The APT Tritank Cyanidation Plant Range CIP/CIL/CaRoUSEL MODULAR GOLD PLANTS AevThe APT Cyanidation Range APT strive to continuously deliver the latest in mineral processing technology to our customers. As we continue to revolutionize the modular gravity recovery plant industry, APT's technology development division has been earnestly focusing on the cyanide recovery sector for the past 4 years. Together with Peacocke & Simpson, who pioneered triangular mixing tanks in the early 80's, APT have now patented, tested and commissioned novel triangular moduler cyanide recovery units. Leaching of gold using cyanide is the most common chemical extraction method. It is used for recovering gold in ores that are not readily treated using gravity & other physical processes. Examples include finely disseminated ores & previously treated tailings material. THE APT TRITANK Hoputar CIP/CIL/CaROUSEL PLANTS The APT Tritank is not a cyanidation tank, it is a cyanidation system. With six reaction compartments or sectors condensed into one conventional tank, not only is the footprint smaller, but 2 whole host of advantages accrue to the user's benefit. Carbon is easier to move, a sector can be easily bypassed, & most important of all, the mixing efficiency is enhanced. The Tritank cyanidation system begins with the pre- preparation of the feed into slurry, usually in a special version of an APT RG scrubber. Dry material is accepted into the feeder & the slurrying begins to thoroughly disintegrate any agglomerates & lumps. The RG imparts an inter-particulate scrubbing action to freshen particle surfaces in the process. Organic oversize like grass, roots etc is screened out early on & the slurry is then conditioned in a holding section to remove any spikes in consistency, resulting in a smooth flow of uniform density. Next, the slurry passes over a fine exclusion screen to remove any oversize that would otherwise contaminate the carbon. Finally, lime of pH modifier is added to the undersize slurry before it is transported via a pipeline to the APT Tritank’s first sector. Depending upon the reaction kinetics, residence time may necessitate the slurry passing through a number of sectors to complete dissolution, after which the pregnant slurry passes into the carbon containing sectors to effect adsorption. Alternatively, if kinetics are very fast, or if preg-robbers are present, the first slurry sector may contain carbon, as per typical CIL. One further possibility of the APT TriTank system is that the first few sectors may be used as pre-aerators and even run at elevated velocity to promote rapid oxidation. The APT TiiTank’s specialised mixing action allows the use of elevated slurry densities, which may bring benefits in terms of increased capacity and also reagent strength for the same amount of cyanide addition. Carbon is removed counter current to the slurry flow with the added advantage of convenience of operation with all the sectors being adjacent to each other. SPECIFICATIONS cet) i ae) Total Volume (m’) 21 76 196 297 515 Solids Troost (ON) 34 iresnce me” Sasa Dimensions of 6-sector___ Diameter (m) 4.2 63 84 9.0 97 Unit Height (m) 25 38 5.0 62 88 Installed Power (kW) unit - CI. 75 30 55 85 110ADVANTAGES OF THE TRITANK SYSTEM * Stacking 6 triangular or sectorial tanks in a hexagon results in 27% less footprint than 6 circular tanks of equivalent volume (1/1 H/D atio). That impacts not only ground space, but also on foundations, bunds, decking, cable runs & pipe runs, etc. * Common walls between tanks make ft than 6 equivalent tanks. % less material usage * Not quite so obvious, but equally beneficial, the use of a central fell allows pulp flow to be directed from any sector to any sector, even from stage 1 to stage 6, without long launders. This in turn allows any sector to be taken off line for maintenance, or the plant to be operated In carousel mode * There is no need for baffles; indeed there is nowhere to put them. EXPANDING UPON YouR TRITANK DEVELOPMENT As with all APT products, the design emphases of the APT Tritank has been upon a compact, high efficiency module that can be easily & rapidly installed. Currently available in either CIP or CIL configuration at up to 515 cubic m ined volume, the APT Tritank can be supplied as a fully comprehensive system including slurry p on, carbon elution & smelting. The Tritank complements the rest of the APT range, offering a stand alone system for tailings retreatment or an addition onto the end of APT's JCRD crushing-milling-gravity modules. Of particular interest is the application of APT Tritanks for intensive & aggresive cyanidation of bulk sulphide concentrates, as produced in flotation or via Knelson CVD continuous ator. Design is also underway upon far larger systems. ravity Module. Please see our Crushing Modules Brochure for more details. WWW.APTPROCESSING.COM AAPL