THE APPLICATION AND BENEFITS OF VITROKELE~(TM) TECHNOLOGY TO THE GOLD INDUSTRY

摘要

The development of Vitrokele~(TM) Technology over the last 10 years is reviewed with reference to mine site piloting and commercial applications. The first mine site piloting was conducted in Australia in 1989 followed by a further six continuous site trails in Australia, Canada and the USA. These major pilot plant studies are complemented by over 50 laboratory scale batch and pilot testwork programmes. The first commercial plant using Vitrokele~(TM) Technology was the Connemara project commissioned in Zimbabwe in 1995. Subsequent to this, three commercial scale projects have been designed using Vitrokele~(TM) to recover precious metals, base metals and cyanide. The various projects are discussed with relation to the differing flowsheets applied to each particular case.