800 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
46 400
57.8 100 Sulfide Exponential (Sulfide)
Non-Sulfide Exponential (Non-Sulfide)

90

80

70

60
beration

50
 70

60

Degree of liberation
50

40

30

20

10

0
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 35

Particle size (m)

 5 2.5
7 3.5 lnY's versus Me
9 4.5
5
15 7.5
13 6.5 4.5
f(x) = 4.53435201885201 ex
4
05 x ) 3.5

lnY's
2.5

2
f(x) = 2.0030459891982 exp
1.5

0.5

0
0 500 1000 150

Mean par

Column G
Column H
16
14
f(x) = 14.1135393180281 exp( − 0.00030
8715 x ) 12

2000 2500 3000 3500 10

8
Exponential (Sulfide) Axis Title
C
Exponential (Non-Sulfide) 6
E
4
70 2
0
60
-500 500 1500 2500 3500
50 Axis Title

40
Column B
30

20

10

0
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
 30

20

10

0
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500

Sulfide Minerals
Non-Sulfide Minerals

00 2500 3000 3500 4000

ze (m)
 lnY's versus Mean Particle size

f(x) = 4.53435201885201 exp( 3.11487065891504E-06 x )

f(x) = 2.0030459891982 exp( − 0.000222622143030452 x )

500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500

Mean particle size, micron 0 0

3.00 20 80 4.38
Column G Exponential
3.68 39.69(Column G)
60.31 4.10
Column H Exponential (Column H)
4.02 55.43 44.57 3.80
4.06 58.01 41.99 3.74
.1135393180281 exp( − 0.000307556451778715 x )

Column C
Exponential (Column C)
8

7
f(x) = 7.05676965901405 exp( − 0.000307556451778715 x )
6
00 2500 3500
Percentage Sulfide (%)

Title 5

3
Column B
2

0
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500
Particle size (m)
2500
 Per
2

0
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500
Particle size (m)
2500
Natural logarithm

f(x) = 0.000285402807053976 x + 3.73101647600071

R² = 0.910756807492315

f(x) = − 0.000488123761161287 x + 4.15503235586543

R² = 0.976916492876473

3.00
60 600 6000

Particle size (m)

 ln(Ys)
Linear (ln(Ys))
ln(Yn)
Linear (ln(Yn))

6000
 Sieve size No. of sulphide No. of locked
(µm) particles particles
3350 24 21
2000 61 78
850 68 60
500 76 38
105 80 19
53 111 20

%liberation for sulfide and non sulfide minerals

90
80
70 f(x) = 80.0340923987791 exp( − 0.000318955777130515 x )
f(x) = 73.3212009254068 exp( − 0.000148114334944137 x )
60
Axis Title

50
40
30
20
10
0
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000
mean particle size, microns
Percentage of sulphide liberated,
Exponential (Percentage of sulphide liberated, )

Percentage of sulphide liber

100
80
%liberation for sulfide

f(x) = 73.3212009254068 exp( − 0.0001481143349

60
40
20
0
0 500 1000 1500 2000 250
mean particle size, micro
 Sulphide content%, at
No. of gangue Total Percentage of sulphide sulphide content %, at X 50%locked particles
particles particles liberated, composition (%)
8 53 53.3 75 65
61 200 43.9 50 50
72 200 53.1 49 49
85 200 66.1 47 48
100 199 80.8 44 45
69 200 84.7 62 61

e minerals

130515 x )
944137 x )

00 3000 3500 4000

ons lineated liberation graphs
d, 5
hide liberated, ) 4.5
4 f(x) == −− 0.000148114334944137
f(x) 0.000318955777130515 xx ++ 4.29484980207096
4.38245269888038
entage of sulphide liberated, 3.5
3
ln(Y's)

2.5
2
2009254068 exp( − 0.000148114334944137 x )
1.5
1
0.5
0
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4

1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 mean particle size, microns
mean particle size, micron lnYs Linear (lnYs)
lnYg Linear (lnYg)
 Percentage of gangue
liberated, lnYs lnYg
27.59 3.98 3.32
43.88 3.78 3.78
54.55 3.97 4.00
68.55 4.19 4.23
84.03 4.39 4.43
77.53 4.44 4.35

on graphs

245269888038
484980207096

00 2500 3000 3500 4000

size, microns
Linear (lnYs)
Linear (lnYg)