Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170104205

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170104205

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Benign recovery of precious metals from deep pristine environments. This project aims to extract precious metals from natural deposits conventional mining methods cannot reach. Glycine-peroxide systems can dissolve precious metals without pollution. Understanding these systems’ behaviour in natural orebodies could lead to in-situ leaching methods that complement conventional mining, especially in low grade deposits. This project intends to use a modern scientific workflow based on exploratory, descriptive and explanatory phases to model the coupled multi-physics of precious metals transport, introduce a high performance computing strategy for in-situ leaching, develop an experimental protocol that explains the recovery mechanisms, and propose optimal leaching patterns that maximise productivity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 17-02-2017

End Date: 31-12-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $190,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy | Mining Engineering | Numerical Modelling and Mechanical Characterisation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Mining and Extraction of Precious (Noble) Metal Ores |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Mining Engineering | Mining and Extraction of Precious (Noble) Metal Ores | Numerical Modelling and Mechanical Characterisation | Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy

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