220 ktpm concentrator plant
A concentrator with a designed throughput of 220 ktpm has been developed in collaboration with independent experts with extensive experience in concentrator operations on the Great Dyke.
This plant will consist of three crushing stages followed by two milling stages with rougher flotation following each stage (MF2). Two cleaner circuits (high-grade and low-grade) will receive concentrate from the roughers, the high-grade cleaners will consist of three stages and the low grade cleaners will comprise three stages, ensuring optimal recovery.
The Karo TSF has been designed as a full containment facility with rock fill walls and with foundation keys, extending down to competent material following a downstream method of construction. This method of construction provides an engineered, quality assured compacted rock fill impoundment that is inherently more stable in the long term than a conventional upstream self-raised facility, and significantly less susceptible to static and transient load-induced liquefaction flow slides.
