Post by
riverrow on Oct 26, 2017 4:53pm
Gekko’s Gold Ore Treatment Plants
Here's an interesting link outlining the startup and operation and some difficulties with two Gekkos Gold Ore Treatment Plants. It's a lot more complicated than I would have ever imagined. The first company seemed to have switched chemicals at one stage between the preliminary testing and later the operation causing unforeseen problems. https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=E48B78304F6E148C587CFDBC87617AAF?doi=10.1.1.612.2865&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Comment by
jelloman on Nov 01, 2017 3:07am
The Gekko plants seem to have a lot of problems but they also say they are all tested before they leave the factory? I wonder if they are really the right people to use if they had such a lot of failures earlier on. They might be cheaper suplliers but if there mill is wrong for the ore its a foolish economy to make.
Comment by
MarcEliss on Nov 14, 2017 11:25pm
The results say the recovery is 62%. Is this bad or good for the plant? Seems very low to me but I guess the non-standard process you talk about might be different.
Comment by
LithInvestor on Nov 15, 2017 12:10pm
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Comment by
Robfrod on Nov 17, 2017 8:27pm
62% is not good. Brucejack which opened around the same time with a similar head grade is getting 96.5% at this point.
Comment by
jelloman on Nov 27, 2017 12:32am
Seems a big step in recovery is needed? I think they need to consider what damages Gekko can be made to pay in the contract?