I'd have a slightly different approach to the problem. The pictures indicate to me that you have a substantial amount of iron involved. Because there's still base metal remaining (I'm assuming there is), I wouldn't add any nitric. Instead, I'd allow the solution to settle well. Any silver or palladium that may be present will have long ago cemented, so the solution should be barren. At some point it should be eliminated, and I can't think of a better time than when it's barren. Test with stannous chloride to ensure it doesn't contain palladium, and with a drop of HCl, or a crystal of salt, for silver.
Dealing with iron isn't in your best interest. You may be well served to incinerate the solids, then give them a prolonged digest in dilute sulfuric, which will eliminate the iron. Once it's gone, you can then proceed with eliminating the balance of the base metals and recovering any silver that may be present. Otherwise, you'll just have a repeat of the same conditions that exist now.
You should have learned a valuable lesson form this experience. Keep iron, aluminum and tin out of your processing to the best of your ability. If, by chance, you find you have iron present, as is the case now, you may wish to consider using the material in the stock pot, where the iron will be gradually eliminated, all the while collecting values. Not a bad idea if the values contained within the existing material are not all that great to begin with.
Alternately, you may wish to do the digest with HCl instead of sulfuric. If that's your decision, be certain to incinerate after that digest, before attempting to use nitric.
Harold