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Article: Azerbaijan: SA-developed technology being used to recover gold at Azerbaijan mine.
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- October 6, 2009
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Asian gold-mining junior Anglo Asian Mining is using the Dowex Minix ion-exchange resin technology developed by South African minerals research organisaiton Mintek for gold recovery at its Gedabek gold/copper project, in Azerbaijan.
Gedabek, the first operating gold mine in the south-western Asian country, produced its first gold in May this year. The operation consists of an openpit mine and a heap-leach facility, with gold recovery by resin-in- solution and electrowinning.
Copper production at the project will begin shortly. The mine is expected to produce more than 300 000 oz of gold during its initial six-year life-of-mine.
Owing to the ...