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<br /> 10 <br /> 1 made that those were identical processes, but that <br /> 2 is not the understanding of people with whom I have <br /> 3 t <br />lk <br />d <br />i <br />l <br />i <br /> a <br />e <br />, <br />nc <br />ud <br />ng, specifically, Dr. Glenn Miller, <br />' 4 professor of biochemistry at the University of <br /> 5 Nevada Reno, who has been looking, as you can <br /> 6 imagine, for someone in Nevada dealing with the gold <br /> 7 mining boom there. <br /> 8 He has had quite a lot of experience <br /> 9 with these issues. I have studied the literature <br /> l0 b <br />t d <br /> u <br />o not present myself as a qualified chemist, <br />' 11 but I think I can outline the problems which are not <br /> 12 covered in the record and which need to be addressed <br /> 13 by the board and division staff in order to review <br /> 14 this. <br />' 15 As I say, by my reading of tkae record, <br /> 16 the staff has equated the shift of equilii.brium point <br />' <br /> 17 with volatilization of cyanide in the tailings <br />' 18 solution. But that volatilization is a function of <br /> 19 temperature, evaporation of exposure of the <br />' 20 material, and under the variety of conditions which <br /> 21 will affect the slurry deposition, I don't think we <br /> 22 ti <br />i <br />ti <br />th <br />t th <br />t <br />thi <br />b <br />it <br /> can <br />e qu <br />e as op <br />s <br />c <br />a <br />ose <br />wo <br />ngs are <br />m <br /> 23 identical. <br /> 24 Frankly, my reading is that probably <br />' 25 under summertime conditions, and given the thin <br />' AGREN, BLANDO & BILLINGS <br />1 <br />