Premier African Minerals Needs $4M For Mining Project

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Premier African Minerals requires about $4 million to start developing open pit mining and processing operations at its RHA Tungsten project 20 kilometres South East of Hwange. PAM holds a 49 percent interest in the tungsten project while the remaining 51 percent stake is held by the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board. The mining company assigned a consultancy company to complete a Preliminary Economic Assessment of the RHA Tungsten Mine and the exercise was completed in August 2013. The mine plan presented in the PEA consisted of an open pit followed by an underground operation, with a combined life of 6 years at a Run of Mine production rate of 192 000 tonnes per year. “Economic assessment results highlight the potential of RHA Tungsten to develop an open pit mining and processing operation with a capital requirement of $4,77 million which includes a 20 percent contingency.“ Hand sorting is expected to reduce the mill feed to 5 000 tonnes per month,” said the company in a statement. PAM said CAE Mining, the world’s leading range of integrated mining solutions company has completed an update of the mineral resources taking into account an additional 12 inclined diamond drill holes totalling 1 300,7 million of drilling in the second drill campaign,which was completed in December 2013.

The mining company engaged the local mineral processing company, Peacocke and Simpson which has undertaken laboratory scale metallurgical test work to determine the most appropriate process route and to define recoveries and concentrate grade. “Subsequent to laboratory scale investigation test work carried out, additional test work has been undertaken on pilot scale upon an 800 kg sample as a proof of concept for recovery of tungsten trioxide via gravity concentration methods. The test work resulted in an overall recovery of 82, 8 percent at a final product concentrate of 63 percent,” said PAM. Since completion of the PEA, PAM approached Appropriate Process Technology for a quotation to fabricate and commission a processing plant. PAM said APT completed a plant design, a cost estimate and provided a firm quote for the supply and commissioning of the plant. The total cost is $2 million including erection and commissioning on site. PAM is currently investigating the use of the historic tailings facility as a start-up strategy for the first 12 months.

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Modular Testwork Facilities now available: APT launches Field Assay Laboratory

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APT is proud to announce the addition of a fully equipped modular testwork facilities, the field assay laboratory, to its range of modular minerals process solutions. As with all APT plants, these laboratories are pre-specified and supplied in “quick-fit” kit form to allow rapid manufacturing on site and to make them quickly and easily trans-locatable for exploration companies.

APT is initially launching 3 variants of laboratory, all of which are housed in a 9 x 9 m open-sided roof structure with drop-down sides to take advantage of breezes in hot climates, and provide protection against the elements when required. The structure is pre-wired with plug ‘n’ play electrical reticulation and pressurized water distribution systems, and where necessary instrument air systems, all part of APT supply. The customer simply needs to supply a slab on which the structure is erected by an APT team, add water to the tank and power to the distribution board, or alternatively diesel to the APT-supplied gen-set.

All lab variants also include a purpose-design, insulated, vented and air-conditioned containerised section for wet chemistry, final analysis and sterile conditions.

Each lab type includes sample preparation from jaw crushing to pulverising, sample splitting and pressure filtration of pulp samples. These sections are housed in the main shed, with water washdown points, wet areas, shelving and sample storage, etc. The diversification begins downstream of sample preparation.

The GOLD EXPLORATION MODULE is supplied with milling and gravity concentration equipment to deal with and account for nugget effect, and bottle-roll BLEG systems with AA Spectra finish, at up to 200 samples per day. The field lab deals only with recoverable gold, but BLEG residues can be sampled for off-site assay to provide a recoverable gold/total gold factor.

The GOLD LEACH PLANT MODULE takes the exploration module one step further with the inclusion of activated carbon assay and equipment for monitoring of gold leach plant operation.

The NON-GOLD MODULE is provided with EDAX X-Ray Fluorescence analytical facilities for dealing with a wide range of elements from base metals to industrial minerals. Detection limits vary, and for very low-grade applications APT can supply concentration systems to allow target elements in ores or soils to be upgraded to detectable ranges. After all, if it doesn’t upgrade in a lab, it’s not going to upgrade in a plant, so pack the lab and move to the next target.

All APT FIELD ASSAY LABORATORIES have several sub-systems in common, allowing APT to use top quality equipment at competitive prices, and making the modules accessible to even modest mining and exploration operations. Gone are the days of drilling or digging or sampling, and then waiting days or weeks for result. APT puts the power of quick-turnaround assays into your hands.

