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Appendices 5-13 - Nautilus Cares - Nautilus Minerals

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Table 6: Major ions in 0.45 !m filtered seawater from 1:10 ore:seawater 180<br />

minute elutriation at 12 o C and 24 o C.<br />

Sample: Na (mg/L) Mg (mg/L) K (mg/L) Ca (mg/L) S (mg/L) Sulfate (mg/L)<br />

Reporting limit (R.L.) 0.164 0.00277 0.0<strong>13</strong>6 0.0282 10<br />

Nightcliff filtered sw 10400 1150 377 411 990 2970<br />

12oC 180 min blank 10500 1140 385 418 975 2925<br />

12oC 180 min dup 1 10500 1080 370 629 1220 3660<br />

12oC 180 min dup 2 10700 1<strong>13</strong>0 380 678 1240 3720<br />

12oC 180 min dup 3 10800 1150 385 697 1250 3750<br />

24oC 180 min blank 10500 1150 384 428 935 2805<br />

24oC 180 min dup 1 10500 1100 376 725 1250 3750<br />

24oC 180 min dup 2 10700 1110 383 760 <strong>13</strong>40 4020<br />

24oC 180 min dup 3 10900 1170 388 709 1240 3720<br />

Quality control<br />

Spike recoveries<br />

24oC 180 min blank ave 10500 1150 384 428<br />

24oC 180 min blank stdev 272 16.3 10.4 6.55<br />

24oC 180 min blank spike <strong>13</strong>200 1600 882 973<br />

Experimental spike 27.0 4.50 4.98 5.45<br />

Spike value 25.0 5.00 5.00 5.00<br />

Spike recovery (%) 108 90.0 99.6 109<br />

24oC 180 min dup 1 average 10500 1100 376 725<br />

24oC 180 min dup 1 stdev 777 110 22.9 83.3<br />

24oC 180 min dup 1 spike <strong>13</strong>900 1650 901 <strong>13</strong>20<br />

Experimental spike 34.0 5.50 5.25 5.95<br />

Spike value 25.0 5.00 5.00 5.00<br />

Spike recovery (%) <strong>13</strong>6 110 105 119<br />

Certified reference materials and in house reference materials<br />

Sample:<br />

NASS-5 ave 8800 956 320 332<br />

NASS-5 stdev 343 40.2 12.8 8.76<br />

NASS-5 certified (9360)* (1270)* (4<strong>13</strong>)* (437)*<br />

CASS-4 ave 9340 1020 338 370<br />

CASS-4 stdev 223 11.5 2.08 11.1<br />

CASS-4 certified (9450)* (1290)* (409)* (433)*<br />

ICP 200.7-6 ave 16.8 18.3 93.5 21.9<br />

ICP 200.7-6 stdev 1.24 1.10 2.22 1.52<br />

ICP 200.7-6 value 20.0 20.0 100 20.0<br />

eriss std ave 94.3 92.4 94.5 100<br />

eriss std stdev 4.93 4.11 2.19 5.23<br />

eriss std value 100 100 100 100<br />

SLRS-4 ave 1.53 1.43 0.608 5.70<br />

SLRS-4 stdev 0.161 0.0480 0.0126 0.278<br />

SLRS-4 certified 2.4 ± 0.2 1.6 ± 0.1 0.68 ± 0.02 6.2 ± 0.2<br />

SLRS-3 ave 2.21 1.48 0.635 5.71<br />

SLRS-3 stdev 0.175 0.0361 0.0193 0.146<br />

SLRS-3 certified 2.3 ± 0.2 1.6 ± 0.2 0.7 ± 0.1 6.0 ± 0.4<br />

Ref 3154<br />

463 ± 8.4<br />

Ref 3154 certified 515<br />

NASS-5: National Research Council Canada - seawater reference material<br />

CASS-4: National Research Council Canada - seawater reference material<br />

SLRS -3 and 4: National Research Council Canada - River water reference material<br />

ICP 200.7-6: Commercial mixed metal standard containing 20 ppm metals (100 ppm K)<br />

eriss std: 100 ppm Na, Mg, K, Ca<br />

Ref 3154: National Institute of Standards and Technology sulfur solution<br />

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