Century Mine Project Overview Geology & Resources Restart...

• Century Mine
  • Project Overview
  • Geology & Resources
  • Restart Feasibility Study
  • Infrastructure
  • Lawn Hill & Riversleigh Pastoral Holding Companies
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Century Processing Plant & Supporting Infrastructure

The 7.0Mtpa capacity processing plant, in excellent condition after 16 years of use, is currently on care and maintenance following cessation of processing operations. Key equipment includes:

• Primary crushing facilities, which reduce ROM feed to approximately 100mm;
• Grinding facilities consisting of one SAG mill (12MW gearless drive) and two balls mills (8MW gearless drive & 6.7MW single pinion drive);
• Milling facilities consisting of fifteen ultrafine sand mills (355kW);
• A conventional froth flotation circuit, comprising 21 stirred mills and 79 flotation cells;
• Remnant mobile fleet (reduced from original full scale operations) including 6 × Komatsu 630E dump trucks, 5 × Caterpillar D10/D11 dozers and 4 × Komatsu PC excavators;
• Five exploration and grade control drilling rigs;
• Full site laboratory capable of handling all exploration and plant samples; and
• Equipment workshops and stores for all mobile and fixed plant maintenance. This gives an idea of the equipment required to build the Citeron Production Plant