Jacobina Processing Plant

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The mineral process plant at the Jacobina Mine Complex was expanded to 6,000 tpd in 2008 and during 2007 through 2009, the tailings dam capacity was increased. The current process has a capacity of 6,500 tpd and involves the following activities: three-stage crushing of the ore, grinding of the crushed material into a pulp, gravity concentration of coarse gold, leaching of the pulp in a conventional cyanide leaching process, gold extraction of the enriched solution in CIL and CIP tanks, and gold recovery in an electrolytic circuit.
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Coordinates:   11°15'34"S   40°31'1"W
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