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Bear Creek Mining Corporation
Feasibility Study
Santa Ana Project
Puno, Per
NI 43-101 Technical Report

Prepared for:
Bear Creek Mining Corporation
1050 625 Howe Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 2T6 Canada
Prepared by:
Ausenco Vector
Independent Mining Consultants, Inc.
Resource Development Inc.
Report Date: 21 October 2010

Endorsed by QP:
Scott Elfen, PE; J ohn Marek, PE; Deepak Malhotra, PhD, Sean Currie, P.Eng., and Thomas Wohlford,
CPG.


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23.2 Mineral Processing
Heap Leaching Consulting in coordination with Ausenco-Vector prepared the design criteria for the
metallurgical process considering information related to plant capacity and operating conditions.
The information used in the design criteria was obtained from field work, metallurgical testing
programs, and leach pad design prepared by Vector. Some data was assumed from experience on
similar projects and from mathematical calculation.
The basic process consists of material from the open pit transported to the crushing plant, which will
comprise two crushing stages and one classification stage. The final crushed ore product will
consist of 80 percent passing 19mm and will be conveyed to the temporary stockpile. The reclaim
system will consist of one fixed conveyor stockpile to withdraw material from the stockpile and
deliver onto trucks. Trucks will transport the ore from the stockpile to the heap leach pad, which will
receive 10,000 tpd of ore containing 53 g/t of silver. A sodium cyanide solution will be drip irrigated
on the heap to dissolve silver minerals. The estimated dissolution of silver is 70% and the pregnant
solution will flow to the Merrill-Crowe plant to produce a precipitate, which will be smelted to
produce a silver/gold dor bar.
23.2.1 Flowsheets
The project process flowsheet development considered the design criteria, field work, leach pad
design, water system distribution and electric system distribution as inputs; plus, smelting, reagent
system preparation, effluents detoxification, water distribution and plant facilities for a heap leaching
process to recover precious metals. The Merrill-Crowe process was selected as the optimum
alternative to recover the precious metals as a precipitate. The precipitate will be sent to the
retorting stage, and finally will be smelted to produce a Dore bar. The process flowsheet developed
for the feasibility study is provided as Figure 23.17 (full flow sheet in Figure 24.2).
23.2.2 Mass Balance
The parameters determined in the design criteria were used to calculate the mass balance of the
process: leaching, Merrill-Crowe Plant, smelting, reagents handling, effluent detoxification process,
water distribution, and plant facilities. The information obtained was used to select the appropriate
equipment and flow streams for the metallurgical process as illustrated in Figure 23.17.
23.2.3 Piping and Instrumentation
Based on the information obtained on the leaching process, mechanical area, piping and
instrumentation, the piping and instrumentation diagrams were developed. The diagrams include
mechanical equipment, instrumentation equipment, piping, valves, effluent detoxification plant
equipment, water distribution and plant facilities.
23.2.4 Production Plan
The production plant was prepared using the mine plan prepared by IMC and consists of periods of
three months until the ore reserves are exhausted and the additional time required to reach
maximum dissolution of silver bearing minerals. The metallurgical recovery of silver by the leaching
process is 70% with leaching periods of 120 days for the primary leach cycle and a total leach time
of 360 days. The estimated monthly production is 306,255 ounces of silver.
23.2.5 Process Description
The metallurgical process comprises the following operations: ore crushing, ore transportation to
the leach pad, leach pad irrigation, leaching solutions handling, zinc dust precipitation, smelting and
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23.2.5.1 Crushing
Run of Mine Ore (ROM) will be delivered by 63t haul trucks to the dump pocket of a single jaw
crusher located to the west of the pit. The installation was designed to allow one truck to approach
the dump pocket. The discharge from the dump pocket will flow by gravity to the apron feeder. The
apron feeder will discharge onto a grizzly with a 200 mm nominal spacing. The feeder will be
employed to feed the primary crusher. The primary crusher and grizzly feeder undersize products
will be sent to a vibrating screen in an open circuit with a cone crusher. The cone crusher will be
operated with an approximate 20-mm closed side setting to ensure that the final screen undersize
product will be 80% passing 19-mm. The screen undersize product will be dropped onto an
overland conveyor provided with a belt scale. A simplified flowsheet is provided as Figure 23.17.
A hydraulic rock breaker will be installed to clear crusher blockages caused by oversized rocks.
Chains are to be installed on the base of the crusher dump pocket before operations commence to
allow break up of impacted rocks prior to maintenance around the top of the crusher. The primary
and secondary crusher service pedestal crane will be located adjacent to the crusher to service
equipment located around and within the crusher structure. A metal detector and belt magnet at the
discharge conveyor that feeds the screen will be used as tramp metal protection system.
Coarse ore from the overland conveyor will be fed to the coarse ore stockpile with a live capacity of
approximately 6-hrs (3,000t) and dead capacity of one day. The desired design basis for the
stockpile is to provide sufficient ore capacity to allow for one day down time. The conical coarse ore
stockpile will not be covered. The reclaim system will consist of one fixed conveyor stockpile to
withdraw material from the stockpile and deliver onto trucks and a radial stacker building the coarse
ore.
The parameters used to design the crushing circuit are listed below,
Total capacity, 10,000 t/d
Capacity, 555 t/hr
Maximum particle size, 24-inch
Final product, 80% passing -inch (19-mm)
Low Energy Impact Test, 10.3 kw-hr/t
BBWI, 17.1 kw-hr/t
Abrasion index, 0.0539
Specific Gravity, 2.43
Bulk density, 1.65
Ore moisture, 3-4%
Operation, 18 hr per day.


