At the Separation Rapids Project, Avalon plans to implement a number of initiatives which could potentially reduce energy use over that of the original standard technologies evaluated: The sustainable use of the ore body (maximizing recovery of products) could be increased by a factor of or 109,000 tonnes/year Decreased reagent use would decrease GHG production for reagent transport alone by 24,000 tonnes/year 44% or 356,000 tonnes/year Waste from the concentrator would decrease by Through recycling & other synergies, water use / tonne of product would decrease by 60% Indirect sulphur dioxide emissions from sulphuric acid generation would be down by Diversion of waste rock by ore sorting would reduce ore feed to the concentrator by 138,000 tonnes/year Diversion of waste rock by ore sorting would reduce energy requirements in the concentrator by approx.