Union Reefs Gold, Australia
Commercial-scale GEOCOAT® Plant
In 2007, GeoBiotics completed the design of a commercial-scale GEOCOAT® plant to treat refractory concentrate from the Maud Creek Mine in Northern Territory, Australia at the owner’s Union Reef processing site. Maud Creek and Union Reefs were owned by GBS Gold until the company went into receivership in late 2008 and the assets were sold to Crocodile Mining in 2009. Crocodile has delayed development of the Maud Creek mine to focus on other acquired GBS assets, but may resume production planning in 2010. The GEOCOAT® process design was completed based on extensive testwork and considered treatment of 40,000 tpy of high-grade flotation concentrate, with allowance for expansion to 70,000 tpy.
Layout of Union Reefs Proposed GEOCOAT® Operation
