Arianne chops opex at Lac-a-Paul

摘要

Arianne Phosphate's (TSXV: DAN; US-OTC: DRRSF) chief operating officer, Jean-Sebastien David, is on a mission to cut anticipated operating expenses at the company's Lac-a-Paul phosphate project in Quebec by US$10 per tonne from the US$93.60 per tonne envisioned in an October 2013 bankable feasibility study - and he's more than halfway there. In May last year, metallurgical test work showed that Arianne could eliminate two reagents - starch and sulphuric acid - from phosphorous pentoxide (P2O5) processing, cutting opex by US$3.91 per tonne.