MAY 2020

LIMA, PERU ORICA: MINING INDUSTRY

BEST PRACTICES THROUGH
AUTOMATION
MINING LATAM CONGRESS
RAFAEL ACOSTA - DIGITAL SPECIALIST
GERMAN CHEN - CYANIDE LATAM MANAGER
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IGNITING
OPPORTUNITY,
DELIVERING
VALUE

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Smart blasting process

RESOURCE PIT PROCESSING

Blast Control

Understand Design for Drill & Blast operations

Automated measured outcomes
the resource output
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Smart blasting process

RESOURCE PIT PROCESSING

Understand Design for Drill & Blast operations

Automated measured outcomes
the resource output
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FRAGTrack™
Automated capture & reporting of fragmentation data

Fragmentation measurement
tool to enable automated post-
blast measurement and
analysis in both conveyor and
shovel-based configurations

Improved safety Improve visibility of Accuracy and

blast outcomes precision

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ORETrack™
Treacebility & visibility of blasting material to plant

ORETrack™
SHOTPlus™ Web APP
Diseño Voladura

CARGUÍO
DATOS

VISUALIZACIÓN
DISEÑO DATOS
VOLADURA
ORETrack™ O-TAGs CORRELACIÓN
MOBILE REGISTRADOS AUTOMÁTICA DATOS

O-TAG
DETECCIÓN
O-TAGs

ORETrack™
PORTAL Alertas
ORETrack™

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ORETrack™
Treacebility & visibility of blasting material to plant

It enables to correlate rock

properties and blast
fragmentation with plant
performance in real time

Identification of Dilution (waste), high Direct impact on final

material grade, … product

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Automated measured outcomes...

...to control & improve decision making

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PRO SERVICE

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Achieving ‘Best practice Processing‘ is worth <$2.5B to the industry

Every year, $15 - $20B of gold is mined and then lost during processing.

We estimate $2.5 - $5B is ‘avoidable loss’: and

could be recovered by ‘Best Practice’
processing.

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What is best practice? The ‘Tug of War’

Optimising gold processing is a constant ‘tug of war’ between Grade,

Throughput & Recovery.

Grade

Recovery Throughput

Oz
Poured

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Best Practice: Optimisation

• Right measurements, right
Measure methods

• Compare your performance

Benchmark to similar sites

• Use process models to

Model make rapid decisions

• Experiment often, use

Trial models to design trials

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Response: How Orica add value

Software
Leach process simulation tool to analyse ‘what
if’ scenarios

Orica’s cyanide focused simulation software is

unique to the industry

Sensors Advisory
Cyanide measurement and Gold recovery
process control benchmarking against
peers
Model &
Equipment developed by Simulate
orica to optimize dosing and Orica uniquely placed to
measure cyanide WAD Measure provide this service,
leveraging a global
Control Compare & Benchmark database of gold
processing experience
and research

Pro Service is forecast to generate USD$100M of economic benefits

in our customers within 5 years
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More than $20m in benefits Results were published in a
LATAM CASE jointly authored paper at the
World Gold conference in
PRO Service
Security of Case Study September 2019 – the largest
Supply - Avoid
lost
$6.7 Millions Gold-technical conference for
the English-speaking industry
production 40% Cyanide Consumption
Sharing best

1 • The project was jointly conceived and supported practices that we

observe from our
from both parties – with subsequent results point of view
greater than expected if the technology was around the world.

installed with no ongoing support. How can we improve To define best

Efficiency -
Safety - Avoid 2 • All PRO Service tools were applied, with the support we offer practices, we
to sites that use our begin by analyzing
Reduce customized configuration to meet site mineralogy
lost product? gold losses
Cyanide and an ongoing site support program.
Production
Usage Generate value
Generate value
for customers by for customers by

~$10 Millions minimizing

avoidable losses
of gold
Create tools to
support
operations
minimizing
avoidable losses
of gold

2-3% Gold Recovery Improvement

Efficiency -
Avoid lost 3 • Millions generated in value in the first 5 months
Gold after implementation. 12 months to develop
Reduces
mining safety
Improve your

Orica experience technology & validate system performance

risk 4 • Technology has enabled further new optimization
and assistance paths for the second cycle of the project.
associated Increase
with
delivery of operational AUTOMATIC DOSING

cyanide efficiency $3.0 Millions

70% Other reagents savings
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PRO Service in action: Peru Case Study

• The project determined that there
were inconsistencies in the
measurements of free cyanide due
to variations of the copper and
sulphide levels in the ore. This
variability initially generated an
No Auto Control Auto Control overestimation of free cyanide.
• Automatic cyanide control enabled
via installation of Cyantific Cyanide
Analyser with customized
modifications.
• The automatic control system
reduced free cyanide variability
compared to manual dosage which
eliminated the periods of excessive
and insufficient dosage. This also
reduced the consumption of
reagents necessary for cyanide
destruction, which is a critical
requirement for tailings disposal.
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PRO Service in action: Peru Case Study

Gold Mine, Peru Emerging Results
PRO Service value delivery structure Automating cyanide measurement and Control

Value proposition Target Value pa 90

2.5% improvement in gold recovery
88
Cyanide usage
40% $6.7m 86
reduction
84

Au Recovery
82
Detox reagent use
70% $3m 80
reduction 88.3%
78
76 85.7%
Gold recovery 74
2.5% ~$10m
improvement 72
70
Manual Automated
cyanide control cyanide control

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HOW WE DELIVER VALUE

TO OUR CUSTOMERS
PROCESS HEALTH CHECK ORICA SERVICES PROVIDES
› Know-How › Technology › Technical expertise
• The Process Health Check is a
benchmarking service that categorizes and
YOU
compares your liberated loss profile to other
sites with similar processing configuration.
OPTIMIZATION IN USE OF
SODIUM CYANIDE
From 5% to 20% Cyanide Consumption

recommends
INCREASE IN GOLD
RECOVERY
From 1% to 3% Gold Recovery Improvement

VISITING YOUR SITE BY OUR

Orica

mining safety
Improve your
EXPERTS
experience and
› Benchmarking of gold losses from more
Leach IT
Reduces assistance
than 60 operational sites
risk
› Plant equipment performance visualization Increase
CyanTIFIC
• How the process will associated
› Data analysis collected respond to changes, without with operational
costly experiments that take
a long time. • Measurement and control of free delivery of efficiency
cyanide and WAD processes. 17
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Thanks

Rafael Acosta rafael.acosta@orica.com

German Chen german.chen@orica.com

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