Optimization of the tantalum ore production by control …
bearing minerals of the Bolivian placers are mainly from the columbite group minerals. In Penouta microlite is abundant and often it has a zoning characterised by a Nb-rich core followed by a Ta-rich rim of several cm in thickness. Keywords: Tantalum, Ore processing, Milling, Mineralogical characterization, Columbite-tantalite, Microlite 1.