PETROPAVLOVSK PLC MINEX Russian Mining Club 3 December 2012 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
PETROPAVLOVSK PLC MINEX Russian Mining Club 3 December 2012 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
PETROPAVLOVSK PLC MINEX Russian Mining Club 3 December 2012 Cautionary and forward-looking statements Some statements contained in this presentation or in documents referred to in it are or may be forward-looking statements. Such
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What is refractory ore?
§ Mineralised rock resistant to
recovery by standard cyanidation adsorption methods
§ Generally contains sulphide
minerals, which encapsulate gold particles, making it difficult for the leach solution to reach the contained gold
§ Oxidation of sulphide minerals
is necessary to recover the gold
§ May also contain organic
carbon that impedes recovery Takes several million years to free up
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Natural Oxidation Process
Artificial Oxidation
§ Mineralised rock resistant to
recovery by standard cyanidation + carbon adsorption methods
§ Generally contains sulphide
minerals, which encapsulate gold particles, making it difficult for the leach solution to reach the contained gold
§ Oxidation of sulphide minerals
is necessary to recover the gold
§ May also contain organic
carbon that impedes recovery POX takes 45 minutes Processing options for refractory ore
Roas%ng ¡ BIOX ¡
Pressure ¡
- xida%on ¡
(“POX”) ¡
Crushing ¡+ ¡ Grinding ¡ ¡
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Concentrate ¡is ¡treated ¡in ¡ ¡ ¡ a ¡pressure ¡vessel ¡in ¡a ¡pure ¡
- xygen ¡atmosphere ¡at ¡
high ¡pressure ¡and ¡high ¡ temperature ¡
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Transformation of Pokrovskiy to POX Hub
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Simplified Pokrovskiy RIP plant flow sheet
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Existing facilities to be integrated into the Pressure Oxidation Hub
POX ¡ Circuit ¡ RIP ¡ Tailings ¡ Dam ¡ Crushing ¡+ ¡ Grinding ¡ ¡
Non-‑refractory ¡ ¡
- re ¡
Doré ¡Gold ¡ Bars ¡ Floata%on ¡ concentra%on ¡ Tailings ¡ Dam ¡ Addition of POX
POX ¡Plant ¡Recovery ¡= ¡93% ¡for ¡Malomir ¡+ ¡98% ¡for ¡Pioneer ¡
Pokrovskiy POX processing concept
MALOMIR ¡Flota%on ¡Plant ¡
- Recovery ¡= ¡88% ¡
- Concentrate ¡= ¡330Ktpa ¡
- Recovery ¡= ¡86% ¡
- Concentrate ¡= ¡240Ktpa ¡
PIONEER ¡Flota%on ¡Plant ¡ Concentrate ¡ re-‑grinding ¡ Autoclave ¡
- xida%on ¡
RIP ¡circuit ¡ Doré ¡to ¡refinery ¡
THE ¡POKROVSKIY ¡POX ¡HUB ¡
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Refractory Cost Guidance
Less expensive
Neutral
More expensive
Less ¡Dilu)on ¡ Stripping ¡ 1 ¡to ¡1 ¡ Savings ¡on ¡ Chemicals ¡ Mining ¡ Fine ¡Grind ¡ Not ¡Required ¡ Crushing ¡+ ¡ Grinding ¡ Electricity ¡+ ¡ Oxygen ¡ Handling ¡+ ¡ Transport ¡ Note: weight sizes are not to scale Compared with Pioneer bulk mining & processing total cash costs Limestone ¡
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Location of the Petropavlovsk POX hub
Good infrastructure for development of a regional hub
Flotation Plant (670km from POX hub) Flotation Plant (40km from POX hub) POX Processing Hub
Existing roads
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A world class team of experts
§ Authoritative expert
in the field of autoclave technology
§ 50+ years of
experience
§ Extensive
experience working
- n POX projects
- incl. Nadezhdinskiy
(Norilsk Nickel)
§ Credited with 65
inventions
- Prof. Schneerson
Director of Gidrometallurgiya R&D Centre Viktor Federov Head of R&D
§ Strong history of
timely project delivery
§ Responsible for
construction of 5 mines + 7 plant expansions for Petropavlovsk
§ International
experience Valery Alekseev Group Head of Engineering and Construction
§ 20+ years of
experience of working in refractory
- re processing
§ Formerly Deputy
Director for Production and Operations at Nadezhdinskiy POX Plant (Norilsk Nickel) Evgeniy Kudrin Technical Director of POX Hub
§ 12+ years of project
management in ferrous and non-ferrous sectors
§ Strong track record
- f managing +
delivering logistically challenging + complex development projects Dr Sergey Ryakhovskiy Group Head of Metallurgy
§ 30+ years of
experience
§ Lead design +
- versaw
commissioning of all Group process facilities
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Our experienced partner: Outotec
§ Outotec is an industry leader in minerals and metals processing technology § Commissioned to provide project management services, including:
- Detailed technical design of the POX plant
- Equipment selection
- Oversight of equipment manufacturing process
- Installation
- Commissioning
§ Regular inspections to ensure all manufacture schedules are up-to-date § Guarantee of throughput and designed processing regimes § Outotec’s experience includes:(1)
- Design and commissioning of 4 base metal plants with autoclave technology
- Designed and commissioning of hundreds of flotation lines around the world
(1) Includes experience when Outotec was a part of Outokumpu
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The Blagoveschensk pilot POX plant
§ First and only one of its kind in Russia, built 2011
- Allows for extensive testing and optimisation of a full range of operational
parameters (temperature, pressure, flow rate)
- Used to train personnel
§ Replicates industrial scale plant including automation and control systems
- Exactly replicates processes and controls to be used at the future plant
- Accurate prediction of recoveries, reagent consumption and operating costs
- Complete understanding of the process before operations commence
§ Scaled process replication = de-risked technology
- Brings confidence to the POX plant design – laboratory test work replicate
conditions in industrial production The only pilot scale autoclave in Russia Unique pilot test plant = in depth simulation, project de-risked
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Our ¡very ¡own ¡POX ¡plant, ¡the ¡only ¡one ¡of ¡its ¡kind ¡in ¡Russia ¡
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A ¡Petropavlovsk ¡autoclave ¡vessel ¡ ¡
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Why is refractory ore the future of gold mining?
§ The world is running out of easily
treatable ore
- Exploration is failing to balance out
depletion of non-refractory ore
- Approximately ¾ of Russia’s reserves
are refractory or partly refractory in nature, incl. Russia’s largest gold deposit, Sukhoi Log
§ A gradual shift towards refractory ore
processing
- Barrick Gold, Newmont Mining,
Newcrest Mining, Agnico Eagles
§ Refractory ore processing technologies
have been successfully employed for decades around the world
- First plant for base metals launched
1952, first gold POX plant launched 1985 (McLaughlin, USA)
Kittila processing complex Autoclaves at Pueblo Viejo
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Location of the Petropavlovsk POX hub
Good infrastructure for development of a regional hub
Flotation Plant (670km from POX hub) Flotation Plant (40km from POX hub) POX Processing Hub
Existing roads
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Q&A
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