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Figure 23.17
Santa Ana Heap Crushing Flowsheet




















































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23.2.6 Ore Transport
Crushed ore will be transported by 63t trucks to the leach pad and dumped into leach cells. The
material will be placed on the pad in 7m high lifts and pushed to the final placement with a dozer in
accordance with the stacking plan developed for the project heap leach pad. Prior to leaching the
top of the leach cell will be ripped by a dozer to ensure proper infiltration of the leach solutions.
23.2.7 Irrigation System
The design considers cells of approximately 50m x 120m (6,000 m
2
) with their respective flow lines
and drip irrigation system considering as initial point the distribution of manifolds, which will be
fabricated with schedule 40 steel pipe of 300mm diameter. There will be four distribution pipes of
150mm diameter that will be connected with an irrigation system.
The drip irrigation system comprises HDPE pipes of 150mm diameter and Lay Flat hoses of
100mm installed with hoses of 16mm diameter and drips of 4 litres per hour and separated by
63 cm.
23.2.8 Leaching
The leaching operation is a hydrometallurgical process of precious metals dissolution. The cyanide
solution is spread on the top of the ore heap using drip emitters and percolates through the pile.
Particles of silver and gold are dissolved. The pregnant solution flows to and collects in the
pregnant pond. The nominal flow of cyanide solution is 10 l/hr/m
2
and the design is based on
11 l/hr/m
2
.
23.2.8.1 Cyanide Solution Pumping
The pH of the cyanide solution will be adjusted between 10.5 to11 and the cyanide concentration
will be adjusted to 1000ppm. Also, 4ppm of antiscalant will be added. The solution will be pumped
from the barren solution tank to the leach pad by means of one horizontal centrifugal pump. The
process design includes two pumps; one on-line and the other on standby. Each pump has an
adjustable-speed drive that varies the speed of the pump motor.
Once the solution is delivered to the pad, the main solution pipeline will be divided in two parts to
border the leach pad. Within the active leach cells irrigation systems will be installed. The solution
that feeds the barren tanks will come from the Merrill-Crowe process and the concentration of
cyanide will be adjusted to 1000 ppm.
The process water required will be taken from the barren pond, storm water pond or fresh make-up
water according to the requirement of the operation. One submergible pump will be installed in each
pond.
23.2.8.2 Pregnant Solution Collection
The pregnant solution that percolates through the leach pad will be collected in a pregnant pond
where floating vertical pumps will be installed. One pond is called pregnant pond and will collect
high grade solution and the other one is an intermediate pond and will receive low grade solution.
23.2.8.3 Pregnant Solution Pumping
The pregnant solution will be pumped to the unclarified solution tank using two submergible vertical
pumps. Each pump has an adjustable-speed drive that varies the speed of the pump motor. One of
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The floating vertical pumps will be installed on barges equipped with a special maintenance system.
The barges will be steel platforms supported on floating polyethylene.
23.2.9 Merrill-Crowe Plant
The Merrill-Crowe process recovers silver and gold from the pregnant solution in form of precipitate.
Zinc powder is added to the clarified and deaerated pregnant solution to precipitate precious
metals.
The design has considered a Merrill-Crowe plant to treat 571 m
3
/hr of pregnant solution containing
silver and gold. The capacity of the plant assures the treatment of 10,000 tpd of silver ore from the
pit. The precipitation process comprises the following stages: clarification, deaeration and
precipitation with zinc dust. A simplified process flowsheet is provided as Figure 23.18.
23.2.9.1 Clarification
The unclarified pregnant solution will be pumped to the clarifiers at the rate of 571 m
3
/hr. The
design considers two centrifugal pumps, one operating and other in standby. Each pump has an
adjustable-speed drive that varies the speed of the pump motor. One of the pumps is on-line while
the other is a standby spare. Clarifiers are three leaf pressure filters, two operating and one in
standby.
When one filter is saturated, the flow of solution will be sent to the third filter. At this moment the
other filter will be cleaned and prepared to operate. This operation will be practiced in determined
periods in order to assure the constant feed of pregnant solution to the clarifiers and avoid
unexpected problems. It has been estimated that each filter will be cleaned 1 to 2 times daily. The
resultant solids will be collected and recycled to the leach pad by a pumping system.
Prior to the operation of the clarifying filter a pre-coat layer will be applied, this will be reinforced
with the addition of body feed. During the filtration cycle, solid particles will be retained and the
solution leaving the filter will contain 1 Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU) of suspended solids.
When one filter is out of operation, it will be cleaned by pumping barren solution or process water.
In this way, solids and remaining pre-coat will be removed.
23.2.9.2 Deaeration
The objective is to remove dissolved oxygen from the clarified solution. The elimination of oxygen is
important in the precipitation process because an excess of oxygen will oxidize zinc particles and
the efficiency of the precipitation process is affected. Other negative aspect is the presence of
excessive quantities of suspended solids in the solution, which may passivate the surface of zinc
particles.
A vacuum tower will be employed as deaeration unit and will be equipped with control levels,
distributor, support and fill. The vacuum is required to maintain a high vacuum within the tower and
removes the oxygen from the solution. The clarified and deaerated solution is withdrawn from the
bottom of the tower by a liquid sealed pump, which prevents re-entry of air.
The solutions from the clarifiers contain approximately 8-ppm of dissolved oxygen and pass down
while it is distributed around the diameter of the tower. The solution leaves the tower with less than
1-ppm of dissolved oxygen.

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Figure 23.18
Process Flowsheet











