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Target Many Minerals Besides Gold: APT plants do just that

Whilst gold remains the main target for miners, particularly at the smaller scale, the allure of many of the base and specialist minerals like tin and tantalite is becoming stronger. APT is experiencing an unprecedented interest in base and specialist mineral plants from virtually all geographical areas of the globe, and so the hunt to target many minerals has begun. Price trends

Not only are the prices of these minerals attractive, but demand is strong and the upward trend is likely to continue. To put the value of producing tantalite concentrate into context, let us consider an ore with a hypothetical recovery yield of 1000 grams per tonne of tantalite concentrate. The recovery value of this tantalite would be of the order of $207 per tonne, equivalent to a gold recovery of about 5.2 grams per tonne Au!

This modest tantalite recovery would therefore constitute a very viable mining proposition. Similarly, recovery of tin, tungsten, chromium and other bulk minerals offer attractive returns.

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*Acknowledgements to InfoMine

Occurrence

Many of the mineral concentrates occur in the upper oxide environment where they are relatively easy to mine and extract. Deposits are well known and many are being actively targeted by artisanal miners. The more valuable bulk minerals like cassiterite (tin), tantalite, wolframite (tungsten) and chromite readily concentrate in the natural environment, so alluvial and elluvial deposits are commonly worked.

Processing

All of the minerals referred to above have high specific gravities relative to the host and are therefore easy to recover and concentrate via gravity. Gravity methods are employed universally by artisanals to recover these minerals from rivers and rubble beds. APT process flowsheets take account of the mineral species present, their degree of liberation and the particle size distributions. Although the final result is clean and simple, a great deal of thought goes into achieving this result. Where crushing and milling is necessary, the appropriate modules are inserted. Attached below is a flowsheet for the recovery of course and fine tantalite from an alluvial material.

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APT Plants for bulk minerals

APT has developed a range of plants specifically to target the high value bulk minerals. As with all APT plants, these units are simple, robust and offer excellent value for money. Energy requirement has been kept to an absolute minimum so that generators can be used to power the entire process. The plants are available in a range of sizes; 10, 20, 80, 250tph and can be configured with APT’s famous RG scrubbers to target alluvials and loose matrix only, or they can include a crushing and milling section as appropriate.

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Testing

APT is primarily a mineral processing company who manufactures its solutions, rather than a just an equipment manufacturer. We have a vast experience in mineral processing and our associate laboratory Peacocke, Simpson and Associates, has over 29 years of experience in testing ores and feed materials. Our emphasis is upon innovative, smart solutions to result in the desired result without simply defaulting to conventional systems. Solutions are therefore not only functional, but minimalistic and efficient.

APT plants: target many minerals besides gold. 

Mobile Exploration and Production Kit Now Launched by APT

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RG30-T Mobile Wash Plant Mobile Exploration and Production Kit

The above mobile exploration and production kit has now been launched by APT. 

The aim of this minerals recovery and exploration kit is found in taking small and medium scale exploration and production to a new level, and enabling smaller mines to grow and develop on a more suitable budget, without compromising on quality but rather creating something better than what is out there today. This goes hand-in-hand with our philosophy of not only creating equipment, but rather creating solutions to problems faced in the industry today, and furnishing the smaller scale mining sector with plants that can take them to the next level.

The RG30-T Production Kit allows optimal mobility by means of a complete mining kit mounted on a rugged trailer. The concept behind the mobile solution was driven by the need for reducing the risk and costs involved in the exploration process, while enabling greater production and therefore optimum profit to be made. Furthermore, it enables the operator to anticipate future stumbling blocks in the mining process ahead of feeding to the main plant, by providing the ability to process large bulk samples through to small concentrates.

The Exploration and Production Kit combines the RG30 and GoldKacha Mark 4, with Goldkonka Up- Grader and GoldJigga Field Jig and ancillary equipment, into a robust configuration which fits onto a neatly designed trailer, allowing you to move from resource to resource. The RG30-T is a fully functioning system and does not require interface with other machinery.

