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| Client: |
Metalline Mining Company, Idaho, USA. |
| Brief: |
To produce a bankable feasibility study for a zinc
mine and refinery complex in Coahuila province, Mexico. |
| Budget: |
Control budget estimate to be produced by the study. |
| Construction: |
The deposit consists of two resources, each
a different mineral system separated by the east west trending Sierra
Mojada fault. North of the fault the mineralisation is chemical
sedimentary disseminated to massive silver, copper, zinc and lead
sulphide. South of the fault the mineralisation consists of oxide
zinc and lead manto deposits. |
| Technology: |
Zinc Solvent Extraction and Electrowinning process
(SXEW) supplied by Tecnicas Reunidas, Madrid Spain.The Red and White Zinc
Manto ore bodies at Sierra Mojada are oxide zinc and SXEW may give
Metalline a 30% cost of production advantage over sulphide ore producing
competitors.The solvent extraction process consists of leaching
the oxide zinc ore with sulphuric acid producing an acidic solution
containing zinc and other soluble metals, the leach solution. The
leach solution is mixed with the organic extraction solution, which
selectively removes and concentrates zinc from the leach solution
into the organic extraction solution. The extraction solution is
taken to electrolytic reduction cells where SHG zinc (99,995%) is
produced. |
| Power Supply: |
Negotiations in progress with Comision Federal
de Electricidad of Mexico. |
| Environmental considerations: |
Area mined for silver for past 60 years - environmental baselining in progress. |
| Special requirements: |
Members are learning to speak Spanish! |
For more info visit www.metalin.com
or contact GTI. |
