09:53 AM EST - Silver Bear Resources Inc. : has completed primary leach optimization tests on milled ore from its 100% owned Vertikalny Deposit in Yakutia in the Russian Federation. Testing was carried out from 400 kilograms of drill core extracted from the Vertikalny deposit. The head assay ranged from 1,020 grams/tonne of silver to 1,150 grams/tonne of silver with an average of 1,112.5 grams/tonne of silver. Silver was recovered following gravity concentration of Silver and Cyanide leaching of Silver in the gravity tailing. A silver recovery of 88.3% was achieved with a practical leach retention time of 72 hours. Silver Bear Resources Inc.
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