Hi guys
I am looking for a relatively inexpensive way of recovering copper from ore.
On one of my mines I have encountered a very copper rich belt at a depth of 18 meters. Good gold content and hardly copper from 5- 15 Metre then the gold reef merged with a large copper belt. Assays say 4 percent copper. The gold content at milling varies between 6 to 10 g per ton even after meeting the copper belt. This makes my sands virtually useless for leaching, I do however have a lot of copper I am throwing away; 40kg per ton.
Right now I’m mining around 5 tons a day but if I can find a cheap bit effective way of extracting the copper, I would like to venture into the unknown and process copper as opposed to process my sands for gold. If I can find a way I will move some machinery on and increase my production to 20 tons a day.
Most of the research I have done has pointed me at large scale copper mining information. I’m specifically looking at very small scale solutions.
Many thanks in advance
I am looking for a relatively inexpensive way of recovering copper from ore.
On one of my mines I have encountered a very copper rich belt at a depth of 18 meters. Good gold content and hardly copper from 5- 15 Metre then the gold reef merged with a large copper belt. Assays say 4 percent copper. The gold content at milling varies between 6 to 10 g per ton even after meeting the copper belt. This makes my sands virtually useless for leaching, I do however have a lot of copper I am throwing away; 40kg per ton.
Right now I’m mining around 5 tons a day but if I can find a cheap bit effective way of extracting the copper, I would like to venture into the unknown and process copper as opposed to process my sands for gold. If I can find a way I will move some machinery on and increase my production to 20 tons a day.
Most of the research I have done has pointed me at large scale copper mining information. I’m specifically looking at very small scale solutions.
Many thanks in advance