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    Galaxy Resources Announce Mt Cattalin Processing Plant Update

    Matthew Spizziri
    Feb. 29, 2016 07:38AM PST
    Battery Metals
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    Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX:GXY) announced an update on ongoing refurbishment and remediation work at the Mt Cattlin processing plant ahead of its 2016 restart.

    Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX:GXY) announced an update on ongoing refurbishment and remediation work at the Mt Cattlin processing plant ahead of its 2016 restart.
    As quoted in the press release:

    New Fines Recovery Circuit A newly fabricated fines recovery circuit with a throughput capacity of up to 1.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) will be the first part of the circuit to be energised, rectifying a historical anomaly in the overall flow sheet, specifically, the non‐recovery of any lithium from the fine fraction; defined as < 1mm.
    The majority of this circuit is being fabricated off‐site and will be installed sequentially from March 2016 onwards. The new circuit will progressively recover spodumene concentrate (and tantalum as a by‐product) in the following steps:

    • Reflux classification will be used to remove mica;
    • A spiral and table circuit will recover the tantalum;
    • Flotation will produce a fine spodumene concentrate grading 5.2‐5.5% Li2O (the coarse stream will be in the vicinity of 5.5‐5.8% Li2O, producing a blended product of minimum 5.5% Li2O); and
    • A filter belt will be used to remove any excess moisture from the concentrate.

    Crushing Circuit – upgrade options
    The crushing circuit at Mt Cattlin was built with a nameplate capacity of 1Mtpa, although General Mining has based its projections to date off a more conservative throughput estimate of 800ktpa during the recommencement phase (see ASX release 12/10/2015).
    General Mining has explored a number of ways to expand crushing capacity to match the throughput rates being built into the wet circuit, up to a potential target of 1.5Mtpa. Of the options explored, the future focus will include:

    • Dry crushing to 12mm instead of 6mm allowing potential to increase throughput; and
    • Expansion of crushing hoursfrom the historic 12 hours per day (based on existing noise limits) to 16+ hours per day via a number of noise attenuation initiatives.

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