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23.2.9.3 Precipitation
Zinc dust is used to precipitate precious metals by means of an electrochemical reaction. Lead
nitrate is added to catalyse the reaction. Adequate zinc dust is required to provide a coherent
deposit on the filter surface through which the silver bearing solution passes, to make certain that
sufficiently close contact is made with the zinc particles to obtain maximum precipitation efficiency.
Zinc dust, lead nitrate and sodium cyanide solution will be added in an emulsifying tank.
The solution containing the precipitate will be pumped by means of liquid sealed centrifugal pumps
to the filter presses. The design considers two pumps with variable speed, one operating and other
in standby and its pumping capacity is 571 m
3
/hr of solution. The precipitate will be collected in
three filter presses, equipped with 55, 1200 mm x 1200 mm plates, and designed to treat 191 m
3
/hr
of solution. Two filters will operate and one will be in standby. The process flowsheet presented as
Figure 23-17 indicates a forth filter press may be added to the system in the future.
When one filter is saturated, the flow of solution will be sent to the third filter while the saturated
filter is discharged, cleaned and prepared to operate. This operation will be practiced in determined
periods in order to assure the constant feed of solution to the filters and avoid unexpected
problems. The resultant solids will be collected, dried, and sent to the retorting stage.
Before discharging the filter, air will be injected to reduce the moisture content of the precipitate.
The solution from the filters will be recycled to the barren solution tank.
23.2.10 Smelting Process
The smelting process has been designed to produce Silver/Gold Dore bars with high silver content
from the precipitates obtained through the Merrill-Crowe process. The smelting process includes
retorts to eliminate mercury, an induction furnace, a gases collection system and slag treatment.
23.2.10.1 Retorting
The precipitate from the filter press contains mercury, which comes from the leaching process and it
is recovered in the Merrill-Crowe plant. The design considers three retorts, which operate following
heating and cooling stages. Table 23.6 details the retort process.

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Table 23.6
Retorting Process
Description
Temperature
(
c
o)
Time
(hours)
Initial heating 0 to 300 1.5
Maintain temperature 300 2
Final heating 300 to 540 3
Maintain temperature 540 4
Cooling 100 5.5
Total time 16

