RIGHT SOLUTIONS | RIGHT PARTNER ALS Minerals Iron Ore Technical Centre (IOTC) An Industry Focused Service Offering
IRON ORE TECHNICAL CENTRE (IOTC) 7000m 2 FACILITY Analytical - XRF Haematite Testing HyLogger TM Web Access via CoreViewer TM Magnetite Upgrading Iron Ore Beneficiation Pilot Plant Operations Davis Tube Recovery (DTR) Heavy Liquid Separation Mineralogical Investigations ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 2
Services Offered Primary Services Analytical Services for: – Exploration – Resource Definition Metallurgical Services for: – Process development and optimisation – Ore characterisation and beneficiation – Continuous pilot plant testing ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 3
Analytical - Exploration and Resource Definition Elemental Analysis Automated Fusion TGA System (HAG8) in place Simultaneous XRF analysis for Fe and W ores Current capacity of 5,000 samples/ day Scalable XRF capacity of 10,000 samples/ day Magnetic susceptibility Laser sizing True SG analysis ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 4
Analytical - Exploration and Resource Definition Hylogging TM Spectral analysis for scanning of drill core, chips & powder Digital images and surface spectra to provide mineralogical information Visual characterisation of colour and texture of material logged ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 5 Derived data readily exported into 3D visualisation & mine planning packages Capable of logging up to 3,000 chip samples per day Capable of logging up to 600m of core per day
Metallurgical Process Development and Optimisation Metallurgical Capabilities: 15 metre automated drop tower ISO/ JIS iron ore physical testing – tumble strength ISO/JSM Thermal testing – RI, RDI, DI Hematite sample preparation for chemical & metallurgical analysis Magnetite testing including wet and dry magnetic separation (LIMS) On site short term warehouse storage Hazardous Material preparation area in enclosed block ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 6
Ore Characterisation and Beneficiation Beneficiation Methods: Wet & Dry low intensity magnetic separation (LIMS) Wet high intensity magnetic separation (WHIMS) Miniflux® fluidised bed separator Alljig® laboratory jigging unit ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 7 Up-Current Classifier Erikson Cone Heavy Media Classifier Floatation – direct & reverse Davis Tube testwork Scrubbing testwork Permroll high gauss magnetic separation
Continuous Pilot Plant Testing Pilot Facilities: Bulk Crushing & Screening Spiral Rig Setup Multi-stage LIMS/WHIMS Ball/SAG Milling Dense Medium Cyclone Plant (DMS) Gravity Separation Dewatering & Tailing Management Continuous jig Scrubbing Upgrading ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 8
Magnetic Susceptibility Magnetic susceptibility is used to determine magnetic characteristics of a sample prior to DTR is undertaken ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 9
Magnetic Separation using DTR ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 10
Magnetic Concentrate for XRF post DTR ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 11
Webtrieve TM – Enhanced Functionality Functionality: Enhanced browser functionality Improved navigation tools Workorder grouping ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 12 Simplified download functions Client submission reports QC Summary reporting Graphical turnaround time report
Webtrieve TM CoreViewer TM – Core Photography/Web Access ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 13
Robotic Fusion and TGA (HAG) Quality, Throughput, Consistency – 1000 determinations/day ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 14
Robotic Weighing and Fusion ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 15
Induction coil Fusion creating XRF Discs ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 16
Automated Disc presentation to XRF Spectrometer ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 17
Manual Fusion Room – Current Capacity 4000 fusions/day ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 18
Thermal Gravimetric Analysers (TGA) – Balancing Capacity with Fusion throughput ALS Minerals | Iron Ore Technical Centre 19