Here are some numbers, see if you get something out of this my Friend Table: Pampana River Black Sands Analyses # ppm pct. (%) lbs/ton troy oz/ton value/ton
Au 17.21 0.00172% 0.03443 0.441 $573.82 - SILVER
Ce > 8748 > 0.875% > 17.50 > $397.64 - CERIUM
Cr 3932 0.393% 7.86 $42.88 - CHROMIUM
Dy 149 0.0149% 0.295 $40.93 - DYSPROSIUM
Er 83.4 0.0083% 0.167 $? - ERBIUM
Eu 42.5 0.0042% 0.085 $24.67 - EUROPIUM
Fe --- 16.05% 321 $32.10 - IRON
Gd > 491 > 0.049% > 0.983 $20.55 - GLAOLINIUM
Hf 1689 0.169% 3.38 $994.97 - HAFNIUM
Ho 24.6 0.0025% 0.049 $? - HOLMIUM
La 6022 0.602% 12.04 $273.73 - LANTHANUM
Lu 15.37 0.0015% 0.031 $? - LUTETIUM
Mn 10160 1.016% 20.32 $30.94 - MANGANESE
Nb 2661 0.266% 5.61 $108.39 - NIOBIUM
Nd 4523 0.45% 9.05 $281.08 - NEODYMIUM
Pr > 864 > 0.086% > 1.73 >$57.83 - PRASEODYMIUM
Sm > 557 > 0.056% > 1.12 > $17.74 - SAMARIUM
Ta 1231 0.123% 2.46 $233.97 - TANTALUM
Tb 42.8 0.0043% 0.086 $23.93 - TERBIUM
Ti --- 9.63% 193 $637.73 - TITANIUM
Y 740 0.074% 1.48 $29.60 - YTTRIUM
YB 83.8 0.0084% 0.167 $? - YTTERBIUM
Zr > 10000 > 1.0% > 20.0 > $75.45 - ZIRCONIUM Total Value of black sands per ton > $3,897.65 WAS!
UPDATE WORTH; Total Value of black sands per ton > FROM $3,897 TO $8421.00
Sunergy Update: 3 Dredges and Equipment Have Arrived In Sierra Leone, January 2011; Test Results Reveal More Rare Earth Elements and An Increase in Value/Ton From $3395.00 per Ton of Black Sand in the June 2010 Tests to $8421.00