Lion Resources Ltd: The Challenge
• Applicable to refractory ore treatment, such as sulfide ore.
• Reduce energy consumption
• Non-toxic chemicals used (no cyanide and mercury)
• Reuse leaching solution
• Can achieve precious metal recovery of up to 99%
• Selective recovery for precious metals
• No burning and smelting of concentrate, thus no toxic fumes and air pollution
• Room temperature operation
• This Technology/Methodology can detect gold in ppb level 20ppb and below.
• Also can be selective in the ore and most of the metals can be recovered.
• Unlike other methods, it can be selective to recover the gold first.
• No wet tailings, and no air pollution, and the solution can be regenerated back into the system.
• It can replace mercury and cyanide.
• SimTec System is easy to operate and use.
Making Mercury History in Artisanal, Small-Scale Gold Mining
Under the socio-economic conditions found in the small-scale gold mining operation, the use of mercury is often considered the easiest and most cost-effective solution for gold separation.The mixture of gold and mercury is then heated to a temperature that will vaporize the mercury, leaving behind the gold.
The problem with this method is the release of mercury vapor into the environment. Even if the equipment is used to catch the vapor, some still can get into the atmosphere. Mercury also can get into the soil and water if it still is contaminating other waste materials from the mining process that may be discarded.
SimTec, a Registered Singapore Company Collaboration
- Lion has developed a cost-effective and environmentally-friendly gold recovery process called the 'Sim Process.’ This process is an all-in-one process, which includes the pre-treatment process for refractory ore and post-treatment using our reagents that are environmentally friendly, more selective for gold leaching that doesn't cost the earth, but allows you to open up low-grade, uneconomic, or stranded deposits and treat the wastewater at the same time. This process can help you to maximize your gold recovery as this process is low CAPEX, and utilizes fewer leach reagents that are far less toxic than cyanide and mercury, are safer to handle and have a lower environmental risk when compared with cyanide and mercury.
- Can be customized for small and large-scale mining.
Lion Resources Ltd: The Process
- Regenerate & Reuse treatment solution.
- No wet tailing dam is needed.
- Dry tailing stockpile for land reclamation
