Everyone has a budget; they have to choose what they can afford for their mine. The problem that arises all too often is clients will approach us after having spent their money elsewhere on something that was far too big and far too cheap.

Cheap equipment that does not work properly is a total loss of the money spent. 

Why is this so?

1.      Bad manufacturing quality

Thin steel, weak welds, weak bearings, bad motors. These all result in inevitable failure of the equipment.

2.      Bad equipment design

The equipment leaks resulting in loss of your gold.

The scrubbing mechanism does not break up clay properly to liberate the gold.

The crushing mechanism does not grind fine enough to liberate the gold.

The equipment does not achieve the tonnage specified.

3.      Poor recovery

The gold recovery isn't high enough.

There is gold escaping in the tailings.

4.      Not safe

The equipment does not include belt guards leaving the moving parts exposed to the operator.

It is necessary to use mercury which is hazardous to humans and the environment.

Rather than waste your money on cheap but useless equipment, it is better to invest that budget into smaller but higher quality units from APT that will last and do the job properly, allowing you to generate a consistent profit to invest into the next step up.

QUALITY = SUCCESS    

cheap = failure