During the retorting process, air enters the retorts and collects all the gases. These gases will go to
a first condenser equipped with a water cooling system and metallic mercury is precipitated to the
mercury recovery tank. The gases report to a second condenser to assure the complete
precipitation of mercury. The system includes a column loaded with granular activated carbon to
collect any remaining mercury vapour. The retorting process will allow the release of gases without
mercury content to the atmosphere. A gas extractor system will help to remove the gases.
23.2.10.2 Smelting
An induction furnace will be used to smelt the precipitate. Upon completion of the retorting process,
the precipitate is dried and mixed with fluxes such as potassium nitrate, manganese dioxide, silica,
sodium carbonate and fluorite. The charge is loaded into the crucible. The smelting process takes
approximately 3 hours. The molten charge is poured in ingots and the final product of this process is
a dor bar with high content of silver.
The dor bars will be deposited in a safe room and will be transported to the market following a
schedule, which will be determined with taking the silver production into account.
The smelting process area includes a gas collection system to collect all the gases produced during
the smelting process.
23.2.11 Chemical Reagents
The chemical reagents that will be used in the process are lime, sodium hydroxide, sodium cyanide,
antiscalant, lead nitrate, and detoxification reagents (hydrogen peroxide, copper sulphate) to
destroy cyanide and precipitate some compounds in the cyanide detoxification process. The
reagents will be stored in three separated areas; one for lime, located near the leach pad; one for
cyanide and sodium hydroxide, located near the process plant; and the last one will be used to
store all the other reagents.
23.2.11.1 Lime Addition
Lime will be stored in a special area. One tonne bags will be transported by trucks near the crushing
plant and leach pad. The main lime addition point will be the crushing plant and a dry reagent
feeder will be used to add lime.
23.2.11.2 Sodium Hydroxide
Sodium hydroxide will be added to the sodium cyanide mix tank and the effluent detoxification
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sodium hydroxide are added to a mixing tank to achieve a concentration of 30 percent. The
preparation of sodium hydroxide will be completed in batches. A pump will be used to add sodium
hydroxide solution to the sodium cyanide preparation tank.
When the cyanide destruction plant operates, the sodium hydroxide solution will be pumped to the
plant.
23.2.11.3 Sodium Cyanide
Sodium cyanide will be received and stored as briquettes in 1-tonne bags. Process water and
sodium cyanide briquettes are mixed to achieve a concentration of 25 percent. A service hoist is
used to discharge the contents of the bags through a charge chute and into an agitating mix tank
with process water. The design considers two sodium cyanide preparation tanks.
Pumps transfer sodium cyanide from the mix tank to the storage tank. Any spillage in the cyanide
area is recovered in a sump and pumped to the mix tank. Circulating pumps provide a distribution
loop for sodium cyanide use in the leaching circuit and Merrill-Crowe plant. Sodium cyanide is
pumped through this loop at a controlled pressure. The unused solution returns to the storage tank.
The design considers two pumps with variable speed with a capacity of 20 m
3
/hr of solution.
23.2.11.4 Antiscalant
