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ABSTRACT: Attempts were made here to classify and concentrate sand and gold. The tests were conducted on
lab scale in the in house R&D plant of HGML. These studies make a new path for establishing a full fledged
tailing treatment plant with integration of existing tailing treatment. This paper throws the light on advanced
gravity techniques to treat abandoned gold ore tailings by using Falcon concentrator with in-vogue cyanidation
coupled with classification.
At this stage it was decided to examine the Taking into consideration of maximum
probability of concentrating gold by gravitational tailing treatment capacity of about 300 tons per
method and leaching of concentrate by effective day by mechanical handling and using JCB &
cyanidation method. For the purpose a campaign tippers, treating with established old agitators,
was run with laboratory Falcon concentrator-SB new 40 tph falcon concentrator and established
and collected concentrate was reground for better classification system, concentrate produced
gold recoveries in effective cyanidation. The would be about 2.8 tons per day and treatment of
results are given in Table-5&6. From the results this small quantity of concentrate will not be
it is clear that concentration of gold to the extent difficult. This will yield minimum 112 gms of
of only 20 times or maximum 40 times was gold per day and additional some amount of
possible with rejection of waste up to 98-99%. silver as a by-product. Operating cost from the
And this gold recovered sand was clubbed above process routes will meet the processing
with present plant classification-gold recovery cost of recycling with an additional sand
system for further gold recovery and to separate generation of 90 tonnes per day. The present cost
coarse sand. of stowable sand from market is about Rs. 240/-
per tonne. With the above process route a
The leaching experiments at this time was
revenue generation of about Rs. 21,600 per day
conducted in 36 ltr capacity agitators, leached
in terms of stowable sand can be achieved
residues was passed through Laboratory Falcon
additionally.
SB concentrator and effective cyanidation of
reground concentrate with optimum conditions.
The results are given in the Table-7&8. And 3. CONCLUSIONS
calculated the maximum gold recovery attain this
method was. Based on these trials feasibility • The innovative flowdiagram outlined above
study was done with a treatment capacity of 300 has the opportunity to unlock access to gold
MT per day of tailing. And it will produce about ore tailing dumps in areas where environ-
90 Mt of coarse sand is suitable for under ground mental and or feasibility factors have until
stope filling. now precluded access.
• Additional coarse (stowable) sand generation
after processing of abandoned tailings in the
2.1 Plant Standardization classification system.
• Enhances the life span of dam to the same
Based on the results obtained from the above extent.
experimentation and obtained optimum para-
meters, Flow sheet has been formulated for • The sulphide mineralization removed from
treating 300 MT tailing treatment capacity per the bulk of the tailing material, the potential
day. And conducted the feasibility of the process. for mobilization of heavy metals and acid
generation is able to reduce
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