11:53 AM EST - Rockex Mining Corporation : announce that positive metallurgical test results were obtained from representative samples from the Eagle Island Deposit in its 100%-owned Western Lake St. Joseph Iron Project in northwestern Ontario. The test work, which was overseen by Met-Chem Canada Inc. and undertaken by SGS Mineral Services from Lakefield, Ontario, yielded favourable iron ("Fe") recoveries of up to 80% and Fe concentrate grades of up to 65%. These results confirm the successful pilot plant study conducted by Algoma Steel Company Ltd. in 1974. The metallurgical testing phase has been the longest phase within the Company's planned preliminary economic assessment. Rockex Mining Corporation
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