I have a few tons of unprocessed PGM Metals
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Why do you think this charcoal has values in it?
To answer your question, yes there are refiners who may be interested. But every refiner has material that they are set up to handle most efficiently. To know who you should try you have to do some homework. You need to provide results of fire assays and quantities of material you want processed. Armed with these results you can seek out the deal that works for you. Refiners are routinely asked about processing material that the sender has no idea what is in it. There are 2 ways that can work. First and most often your request will be denied. Second, the refiner will realize you are clueless and ask for a sample to analyze for you. If your material is valuable, knowing you are clueless, the refiner will rob your shorts and you won’t even know it!
Black (carbonaceous) shales of any origins are classified as double-refractory(!) ores. It is a very expensive material for PGM-refining. Most of the existing processes like chlorination or cyanidation are not suitable. You have to use thiosulfate-ammonia leaching and this is only the option in practice (excluding direct smelting with metal collectors).
i had it analyse i have the rapport if needed
Good you had an Assay done, that is what we recommend.
I hope it is a NiS assay which is the most appropriate for PGMs
Yes you NEED to provide that info if you expect to find any serious buyers &/or processor
Since you have come here for help, it would benefit you if you showed us the results. Otherwise everything is blind speculation.
