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GEKKO SYSTEMS
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321 LEARMONTH ROAD BALLARAT
VICTORIA 3350 AUSTRALIA
TEL +61 3 5339 5859 FAX +61 3 5339 5803
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www.gekkos.com
MEDIA RELEASE
Date:
7th November, 2013
Gekko secures low-energy plant contract for YTC Hera Project
YTC Resources recently placed an order with the Ballarat-based company, Gekko Systems, to design, build,
install and commission a robust polymetallic plant to recover gold, silver, lead and zinc. YTC’s Hera gold-base
metal deposit is situated approximately 100km south-east of Cobar and is hosted in Cobar Basin rocks. The
region also boasts the mineral deposits at CSA, Peak Gold Mines and Endeavor.
Gekko’s world-class Technical Team
worked closely with YTC management
early in the conception stages to
perform pre-concentration mineral
recovery test work utilising continuous
gravity and flotation, and a full feasibility
study was undertaken in 2011.
“Gekko Systems has been able to
provide YTC with an innovative flow
sheet designed to achieve productivity
with a strong focus on energy efficiency.
We are pleased to be working with
Gekko on this project and look forward
to a successful outcome”, says Rimas
Kairaitis, Managing Director, YTC
Resources. The key energy efficient
components of the plant is reduced
power consumption through the use
VSI tertiary crushers paired with a verti
mill, as opposed to a traditional ball mill.
From L-R: Dean Frederickson, COO, YTC; Gary Comb, Non-Executive Director,
YTC; Tim Hughes, Process Engineering Manager, Gekko Systems; Graham
Brock, Metallurgical Consultant, Leo Consulting; Rimas Kairaitis, MD, YTC; and
Michael Trenorden, Customer Relations Manager, Gekko Systems.
Designed to treat 50 tonnes of new mill feed per hour, Gekko’s modular design and construct model successfully
achieves financial and productivity benefits. These benefits include lower capital cost per tonnes treated,
faster delivery, installation and commissioning. Gekko’s experience and focus on pre-concentration flow sheets
also enables a reduction in the plant footprint.
Major components of the plant design are:
 Three-stage crushing circuit and coarse
grind to 250 micron using a Vertical Shaft
Impactor (VSI)
 Gravity gold recovery circuit
 Rougher flotation at 250 micron before
regrind of bulk flotation concentrate to 38
micron
 Cleaner flotation to upgrade bulk
concentrate
 Cyanide leach of cleaner concentrate to
leach gold and silver
 Merrill Crowe process to Au-Ag doré
 Leach residue filtration and stockpiling of
Pb-Zn concentrate
Gekko’s 3D overview of the processing plant for YTC’s Hera Project.
The YTC plant is an example of Gekko’s ability to provide a turnkey solution offering metallurgical testwork, flow
sheet design, engineering, manufacturing, installation and commissioning. The project timeline is 68 weeks from
design to commissioning, following which Gekko offers a range of service and support options.
Gekko is a one-stop shop specialising in niche capital and operating-efficient modular plants below 100 tonnes
per hour with a particular focus on gold projects.
Media contact:
Mick Alsop
Marketing Manager
Gekko Systems
Tel: +61 3 5339 5859
Cell: +61 (0)403 301 161
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