The process begins at the RG30 scrubber, and the leading features are outlined here. Firstly, the GoldKacha takes larger mass pull to concentrate than competing equipment, therefore a very high primary recovery is achieved. The RG30 also has a deep belly drum together with an integral high efficiency trommel screen, allowing for both clay disintegration and the improvement of gold liberation from host material. The feed from the RG30 scrubber is then passed to the GoldKacha Concentrator via gravity, eliminating the need for additional pumps.

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(MKTW) Desert Gold Ventures Commences a Mining Feasibility Study on Its Barani East Project in Western Mali

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jun 2, 2014) - Desert Gold Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:DAU) (the "Company" or "Desert Gold") is pleased to record extensive metallurgical test work conducted on bulk mining samples from the recently drilled and sampled Barani East Gold Deposit (the "Deposit") indicates gold recoveries up to 85%. The company is currently engaged in a feasibility study to support fundraising for the development of a mine on the deposit.

Process Design

A two ton bulk sample of ore collected from the Barani east prospect was submitted to Peacocke Simpson & Associates (Pty) Ltd's minerals processing laboratory in Harare, Zimbabwe for bulk metallurgical work.

The company has commissioned an engineering design team from Appropriate Process Technologies (Pty) Ltd (Johannesburg, South Africa) ("APT") for plant design. APT specialises in the manufacturing of modular mineral processing plants and are designing a plant to optimise the economic exploitation of the resource. The latest tests indicate that a low capital cost plant comprising a wash and screen (2 mm) circuit, with minor crushing, feeding to a Knelson gravity concentrator will recover 40.3% of the gold. The tailings from the Knelson concentrator were fed to a Knelson continuous variable discharge concentrator (CVD) from which concentrates with a mass yield of approximately 11% were subjected to a cyanide leach, which resulted in an additional 25% of the gold to be recovered. Although this process, in aggregate, generates a lower recovery of the gold (65%) compared to other processing alternatives, this configuration requires the least capital investment, being some 80% cheaper than the alternative maximum recovery design plan, and having the lowest operating costs. Tailings with the unrecovered gold will be stockpiled as an asset for later re-treatment.

About the Project

The Barani East Gold Deposit occurs on the Desert Gold's Farabantourou Permit located in Western Mali. The permit falls on the Senegal-Mali Fault Zone ("SMFZ"), 40km south of Sadiola Mine and 50km north of the Loulou-Gounkoto mine complex (Fig. 1). Both these mines are on the SMFZ.

Barani East is the first of 6 prospects with proven gold mineralization expected to be developed by Desert Gold on the permit. The project has been drilled to a depth of 120m with mineralization open to depth in the southern part of the deposit (Fig. 2).

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The Resource

The company has focused drilling on the Barani East prospect and has completed a maiden mineral resource estimate, which indicates a total of 108,100 oz gold in the indicated and inferred categories with average grades of 2.50 g/t gold at a cut-off value of 1.0 g/t gold. (Table 1). This resource is currently defined to a maximum depth of 120 m below surface over a strike length of 400m. The deposit is tabular, mineralisation varying in thickness from 4.5m to 15m, and dipping to the east between 45deg and 60deg. The gold mineralisation is associated with quartz hematite rocks and kaolinite veins within siltstone and shale. table figure spec

Farabantourou Strategy

Desert Gold's Farabantourou permit strategy is to develop the other 5 known gold prospects to a mineral resource definition stage similar to what has been achieved at Barani East. Funding for drilling on the other 5 prospects will be provided out of mining revenue from a low cost opencast mining operation on Barani East. A feasibility study is being concluded to define the CAPEX and related operational cost associated with a potential mining operation to extract the resource as defined from surface. High grade Au intersections of 9.99g/t over 4m and 8.60g/t over 3.5m at 120m vertical depth show potential for developing an underground resource at Barani East following the exploitation of the open pit resource.

About Desert Gold

Desert Gold Ventures Inc. is an advanced exploration and development company which holds mining assets in Mali and Rwanda.

For further information concerning Desert Gold Ventures Inc. and the TransAfrika material properties, please refer to Desert Gold's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com or visit our website at www.desertgold.ca

This announcement has been reviewed by Mr. Mark Austin, Senior Partner of Applied Geology & Mining Pty Ltd, who has more than 30 years of relevant experience in the field of activity concerned. He is a fellow of the Geological Society of South Africa ('GSSA') and is registered as a Professional Natural Scientist with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (No. 400235/06) and he has consented to the inclusion of the material in the form and context in which it appears.

