INVESTIGATION OF SLURRY PROPERTIES TO ENHANCE GOLD LEACHING (Old ID 30053)
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
This project with the Pajingo Mine involves thesis students solving industry related problems. The main objective is to optimise the production of gold covering 5 main aspects: - Investigate chemical additives to enhance the gold leaching - Determine the relationship between leaching rate and slurry density - Investigate chemical additives that could be used to reduce the slurry viscosity - Determine the relationship between particle size and viscosity for slurry with a P80 of 38microns down to a P80 of 10microns - Investigate ultimate settled density of tailings in a Tailings Storage Facility for tailings initially deposited at 40% solids and 60% solids
Date
01 Jun 2023 - 31 Mar 2024
Project Type
CONTRACT_RESEARCH
Keywords
Gold extraction;Modelling;Slurry dewatering;Process optimisation;Gold adsorption
Funding Body
NQM Gold 2 Pty Ltd
Amount
15000
Project Team
Hayley Neilsen-Burke;Hayley Neilsen-Burke