09:58 AM EST - Belo Sun Mining Corp. : has received positive results from preliminary metallurgical leach test work conducted with samples from the South Block deposit of its 100% owned Volta Grande Gold Project located in Para State, Brazil. The purpose of this preliminary metallurgical test work program was to verify if the South Block ore is amenable to the same optimum leach process conditions recently confirmed for the Grota Seca and Ouro Verde deposits. The South Block composite samples were tested at a grind size of 80% passing 75 microns, slurry density of 40% by weight, 0.5 g/L NaCN concentration, 10 ppm dissolved oxygen concentration and at a pH of 10.5. Belo Sun Mining Corp.
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