MINERALOGY DIAGNOSTICS FOR COPPER AND GOLD

INTRODUCTION

Why recovery so important in mining?

• To maximize value from an ore body or a mining operation, recovery is one of the key drivers whether it’s for precious & base metals.
• The challenge, however, is that this source of revenue is constantly under threat due to various challenges such as increasing ore complexity, high ore variability, operational inefficiencies and lack of technical know-how.
• Also, environmental regulations, shortage of water, water quality along with high cost of energy and consumables put additional constraints on operational costs and recovery.

COURSE CONTENTS

Learn how to do diagnostics mineralogy

Learn the key concepts of Cu/Au - deportment

Key concepts of recovery

Mineralogy Grade Recovery Curve

Aparup Chattopadhyay, P.GEO. & PhD.

• 25+ years in the gold and base metals industry focusing on quantitative gold-copper deportment and preg-robbing characteristics of carbonaceous matters (TCM).
• Extensive experience in precious metal deportment and quantitative mineral analysis for metallurgy diagnostics.
• IPMINS Inc.: Director & Lead Mineralogist since May 2015.
• PRO Inc.: Manager, Process Mineralogy.
• SGS Inc.: Senior Mineralogist, Advanced Mineralogy Facility.
• Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
• M.Tech in Applied Geology from Indian Institute of Technology.
• Proprietary technique “Integrated gold and copper deportment”

Barun Gorain, P.ENG. & PhD.

• 25+ years in the gold and base metals industry focusing on technology
• Extensive experience in plant operations, projects and new technologies
• Ore2Metal Inc.: Managing Director & Founder since June 2020.
• Hindustan Zinc: Chief Technology Officer for Hindustan Zinc, Vedanta
• Barrick Gold: Director of Strategic Technology Solutions
• Teck Corp: Group Leader based in Trail, British Columbia
• PhD from JKMRC, University of Queensland
• B.Tech in Mineral Engineering from Indian School of Mines.
• Patented technology “AMBS” commercially used at Barrick’s Jabal Sayid in Saudi Arabia and Antofagasta’s Esperanza in Chile for copper and copper-gold processing.