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KNELSON GRAVITY SOLUTIONS

Knelson Recent Innovations In Gravity Technology


Presented at Zoloto 2004 Kevin Peacocke
February 2004

1978 2003 Anniversary


Knelson Concentrators, a corporate partnership dba Knelson

25th

Knelson - A World of Experience

Recently Celebrated 25th Anniversary Over 2800 Units Supplied Worldwide Over 200 Units in Russia Global Clients Include: Norilsk Nickel Russia Newmont Gold Corp. - USA Anglogold S. Africa Barrick Canada Placer Dome Canada Goldfields S. Africa >150T/year Estimated Annual Gold Produced by Knelson Concentrators

Knelson XD-70
Large capacity Small footprint

A New GIANT!

Knelson KC-XD70

Specifications Height: 4.3m Weight: >20Tonnes Capacity: 650TPH Features:CONE*Logic FLEX*Flo KNEL*Thane

KCXD-70 Possible Applications

Very large milling operations


Low grade ores Large tailings treatment projects Flotation plant circulating loads

Innovations In Cone Technology


FLEX*Flo Removable fluidisation strips Choice of fluidisation profiles Easy installation in the field CONE*Logic Application-based approach Choice of materials of construction Custom design

Better performance + Less maintenance!

Knelson FLEX*Flo
Tailored cone profile Tailored fluidisation pattern

Knelson FLEX*Flo
Old

How It Works

New
Fluidization water passage

Removable FLEX*Flo fluidization water strip

FLEX*Flo

Easy to insert and remove

custom designed Knelson CONE*Logic Cones for your application!


Cone shell

Urethane type

Concentrate ring profile

Knelson CVD Technology


Continuous Concentration of Bulk Minerals

Target minerals: for example Cassiterite Chromite Gold sulphides Applications: for example Pre concentrating gold ores Scavenging tailings Flotation cleaner tailings

How does the CVD work?


Batch Concentrator CVD Concentrator

Knelson CVD

pre-concentrating gold ore

Pre-concentration allows more economic treatment

CVD - Recovery vs Mass Pull


Pilot trial on a gold sulphide ore - West Africa
Gold Recovery vs Mass Pull - Tests 2-9
100

90

80

70

90% recovery in 20% mass!

Recovery (%)

60

50

40

30

20

10

0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Mass Pull (%)

Production CVD32-2 - Bogoso Mine, Ghana


CVD32-2 60 T/h Gold Sulphide Plant

Treatment of Knelson Concentrates

Physical redressing

No chemicals

Knelson ATS

Intensive cyanidation

CN/ Leachaid

Consep Acacia Reactor

ConSep ACACIA Reactor


Simple
Modular

Clean
Contained High Security

Leach kinetics Leachaid addition

Acacia Results

Results of various installations after commissioning


How Mine (Southern Africa) F&T (Southern Africa) Golden Giant (Canada) Porgera Mine (Papua New Guinea) 99.5% 99.2% 98.2% 99.4%

Knelson Automated Table System - ATS

Gravity-only solution
Utilizes simple shaking table

Enables multi-pass efficiency


Fully Automated Operation

Offers High Security

Modelling - KC-MOD*Pro

Ore characterisation via GRG test

Predictive plant performance

Optimisation of recovery
Benefit analysis

Summary
New concentrators

New cone features


Sub-treatment of concentrates

New applications
Modeling and optimisation

Technology based approach

Thank you!

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