Antiscalant will be used to avoid the formation of precipitates in the pipes, equipment and
accessories of the process plant. The antiscalant solution will be added in the barren solution tank,
pregnant pond and storm water pond. The addition of antiscalant will be permanent in the first two
points.
The concentration of antiscalant must be maintained between 5 and 10 ppm in the leaching and
pregnant solutions.
23.2.11.5 Lead Nitrate
Process water and lead nitrate are mixed to achieve a concentration of 5 percent. The mixing tank
will have a capacity of 0.36 m
3
. The solution will be sent to the emulsifying tank.
23.2.11.6 Zinc Dust
The zinc dust feed system comprises one bin and one screw feeder, which feeds the material to the
emulsifying tank. The maximum capacity of the feeder will be 30.5 kg/hr and the estimated
consumption of zinc dust is 17 to 25 kg/hr.
23.2.11.7 Precoat
Process water and diatomaceous earth are mixed to achieve a concentration of 0.3 to 2 percent.
The mixing tank will have a capacity of 13.3 m
3
. The solution will be pumped to the clarifier filters or
filter presses to form a layer of 1.5 to 10-mm on the filtration medium. The solution will recirculate
between the pre-coat tank, clarifier filter or filter press.
23.2.11.8 Body Feed
Process water and diatomaceous earth are mixed to achieve a concentration of 0.5 to 5 percent.
The mix tank will have a capacity of 11 m
3
. The solution will be pumped to the clarifier filters.
23.2.11.9 Hydrogen Peroxide
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23.2.11.10 Copper Sulphate
Process water and copper sulphate are mixed to achieve a concentration of 5 percent. The mixing
tank will have a capacity of 200-m
3
. The solution will be pumped to the storage tank, which will have
two pumps for supply to the effluent detoxification plant.
23.2.11.11 Reagent Requirements
Lime and Sodium
Lime and Sodium Cyanide are the major reagents used in the heap leach Merrill-Crowe circuit.
Table 16.9 presents the primary reagent consumptions projected for the p80 19mm crush size.
Table 23.7
Primary Reagent Consumption
Reagent Consumption Addition Trim
Lime (@ 80% CaO) 3.0 kg/t Crushing
Heap or Barren
Solution
Sodium Cyanide 0.4 kg/t Barren Solution Barren Solution

The lime consumption was estimated from the test program. The p80 19-mm columns had pH
control problems at the initial addition rate of 2 kg/t. The 3.0 kg/t addition will assure that the heap
will maintain the pH at 10.5 or above. The sodium cyanide requirement was derived from the
column tests. Heap leach consumptions run from to

1/3

the column consumptions.
Other Reagents
The zinc powder requirement of 1g Zn/1g Ag was confirmed in tests at McClelland Laboratories,
and utilized in the feasibility study.
Operating Merrill-Crowe plants with the same tenor of silver in solution report requirements as low
as 0.6g Zn/1g Ag.
The reagent consumption was determined using information from metallurgical tests, stoichiometric
calculation and experience on similar projects.
23.3 Infrastructure
23.3.1 Power
Electrical power to the Santa Ana facilities will be provided from the Peruvian grid (Sistema
Electrico Interconectado Nacional - SEIN) by a new line to be built connecting the existing Pomata
substation in the town of Pomata to the Santa Ana substation. In addition, there will be 10kV
primary lines and distribution substations.
The electrical power transmission line will supply the power required for the future Santa Ana
operations with a power of 6MW.
The following facilities will be involved:

