KNELSON GRAVITY SOLUTIONS

Knelson – Recent Innovations

In Gravity Technology
Presented at Zoloto 2004
Kevin Peacocke
February 2004

1978 200325th
Anniversary
Knelson Concentrators, a corporate partnership dba Knelson
 Knelson - A World of Experience

Recently Celebrated 25th Anniversary

•Over 2800 Units Supplied Worldwide
•Over 200 Units in Russia
•Global Clients Include:
•Norilsk Nickel – Russia
•Newmont Gold Corp. - USA
•Anglogold – S. Africa
•Barrick – Canada
•Placer Dome – Canada
•Goldfields – S. Africa
•>150T/year Estimated Annual Gold Produced by
Knelson Concentrators
 Knelson XD-70 A New GIANT!

•Large capacity

•Small footprint
 Knelson KC-XD70

Specifications

•Height: 4.3m

•Weight: >20Tonnes

•Capacity: 650TPH

•Features:CONE*Logic
FLEX*Flo
KNEL*Thane
 KCXD-70 Possible Applications

•Very large milling operations

•Low grade ores

•Large tailings treatment projects

•Flotation plant circulating loads

 Innovations In Cone Technology

• FLEX*Flo
• Removable fluidisation strips
• Choice of fluidisation profiles
• Easy installation in the field

• CONE*Logic
• Application-based approach
• Choice of materials of construction
• Custom design

Better performance + Less maintenance!

 Knelson FLEX*Flo
Tailored cone profile Tailored fluidisation pattern
Knelson FLEX*Flo - How It Works

Old New

Fluidization water passage

Removable FLEX*Flo
fluidization water strip
 FLEX*Flo

Easy to insert
and remove
 Cones custom designed
Knelson CONE*Logic for your application!
Cone shell

Urethane type

Concentrate ring profile

 Knelson CVD Technology

Continuous Concentration of Bulk Minerals

Target minerals: for example

Cassiterite
Chromite
Gold sulphides

Applications: for example

Pre concentrating gold ores
Scavenging tailings
Flotation cleaner tailings
 How does the CVD work?

Batch Concentrator CVD Concentrator

 Knelson CVD pre-concentrating gold ore

Pre-concentration allows more economic treatment

 CVD - Recovery vs Mass Pull

Pilot trial on a gold sulphide ore - West Africa

Gold Recovery vs Mass Pull - Tests 2-9

100

90

80

70 90% recovery in 20% mass!

Recovery (%)

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Mass Pull (%)
Production CVD32-2 - Bogoso Mine,
Ghana
CVD32-2 60 T/h Gold Sulphide Plant
 Treatment of Knelson Concentrates

• Physical redressing No chemicals Knelson ATS

• Intensive cyanidation CN/ Leachaid Consep Acacia Reactor

ConSep ACACIA Reactor

•Simple

•Modular

•Clean

•Contained

•High Security
Leach kinetics – Leachaid addition
 Acacia Results

Results of various installations after commissioning

• How Mine (Southern Africa) 99.5%

• F&T (Southern Africa) 99.2%
• Golden Giant (Canada) 98.2%
• Porgera Mine (Papua New Guinea) 99.4%
 Knelson Automated Table System - ATS

•Gravity-only solution

•Utilizes simple shaking table

•Enables multi-pass efficiency

•Fully Automated Operation

•Offers High Security

 Modelling - KC-MOD*Pro

• Ore characterisation via GRG test

• Predictive plant performance

• Optimisation of recovery

• Benefit analysis
 Summary
• New concentrators

• New cone features

• Sub-treatment of concentrates

• New applications

• Modeling and optimisation

• Technology based approach

Thank you!