Processing

We offer comprehensive mineral processing and metallurgical engineering services, from ore characterization to industrial process optimization.

Metallurgical testing: mineralogical and physicochemical analysis, laboratory and pilot plant test programs.

Flowsheets: development and optimization of processing circuits, crushing, grinding, flotation, leaching, and solid-liquid separation.

Hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy: heap and tank leaching, solvent extraction, electrowinning (SX-EW), and thermal processes.

Pilot plants: supervision of pilot campaigns to validate processes before capital investment.

Techno-economic assessments: evaluation at PEA and PFS stages, including metallurgical CAPEX and OPEX.

Compliance: metallurgical sections prepared in accordance with NI 43-101, JORC and S-K 1300, signed off by a Qualified / Competent Person (QP/CP).

Metals covered: iron, zinc, lead, copper, nickel, gold, silver, rare earths, and battery materials.

Result: robust, economically viable processes, led by a metallurgist with more than 30 years of experience.