Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2

The CTRI collaborates with 6th Wave-AEM to validate the potential of green alternatives and innovative IXOS® moleculary imprinted technology to replace cyanide and activated carbon, respectively. The project is divided in two parts. Part 1 covers the trials for green alternatives for gold leaching. The tests and the validation of these alternatives will be a focus in this part. To attempt this goal, this phase will involve running tests in CTRI, collecting laboratory data for evaluating the performance of these products and their environmental risks. Thus, the study of the environmental toxicity of post-treatment waters and solids resulted as a second output of the whole process will be carried out. Further often, this phase will be used to analyse collected data and quantify key performance indicators (KPI) of these products compared to conventional process based on cyanidation (positive control). Part 2 of the project will be more focused on gold recovery with IXOS® technology at laboratory phase and pilot scale. The CTRI has seen the potential application of this technology for AEM. The economical study of IXOS® Molecularly imprinted polymer IXOS® resin for gold recovery will be carried out. This project builds for a long-term collaboration with 6th Wave Innovations Corp (6WIC) as they seek to establish highly effective technology into Abitibi marketplace.