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i have been mining now for a couple years in barkerville and recover a couple buckets of sulphides every season, my claim neighbor crushed some of the sulphides and got a bit of freegold when panning, he then sent the crushed tailings out for assay, apparently its a special type of pyrite (cant remember the name) and carries up to 25-30% gold, if I send some out for assay myself and get the results, lets say it is 1 oz gold / per pound sulphides, if I do the aqua regia method on one pound of sulphides will I recover one ounce or will chemical extraction yield different results? i am experienced in working with chemicals and know all the hazards.