We have very good recommendations for you, but before we start offering you solutions, we will make sure that we understand your needs well. We can tailor a service package that suits your unique condition. We will adapt our services to your budget and time.
We can work on two different levels: Greenfield projects and Brownfield projects.
GREENFIELD PROJECTS
A greenfield project is a mining project that starts from scratch. In this case an entrepreneur went to a site and found an ore body that has never been mined before. In order to make this ore body profitable this entrepreneur needs to invest money and time to develop geological characterization, mine planning, hydro geological and seismic studies, environmental studies, legal studies, search for financing and engineering studies, among other activities. This last set of studies will provide with details of a processing route that will allow separating metals from waste rock.
For these type of projects we can do the following
- Plan the sampling campaign together with the geologist
- Plan and execute screening metallurgical tests to determine the best processing route based on the lithology and ore types found on this project
- Develop an early grouping of geological units together with the geologist input and metallurgical test results
- Once a preliminary geological model is developed we will plan and execute more detailed flowsheet development activities based on a preliminary mine plan
- We will interact with the mine planner and geologist to define a preliminary economic model
- Develop variability testing to define comminution and or processing stages
- Develop detailed metallurgical testing for flowsheet development
- Develop scoping level studies and prefeasibility studies to select the best project route.
- Define your sampling systems architecture and sampling systems selection.
- Plan and execute pilot plant campaigns
- Produce parameters for design criteria
- Help on equipment selection and interact with equipment suppliers
- Become the owner's representative to interact and assist engineering firms and operations personnel to develop the most economical plant flowsheet
- Help to develop initial production plans
- Provide support during start up and commissioning
- develop operators training manuals and develop training courses
- Develop your metallurgical accounting system and your metallurgical operational control system.