SELINSING GOLD MINE Elution and Electrowinning Circuit Evaluation for Carbon In Leach Source A Required Elution Cycle

Mean dry tonnage/hr Mean head grade to RIL Mean Au Recovery Recovered gold flow Mean Loaded Carbon grade Mean Barren Carbon grade Incremental Carbon loading Required Carbon movement rate Required Carbon movement rate Elution circuit batch size Elution required perday 135 1.5 80 162 2500 50 2450 1.59 3.31 1.5 1.06 dmt/hr g/t % g/hAu g/t g/t g/t t/day m3/day t strips Data Data Data Calculation Data Data Calculation Calculation Calculation Data Calculation 3240

Sample eletrowining cell calculation Resin mass per strip Incremental Carbon loading, Au Incremental Carbon loading, Ag Desorbed gold perstrip Desorbed silver perstrip Elution water flowrate Eluate linear velocity No of eletrowinning cell in parallel Eluate flow rate Cell width Eluate dept Submerged cell area Eluate linear velocity

1.5 2450 300 3675 450 5

t g/t g/t g g m3/h

Data Calculation Data Calculation Calculation Data

2 12 0.89 0.89 0.79 0.25

series m3/h m m m2 m/min

Data Data Data Data Calculation Calculation target 0.25 - 0.50 per cell more than 0.5 need two cell operating Calculation Calculation Data Estimate- based on theory Data Calculation Calculation Calculation

Current required Gold desorbed percycle Silver desorbed percycle Assumed gold current efficiency Assumed sillver current efficiency Target Electrowinning cycle time Current required by Au Current required by Ag Total current required

3675 450 5.6 20.0 6 744 47 791

g g % % hr A A A

Current Density - for SS wire cathode Average cathode width 0.89 Total cathode length 0.89 Cathode length under hanger bar 1.03 Average cathode weight 0.67 Eluate level below hanger bar 0.14 Submerged cathode area 0.79 Weight of cathode submerged 0.67 Cathode wire diameter 125 Density of SS 6.6 Volume of SS submerged 100.76 Wire cross section area 0.00012 Submerged wire length 8211.49 Submerged wire surface area/cathode 3.22 Cathode/cell 13 Current applied 900 Current Density 31.02

m m m kg/12M m m2 kg um g/cm3 cm3 cm2 m m2 A A/m2

Data Data Data Calculation 1 metre- 55.4 gram Data Calculation Calculation Data Data 55.4 gram - 8.4 ml Calculation Calculation Calculation Calculation Data Data Calculation Target current 5 - 15 A/m2 Higher current densities tend to decrease gold deposition quality and increased sludging. Calculation Data Data Calculation Current efficiency in range 8 - 12.5 %

Current Efficiency Desorbed gold perstrip Current Applied Current required at 100% efficiency Current efficiency

3675 900 50 5.56

g A A %

Assuming perfect current efficiency ( M100 ) M = ( I x t x A )/ (Z x F ) M : Mass of gold (gram)

M 100% gram 1.02 30.62 61.24 3674.61 29396.9

M 5% 0.05 1.53 3.06 183.73 1469.8

M 10% gram 0.10 3.06 6.12 367.46 2939.7

M 11% gram 0.11 3.37 6.74 404.21 3233.66

I 500 500 500 500 500

t 1 30 60 3600 28800

A 197 197 197 197 197

Z 1 1 1 1 1

F 96500 96500 96500 96500 96500