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60kV bars expansion of the existing Pomata substation and installation of connection
equipment for the 60kV line to the Santa Ana substation;
60kV transmission line from the existing Pomata substation to the Santa Ana substation,
about 48.55 km of a three-phase circuit with two guard wires;
A new substation for the Santa Ana mining operation, which includes the installation of a
transformation cell (step-down cell) 60/10/4.16kV - 5/5/1.7MVA (ONAN), 6.25/6.25/2.13
(ONAF) and distribution cells in 10kV;
Communication systems; and
Emergency power will be provided by diesel generators.
23.3.2 Access Road
In order to develop the Santa Ana project, it will be necessary to improve the existing mine access
road between the existing interstate highway and the project site. Additional mine site roads will
also be necessary for daily operation of the mine.
In general terms, the roads included in this study have a total width of 7,2m including a diversion
ditch. The slopes along these access roads are generally intended to be kept between 4 and 10%.
Due to the relative steepness of the property some roadway sections will require slopes as great as
15% or more. Further details and technical data on the access road development are provided in
the DFS Engineering Design Report (Ausenco Vector, 2010).
23.3.2.1 Mine Access Road
Access to the project site is proposed as improvements to an existing rural road that comes from
the town of Huacullani and continues south, passing through the proposed Santa Ana mine site to
permit the mobilization of heavy equipment and materials along the entire 4.3km length. This road
improvement is relatively inexpensive as it gets closer to Huacullani, as the existing ground surface
is very flat and the road alignment does not present many horizontal curves. This road improvement
increases in costs as it approaches the mine site, where the ground is steeper and mainly rocky.
23.3.2.2 Main Haul Road
The main haul road runs from the end of the mine access road and has a total length of 1.3km until
it joins the perimeter access road of the leach pad. Its location and alignment are strategic since
complementary haul roads to the open pit and crusher join this access as well as the access road
that goes to the offices and camp site.
23.3.2.3 Auxiliary Access Road
These roads are divided into two alignments: the first auxiliary access road has a length of 2.4 km
starting from station 0+620 of the main haul road and finishing where the general offices are
located. The second auxiliary access road has a total length of 2.6 km and connects the west side
of the leach pad perimeter access road with the acid water treatment plant, after passing through
the general offices and camp site.
23.3.2.4 Diversion Access Road
A diversion access road is planned to permit continued access to the south for local residents while
maintaining proper mine site security and safety. This road alignment, a rerouting of existing traffic,
starts at the end point of the main access road, located at the north of the leach pad, going around
the upper slopes until it meets the existing road located on the south direction of the process ponds,
for a total length of 5.6 km.
STREAM MASS BALANCE