This news release has been prepared on behalf of the board of directors of Desert Gold, which accepts full responsibility for its contents.

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Desert Gold Ventures Inc. Jared W Scharf CFO M: (416) 662-3971 jared.scharf@desertgold.ca

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APT Makes Artisanal Mining Work

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"Appropriate Process Technologies (APT) is assisting the 15 million artisanal and small scale (ASM) gold miners around the world with the development of a gold production mining unit system that avoids the use of mercury, reducing costs along with environmental impact". 

Small-scale miners extract between 10-15% of the global gold supply chain but make up over 90% of the labour force in gold mining worldwide, with over 100 million people dependent on ASM.

APT acknowledges that although it is a global force in numbers, the sector has struggled with gathering funds to use sufficient production systems, scrounging with sluices and hand panning dishes.

It says the key is to provide the artisanals with an efficient package that it “ready to being producing right out of the box”, leading to speedy repayment of the investment and continued viability.

The end product, being elemental gold, has until now been produced using mercury to separate primary gravity concentrates, resulting in environmental damage and driving up supply costs. 

APT have developed and manufactured an alternative system which comprises the GoldKacha concentrator allied to an efficient upgrader called a GoldKonka and finally a small smelting furnace. 

No mercury is necessary at all. 

One Mining Family Unit (MFU) in South Africa using the APT GoldKacha system and working a 1 grams per tonne gold yield resource can recover 20 grams per day, or up to 500 grams per month.

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APT's GoldKacha Plant at work in the field

The GoldKacha will process between one and three tonnes an hour without the use of mercury and is profitable at APT has managed to reduce the price of the GoldKacha to sponsor ASM FMUs and assist in financing purchases. 

It is also inviting trade and non-government organisation enquiries, and has tailored special pricing for volume purchase. South Africa-based APT provides modular plant systems including wash plants, hard rock plants, concentrators, cyanidation and upgrade modules as well as testwork.

Its focus on reducing risks and increasing productivity has led to a rise in sales in the last three months of 2013, according to chief executive officer Kevin Peacocke. “This is absolutely against global trend,” he wrote in the January 2014 edition of APT magazine, “and one very interesting statistic to emerge is that conversion of enquiries to actual sales is by far the highest in the smaller sector, and this is increasing dramatically. “This sector is where the risks are higher, the pre-qualification of resource more difficult, but perhaps this is being outweighed by the lower capital required.

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I have another theory to add – this is where the highest grade, and the highest potential for success exists. “This is where APT comes through with a package to reduce the risks and increase that potential. By keeping entry capital levels low, the risk, or rather the exposure is diminished. In keeping the operating costs way down, the profitability is increased,” he continued.

“What is special, if not unique to the APT product range is that we have endeavoured and achieved low capital and operating cost right across the range, including the small entry level where most of the high grade opportunities exist.

”In August 2013 the company introduced its B Series recovery equipment module, which provides simple and efficient RG Scrubber processing plants for gold recovery in alluvial plays, to assist in start-up mining programs.

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ASM Artisanal Small-Scale Mining Comes of age - new technology for Mining Family Units

artisanal mining equipment "Fifteen million artisanal and small scale (ASM) gold miners exist in the world today with a further 100 million people who are dependent on ASM". Small-scale miners extract between 10-15% of the global gold supply chain, yet they make up over 90% of the labour force in gold mining worldwide.

For endless ages this sector has struggled as they have not had the ready finance to the necessary and sufficient artisanal mining equipment systems to reach viability. Even where some level of production has been achieved, it is often at the expense of efficiency and the environment.

Turning this sector into a well oiled mechanism that produces gold efficiently and cleanly is indeed possible.

The key is in providing the artisanals with an efficient, fully comprehensive package that is ready to begin producing right out of the box. Repayment of the investment, and continued viability can then progress smoothly with the necessary input from the artisanals being what they are good at; finding the feed and providing their good work. Note the reference to a system. The end product must be elemental gold which can then be sold and hitherto mercury has been used to produce this from the primary gravity concentrates. If mercury is to be avoided, then an alternative system must be offered to replace it. APT have developed and manufactured such a system, which comprises of the robust and simple GoldKacha concentrator allied to an efficient upgrader called a GoldKonka and finally a small smelting furnace. No mercury is necessary at all.

