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L u c k y P e n n y
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Introduction
Welcome to the Lucky Penny Mining Co!
Our Copper Production Offers

• High Production Efficiency
• Safety and Environmental Protection
• Benefits for the Workforce, Industry

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Site Location
Chibougamau, Quebec

• Population of 10,000
• Approximately 480km North of Montreal
• Industrial Zone of 250 Acres

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Site Location
Site Advantages

• Near Abundant Water Supply
• Materials and Products Easily Transported
• Site Layout

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Safety

• Our Highest Priority
• Proposed Safety and Operation Training Centre
• Emergency Code for Efficiency of Safety
  Procedures
• Chemicals Handled According to Standardized MSDS
  Data Sheets
• Emergency First Aid Centre

Plant Safety
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Safety

• Hazardous Waste Will be Disposed of Accordingly
• Products are not Hazardous to the Environment

Environment Safety
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Grinding
Overview

• Copper Concentrate is ground down with Multiple
  Ball and Hammer Mills
• Approximately 480km North of Quebec
• Industrial Zone of 250 Acres

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Leaching

• Titanium Provides Superior Corrosion Protection
• Outer Steel Provides Strength
• Clad Construction Titanium Alloys can be
  Selectively Applied in Specific Regions to
  Maximize Performance
• Low Maintenance and Long Vessel Life Span

Autoclave
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Leaching

• Option 1
• Pure Oxygen
• Explosive substance
• Need for storage
• Purchase and Transportation costs
• Option 2
• Air Purification
• Expensive Equipment
• Extracts only 93 oxygen
• Option 3
• Air
• Direct and Free Source
• Nitrogen and Argon Gases are Inert
• No Need for Storage

Oxygen Supply
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Leaching

• Liquid
• Difficult to Store and Transport
• Requires Extra Storage Equipment
• Abundant in Amount
• Less Expensive Less Purity
• Powder
• Storage and Transportation Easily Manageable
• Limited Availability
• Expensive High Purity

Lignosol
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Counter Current
Thickners

• HighRate Thickners
• Settling solids quicker
• Achieving quicker underflow density
• Reduction in space environment
• Separation more than 20 times more effective
• Cyclical designs provide long operation life

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Counter Current
Epoxy-Coated Piping

• longer lasting operating time
• cost efficient material
• lower handling costs

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Waste Management
Sulfur Recycling

• Produces Needed Sulfuric Acid
• Helps Reuse the Sulfur Rather Than Disposing of
  it
• Generates 1435.8 kW/h of Electricity to Run the
  Plant
• Selling the Sulfuric Acid Would Generate a Profit
  of 0.9 million Annually

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Waste Management
Selling Ferric Oxide

• Allows Another Company to Use Our Waste for their
  Benefit
• Less Waste Would Go to the Tailing Pond

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Electrowinning

• Eliminates Any Organics Through Vigorous
  Filtration
• Reduce Lead Contamination
• Titanium Cathode Bus Bars, Contacts
• Intend to Upgrade to Titanium Cathodes in Future

Maximum Current Density
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Electrowinning
Flow Chart
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Electrowinning
Plant Flexibility and Mobility

• Plant is Completely Mobile
• Tanks are Arranged So that Further Addition of
  Tanks is Possible

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Electrowinning

• Easiest Way to Extract Silver from Sulfuric Acid
  Solution
• Silver is Extremely Pure When Collected on
  Cathodes
• No Extremely Large Additions to the Plant (Just a
  Few More Electrowinning Cells)

Silver Recovery
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Electrowinning

• Heap Leaching Used for Low Grade Ores at Reduced
  Cost
• Less Tailing Pond Wastes and Solid Liquid
  Separation Steps
• Merrill-Crowe has Lower Costs Both Capital and
  Annual
• No Need to Concentrate Solution After Leaching
• Cyanide Solution Can be Recyled in Merrill-Crowe
  but Not in Other Processes Such as Carbon in Pulp

Gold Recovery
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Conclusion

• Environmentally Friendly, Wastes are Converted
  into Potential Profit
• Promoting Continuous Employee Safety
• Benefit for the Mining Industry
• Setting Benchmarks in Copper Production

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