Metallurgical Testwork

• Use standard technology that can be rapidly taken into production.

• Maximize recovery of pay metals.

• Achieve a commercial quality concentrates or metals.

• Minimize operating costs, principally by saving on comminution and reagent consumption.

• Minimize capital costs, principally by saving on comminution requirements.

• Keep the flowsheet simple.

• Minimize the cost of tailings disposal.

• Develop a low cost environmental management system for hazardous wastes.

• Ensure that the process will be effective as projected for all mining blends, particularly in the first five years.

• Recover potential secondary income streams.

• Review and fortify the site wide water balance.

• Identify and quantify project risks regularly.

• Use existing technologies to mitigate critical risks.

Coordination with geologists and mining engineersDefinition of geological domains

Definition of point samples

Definition of composites

Assurance that sufficient sample is available

Assurance that the samples are representative

Assurance of chain of custody

Complete documentation

Preservation of sample integrity

Maximize use out of available material

Scope definition

Competitive bidding

Laboratory selection

Work order preparation

Coordination of sample delivery

Testwork supervision

Expert advice to client

Supportive directions to laboratory

Rapid problem solving

Quality checks

Assurance that all required data is acquired

Appropriate analysis of the results

Metallurgical projections for mine plans

Complete documentation

Budget compliance

Schedule management