L-01 L-02 L-03 L-04 L-05 L-06 L-07 L-08 L-09 L-10 L-11 L-12 L-13 L-14 L-15 L-16
DESCRIPTION UNITS
PHASE LIQUID LIQUID LIQUID SOLID / LIQUID SOLID / LIQUID LIQUID LIQUID SOLID LIQUID LIQUID LIQUID LIQUID LIQUID SOLID SOLID SOLID
SOLUTIONS (m3/h)(l) 571 0.0045 2.38 0.0182 0.190 0.0054 0.45 571 3.86 (l/s)
CONCENTRATION ppm (%)
------ ------ 10.7 (kg/hr) ------ ------ ------ ------ 928.3 (kg/day) 373.4 (kg/day)
FLOW
GOLD GRADE (AU)
(C)
1%
SILVER GRADE (AG)
(g/m3) (%)
28.9-31.8
550
GOLD OUNCES 379.57
SILVER OUNCES 838.79
OPERATION TIME (hr) 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
2.57
24
10
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99%
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25% 10
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25%
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150 (ppm)
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0.01 (%)
39.96 (%)
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1,150
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NOTES: LEGEND:
STREAM
CONTINUOUS PROCESS
DRAWING REFERENCE
NON-CONTINUOUS PROCESS
SOLIDS
TEMERATURE
(Oz/day)
(Oz/day)
(g/m3) (%)
t/day
(kg/hr)(kg/day)
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L-17 L-18
0.01 (gpt)
53.0 (gpt)
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379.57
838.79
0.08 a 0.16
3
11928
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28.9-31.8
SLUDGE
B
CuSO4 H2O2
ACID
WATER
SODIUM
HYDROXIDE
SODIUM
CYANIDE
SODIUM HYDROXIDE
MIXING TANK
SODIUM CYANIDE
MIXING TANK
SODIUM CYANIDE
DOSING TANK
COMPRESSOR
FILTER PRESSES
BODY FEED TANK PRE COAT TANK
EFFLUENT DETOXIFICATION TREATMENT
DUST COLLECTION SYSTEM
SOLUTION
TANK
STOCKPILE
LIME STORAGE
NaOH BARREN SOLUTION
ACID WATER TREATMENT
LIME
FLOCCULANT
COMPRESSED AIR
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() Average lerperalure: lo Z C
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UNCLARIFIED
1. THE MASS BALANCE IS BASED ON
10,000 TONNES/DAY OPERATION
AND A LEACH CYCLE OF 24 HR/DAY.
2. THE DESIGN ASSUMES AN ORE
MOISTURE CONTENT OF 4
PERCENT IN THE WET SEASON AND
3 PERCENT IN THE DRY SEASON.
3. GOLD AND SILVER GRADES ARE
TAKEN FROM THE PROJECT
DESIGN CRITERIA
4. NOMINAL FLOW RATE IS 519 M3/HR.
DRY PRECIPITATE TO
RETORT
PRECIPITATE FROM
FILTER PRESSES
PROCESS WATER
LEACH SOLUTION
TO
HEAP LEACH PAD
135-PU-007/008
NaCN (25%)
TO BARREN TANK
130-PU-005
antiscalant
TO
BARREN TANK
130-PU-020
NaCN (25%)
TO EMULSIFIER
130-PU-006
ZINC DUST
ADDITION
145-TR-001
ADDITION OF
LEAD NITRATE
SOLUTION
145-TR-005
BODY FEED
ADDITION TO
CLARIFIERS
130-PU-009/010
PRE-COAT
ADDITION TO FILTER
PRESSES
130-PU-007/008
PRE-COAT
ADDITION TO FILTER
CLARIFIERS
130-PU-007/008
PREGNANT SOLUTION
TO MERRILL-CROWE
PLANT
145-PU-001/002
ROM
LIME
TO
PAD
PREGNANT SOLUTION
TO PREGNANT
POND
antiscalant
TO
PREGNANT POND
130-PU-017
DATUM:
PR0YECCl0N:
APROBADO:
FEClA EVl3l0N:
ARCHIVO CAD:
REVISADO:
ESCALA:
DIBUJADO:
PR0YECT0 N:
ZONA:
CLIENTE:
TlTuL0:
Fl0uRA N:
REvl3l0N:
07.82.13.02
20/10/2010
C.TUEROS

D.PARRA
A
24.2
UTM
PSAD 56
19
S/E
X:\078213.XX BEAR CREEK - SANTA ANA PROJECT\078213.02 DFS\DESIGN\REV. A\NI43101\FIGURA 24.2.DWG
OVERALL PROCESS
MASS BALANCE
BEAR CREEK - MINING CORPORATION
DEFINITIVE FACILITY STUDY - SANTA ANA PROJECT
LEACH PAD, PONDS, WASTE DUMP, ACCESS ROADS AND FACILITIES
ISSUED FOR REVIEW