At the Dubai Mining Show we were honoured to have been mentioned for our contribution towards the Ariab project! The project began with metallurgical testing by APT to find an optimal treatment route for this difficult ore. In conjunction with Ariab’s own metallurgists a flowsheet was formulated to overcome the challenges, after which APT designed and built a plant to achieve the desired result. APT also installed the plant and commissioned it. The process guarantee for the plant was a high bar of 93% gold recovery, and that was not only achieved, but exceeded. The salient details were a throughput of 35tph with a CIL residence time of 24 hr at a grind of P80 75 microns. Pressurised elution and carbon regeneration were included in the package, along with a cyanide destruct module. The installation was a success because it incorporated leading edge technology at every step, especially the extremely efficient mixing resulting from APT’s proprietary and patented TriTank system.