One hardworking, responsible Mining Family Unit (MFU) using the APT GoldKacha system and working a 1g/tonne gold yield resource can recover 20 grams per day, or up to 500 grams per month.

From humid Central American forests to hard baked North African desert plains and steaming Asian jungles there is a cry of triumph in the air.. Viva GoldKacha ! The all new Mk4 GoldKacha is making a stir in entry level mining circles worldwide and there has been great praise of using this plant to advance artisanal mining equipment. The newly streamlined and ergonomic mineral recovery system is easy to operate and highly efficient on recovery of elluvial and alluvial gold. No special skills are necessary. Family Mining Units are already pooling resources to buy GoldKacha systems. With the gold price set to firm in the near future, ASM sector miners are seeing an opportunity to cash in and make a good deal more than they have done in the past. The GoldKacha will process between one and three tonnes an hour without the use of mercury and is profitable at as less than 1g/t Au.

Age old rudimentary devices such as sluices and had panning dishes are not cutting the cake, they are simply too inefficient and are nearly always combined with the use of mercury. Thinking ASM sector MFU miners have now got the answer but not the tools. APT has managed to reduce the price of the GoldKacha significantly so sponsoring ASM family units is entirely feasible, and artisanal mining equipment has gone ahead full force. APT are inviting trade and NGO organisation enquiries. We have tailored special pricing for volume purchase and are implementing supply kit packages to make distribution and availability even easier.

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Artisanal Small-scale Mining comes of age: New Technology for Mining Family Units

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goldkacha mineral concentrator "Fifteen million artisanal mining and small scale (ASM) gold miners exist in the world today with a further 100 million people who are dependent on ASM". Small-scale miners extract between 10-15% of the global gold supply chain, yet they make up over 90% of the labour force in gold mining worldwide.

For endless ages this sector has struggled as they have not had the ready finance to the necessary and sufficient systems to reach viability. Even where some level of production has been achieved, it is often at the expense of efficiency and the environment.

Turning this sector into a well oiled mechanism that produces gold efficiently and cleanly is indeed possible.

The key is in providing the artisanal mining sector with an efficient, fully comprehensive package that is ready to begin producing right out of the box. Repayment of the investment, and continued viability can then progress smoothly with the necessary input from the artisanals being what they are good at; finding the feed and providing their good work. Note the reference to a system. The end product must be elemental gold which can then be sold and hitherto mercury has been used to produce this from the primary gravity concentrates. If mercury is to be avoided, then an alternative system must be offered to replace it. APT have developed and manufactured such a system, which comprises of the robust and simple GoldKacha concentrator allied to an efficient upgrader called a GoldKonka and finally a small smelting furnace. No mercury is necessary at all.

One hardworking, responsible Mining Family Unit (MFU) using the APT GoldKacha system and working a 1g/tonne gold yield resource can recover 20 grams per day, or up to 500 grams per month.

From humid Central American forests to hard baked North African desert plains and steaming Asian jungles there is a cry of triumph in the air.. Viva GoldKacha ! The all new Mk4 GoldKacha is making a stir in entry level mining circles worldwide. The newly streamlined and ergonomic mineral recovery system is easy to operate and highly efficient on recovery of elluvial and alluvial gold. No special skills are necessary. Family Mining Units are already pooling resources to buy GoldKacha systems. With the gold price set to firm in the near future, artisanal mining and small scale sector miners are seeing an opportunity to cash in and make a good deal more than they have done in the past. The GoldKacha will process between one and three tonnes an hour without the use of mercury and is profitable at as less than 1g/t Au.

Age old rudimentary devices such as sluices and had panning dishes are not cutting the cake, they are simply too inefficient and are nearly always combined with the use of mercury. Thinking ASM sector MFU miners have now got the answer but not the tools. APT has managed to reduce the price of the GoldKacha significantly so sponsoring ASM family units is entirely feasible. APT are inviting trade and NGO organisation enquiries, they have tailored special pricing for volume purchase and are implementing supply kit packages to make distribution and availability even easier.

