DRA to conduct feasibility study for Guinea graphite project
Engineering services multinational DRA has been appointed to conduct the feasibility study for Canada-based Guinea-focused mining company SRG’s Lola graphite project, in Guinea.
DRA said in a statement on Wednesday that the project will be executed through the DRA Met-Chem office, in Montreal, with input from other DRA offices across the globe.
DRA has been involved in the Lola project since the early stages and previously completed two mineral resource estimates and a preliminary economic assessment (PEA).
It has also provided extensive support through a range of trade-off studies, as well as the management of the metallurgical test work and field studies (geotechnical and hydrogeology).
“We look forward to drawing upon our experience in Africa to deliver value to SRG,” said DRA mining, geology and Met-Chem operations senior VP Daniel Gagnon.
SRG, in a statement on Monday, said the positive outcome of the PEA, along with the strong fundamentals for graphite and energy metals, provides confidence in the prospects of the Lola graphite project.
To complement DRA, SRG has also contracted serval consultants with specific competencies related to the feasibility study. In many cases, fieldwork has already begun and is ongoing, it added.
DRA’s Silvia Del Carpio has been nominated project manager and the company is well recognised for its capabilities in mining and mineral processing. It has a talented team of engineering, technical and project management personnel with relevant project experience in North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa and India, SRG said.
Further, British logistics firm Remote Site Logistics was selected to complete the study and implementation of construction and operations importation along with concentrate export logistics.
SGS Canada was selected for the metallurgy test work, flowsheet validation, piloting test work and for bulk concentrate production.
SGS Canada graphite specialist Oliver Peters is responsible for the feasibility test work for the Lola graphite project.
South African environmental and mining waste management firm Epoch Resources was selected for the design of the tailing storage facility. Its mandate is to assess the terrain and find a suitable location and appropriate method for tailings disposal.
Following this assessment, it will provide the detailed design of the tailings pond.
Mine Design Engineering provides services in geomechanics to assist those in the mining and civil engineering industries. Their first mandate is to design and supervise a soil and rock sampling campaign to determine the stability of the future mine walls.
Additionally, exploration and mining specialist firm Sahara Natural Resources was selected for both geotechnical fieldwork and studies for civil engineering and hydrogeology. Its mandate is to evaluate the ground stability and properties at the selected plant location, as well as to understand the underground water systems to support mine design, SRG concluded in its statement on Monday.
The Lola graphite occurrence has a prospective surface outline of 3.22 km2 of continuous graphitic gneiss, which SRG says is one of the largest graphitic surface areas in the world.
Comments
The
content
you are trying to access is only available to subscribers.
If you are already a subscriber, you can Login Here.
If you are not a subscriber, you can subscribe now, by selecting one of the below options.
For more information or assistance, please contact us at subscriptions@creamermedia.co.za.
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation