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Originally posted by Met2020: ↑

In terms of the capital & operating costs for an X-Ray ore sorting system for treating a copper-zinc sulphide orebody in Canada, the capital cost can be in the order of C$2.6 milion for two machines with an operating cost of C$0.10 per tonne crushed based on 2021 costs.

The Kutcho Copper Corporation, Kutcho Copper Project in British Columbia, Canada, - Feasibility Study (NI-43-101 Technical Report), dated 22nd December 2021 indicates,

The Kutcho Copper Project Feasibility Study (FS) is designing a pre-concentration Ore Sorting circuit ahead of their Grinding-Flotation circuit capable of treating 4,500 tonnes per day. The ore sorter is aiming to reject 600 tpd of waste material (~15% of crusher feed) to improve the downstream processing plant energy efficiency. i.e. upgrade SAG mill feed grade.
The FS found a Tomra COM XRT2400/82 "Coarse" Sorter (-75 to 25mm feed) had a capital cost of C$1,720,000 and a COM Tertiary XRT1200/B "Fine" Sorter (-25 to 12.5mm feed) capital cost was C$860,000. (Table 21-2)
The TOMRA COM XRT2400/82 has a 2.4 metre width belt to process 184 tph of coarse rock (-75 + 25mm size fraction)
The TOMRA COM Tertiary XRT has a 1.2 metre belt width capable of treating 38 tph of fine rocks (-25 +12.5mm size fraction)
The Kutcho Copper project FS proposed 2x Operators per shift are required to operate the Ore Sorting circuit relating to Front End Loader & Ore Sorter operating duties.
Ore Sorter consumable costs was estimated at C$0.10 / tonne crushed. (Ref Table 21-41)

These are 2021 costings from their Feasibility Study so need to be adjusted for inflation.

Reference:

https://www.mining-technology.com/projects/kutcho-copper-and-zinc-project-british-columbia-canada/?cf-view&cf-closed
https://kutcho.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/KutchoCopper_Corporate-Presentation_2024-03-01.pdf
https://staging3.kutcho.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/R533.2021-Kutcho-Feasibility-NI-43-101.pdf

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Excellent, excellent research Met.
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