John Lawson
9 years ago
According to today's Times- Scottish Edition, Scotgold is going to consider producing a gold concentrate.
It is specifically going to be offered to jewellers and others who will pay a premium for Scottish Gold.
They intend, although, planning consent and application is yet to be launched, to have a non chemical plant on site.
Presumably some sort of jigging operation.it is specifically not going to be a chemical operation!
I cannot imagine a cyanide, extraction process ever getting consent here!
Even the article cites people who do not want any gold mines in the highlands.
AR
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9 years ago
"John Lawson" wrote:


Even the article cites people who do not want any gold mines in the highlands.



If those people own/wear anything gold, they need to be slapped for their hypocrisy - happy for it to be mined elsewhere in the world, probably using cyanide or mercury for extraction, but "not in my back yard"....
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Groover
9 years ago
Well, good on 'em I reckon. I mean you've got a have a goldmine somewhere, and it's tucked away round the back of the hill, out the way, out of sight of the masses.
I would have thought Wilfley Tables after grinding?
I think we're where I thought we were
Grumpytramp
9 years ago
Scotgold official statement on their proposed bulk processing trial of 2,400 tonnes of the existing stockpile of 7000 tonnes of ore can be read here:

http://clients2.weblink.com.au/clients/scotgold/article.asp?asx=SGZ&view=6753778 

At 1.5tph throughput one suspects that the likes of Anglo American won't be worrying about it's impact on the gold market!

Of note is the quote relating to the discussion above:

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The material will be treated through the plant which will utilise gravity separation via a centrifugal device, similar to the planned full scale plant. However, the flotation circuit process will be replaced by a spiral bank to generate a sulphide rich concentrate. Thus no chemicals will be used on site as part of the BPT and the gold generated can be classified as “ethical"

Groover
9 years ago
Thanks for the link GT. Looks like dense media separation in the hydrocyclone after crushing, then spirals then tables.
Seems like good clean fun with no nasty chemicals.
Even greener, a waterwheel could drive the crusher/tables :flowers:
I think we're where I thought we were
somersetminer
9 years ago
"Groover" wrote:


Seems like good clean fun



have to say these are not words that spring to mind when referring to DMS!!
depends on the medium involved...
exspelio
9 years ago
Must admit I like the idea, but dread to think of the price of the end product considering the cost of energy required for centrifugal separation, do they really think they will get buyers??
Always remember, nature is in charge, get it wrong and it is you who suffers!.
Manicminer
9 years ago
"exspelio" wrote:

Must admit I like the idea, but dread to think of the price of the end product considering the cost of energy required for centrifugal separation, do they really think they will get buyers??



When I ran the mill at Gwynfynydd gold mine the motor on the centrifuge was only 3hp, a lot less than the 25hp one on the ballmill :devil:
Gold is where you find it
RAMPAGE
9 years ago

I've got an electric drill that's 3hp 😃
Beneath my steely exterior beats the heart of a dashing hero
exspelio
9 years ago
"Manicminer When I ran the mill at Gwynfynydd gold mine the motor on the centrifuge was only 3hp, a lot less than the 25hp one on the ballmill :devil:[/quote wrote:



But how much capacity would it shift?


Always remember, nature is in charge, get it wrong and it is you who suffers!.
Manicminer
9 years ago
4 tph, more than the 1.5 tph they want to run
Gold is where you find it
John Mason
9 years ago
If they are going to produce a concentrate, then it will be taken elsewhere for gold extraction. That is exactly what Si Hughes and I did at Calliachar Burn in 1990. We sunk an opencut on one of the veins, only six inches to a foot in width but a solid rib of pyrite and galena grading very well. We would take out the vein in the sole of this little stope a foot or two at a time, jack-hammer out some footwall for access then repeat. It was developed to some 5.5 metres below rockhead before the winter rains/snows got the better of us. We'd already looked at polished sections of the ore, so were aware of the gold grainsize - mostly microscopic. It all got trucked down to South Crofty for cyanidation there. 6.5 tonnes with an average grade of 158 g/t Au. The Calliachar veins are much narrower than the lodes at Tyndrum, but there are some excellent grades to be found in certain intersections. The primary sulphides ran around 75g/t but there were gossans on top of them that could be dug with a trowel, with channel-samples grading up to 400 g/t over 0.3m. All in all, that was an interesting experience! So far as I'm aware, it was also the first hard-rock gold producer in Scotland, but I may of course be wrong!
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9 years ago
Latest news, looks like they are setting up to process the existing 7000t stockpile on site! :)

http://uk.businessinsider.com/scotgold-to-take-delivery-of-mining-equipment-and-start-mining-2016-3 
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