Given the mine’s elevation, the plant had to be placed in its immediate vicinity. Utilities shall be connected, and the location of a toxic waste disposal area shall be identified.
Continuous plant operation requires to provide for material warehouses, reagent storages, operating personnel shift camp, fuel and lubricants storages, labs, motor roads and access ways to different areas.
Arrangement of these areas and their services lines and access ways causes huge difficulties, as area elevations, seismicity of 10 points, a high danger of avalanches and steep slopes up to 75 degrees. The TSF is located at a height of 2,500m, requiring strict compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code and environmental standards.
Given the mine’s elevation, the plant had to be placed in its immediate vicinity. Utilities shall be connected, and the location of a toxic waste disposal area shall be identified.
Continuous plant operation requires to provide for material warehouses, reagent storages, operating personnel shift camp, fuel and lubricants storages, labs, motor roads and access ways to different areas.
Arrangement of these areas and their services lines and access ways causes huge difficulties, as area elevations, seismicity of 10 points, a high danger of avalanches and steep slopes up to 75 degrees. The TSF is located at a height of 2,500m, requiring strict compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code and environmental standards.