Beyond grade: Using Geology-led modelling to predict ore behaviour and recovery

Beyond grade: Using Geology-led modelling to predict ore behaviour and recovery

Image: DatamineGrade remains a fundamental part of resource evaluation, but it does not fully explain how ore will behave in the plant. Recovery, hardness, deleterious elements and mineralogical variability can all influence project economics, yet these factors are often harder to model because metallurgical testwork is limited. This paper explores how geology-led geometallurgical modelling helps teams use sparse recovery data more effectively b…