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APT Introduces the RG30-T

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mobile minerals recovery plants A mobile minerals recovery and exploration system has been launched by APT, with the aim of taking small and medium scale exploration and production to a new level. The RG30-T Production Kit allows optimal mobility by means of a complete mining kit mounted on a rugged trailer, so this is a full mobile minerals recovery plant. The concept behind the mobile solution was driven by the need for reducing the risk and costs involved in the exploration process, while enabling greater production and therefore optimum profit to be made. Furthermore, it enables the operator to anticipate future stumbling blocks in the mining process ahead of feeding to the main plant, by providing the ability to process large bulk samples through to small concentrates.

The mobile minerals recovery Exploration and Production Kit combines the RG30 and GoldKacha Mark 4, with GoldKonka upgrader and GoldJigga Field Jig and ancillary equipment, into a robust configuration which fits onto a neatly designed trailer, allowing you to move from resource to resource. The RG30-T is a fully functioning system and does not require interface with other machinery.

The process begins at the RG30 scrubber, and the leading features are outlined here. Firstly, the GoldKacha takes larger mass pull to concentrate than competing equipment, therefore a very high primary recovery is achieved. The RG30 also has a deep belly drum together with an integral high efficiency trommel screen, allowing for both clay disintegration and the improvement of gold liberation from host material. The feed from the RG30 scrubber is then passed to the GoldKacha Concentrator via gravity, eliminating the need for additional pumps. Thereafter, the concentrates are fed manually into the GoldKonka Up-Grader which treats the concentrate to smeltable grade. The GoldKonka allows for the finest gold particles to be recovered, eliminating the need for mercury. For larger gold nuggets, the GoldJigga Field Jig is used to enable easy hand-pick recovery of the nuggets. The whole system has a 3tph feed rate.

The set-up and put-away time of this module is minimal and takes less than 15 minutes. All access flooring and components fold away neatly and this module comes pre-wired and complete with the necessary water transfer pump and all integrated piping.

APT RG30-T: simply efficient.

This plant is part of our GroundBreaker range and is therefore available for purchase through our online store. If you would like testimonials, please see this plant in our products section here on our website. If you would like more information, please contact us with your query. We look forward to hearing from you and wish you success in your mining venture!

From the Perspective of an APT Agent: APT As A Business Proposition For My Clients

sell mining equipment "Appropriate Process Technologies (APT) provides us with the tools, equipment and manpower to complete the puzzle and sell mining equipment worldwide". GCA is aimed at providing all-inclusive solutions to our clients, whether it’s a large scale operation that needs a piece of equipment or a small scale start up that needs a complete processing plant. Our services begin with testwork and run all the way up to process design, equipment specification and selection as well as plant commissioning and training. Appropriate Process Technologies (APT) provides us with the tools, equipment and manpower to complete the puzzle. When GCA presents APT solutions to clients, we aren’t presenting a process plant alone but an investment.

APT provides us with the physical building blocks in project development such the complete modular mineral processing plants enabling us to sell mining equipment that includes the whole story. Included in our collaboration, APT looks at project development from a financial standpoint. Each project is backed by financial modelling from APT to establish key financial indicators of the project such as return on investment, payback periods, etc. The GCA-APT collaboration has shown great success in small scale mineral recovery throughout Africa.

Our standpoint around APT plants is that they are an investment and not just a means to an end. Many projects spend exorbitant amounts on research, exploration and deposit analysis. We believe that redirecting only a portion of those funds to an APT plant from the onset would enable our clients to start recovering gold from day one while gathering mineral information about the deposit. This enables clients to start earning money from inception of the project whilst achieving an efficient pay back. Generating the much needed cash to fund the further development of the project.

A business grows as it becomes more successful, we regard APT plants in the same manner. APT plants are made up of many building blocks with the FLSmidth Knelson Concentrator at the heart of the process. The adaptability of APT plants allows you to add on extra process components as the wealth of your project grows. APT has off the shelf designs in ranges of affordability, size and deposit composition i.e. hard rock, alluvial etc. Building block like components include hard rock modules, concentrators, scrubbers, modular cyanidation system (CIP/CIL Tritank), shaking tables (Gemini Table) and complete modular gold rooms. Once a deposit has been exhausted the APT plants can be easily moved to another resource location and can be used interchangeably for a large range of heavy minerals i.e. gold, silver, platinum, copper and so on.

- Martin Meyer

Gravity Concentrators Africa

If you are looking to sell mining equipment in your location and make a profit through simply having connections, APT have distributor opportunities available. Please contact us and we can give you all the details. We look forward to hearing from you!