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Carbon-in-Pulp · Carbon-in-Leach — agitated cyanide leach plants for milled ores

When ore is too fine, too refractory, or too high-grade for heap leaching, CIP (Carbon-in-Pulp) or CIL (Carbon-in-Leach) plants are the milling-circuit alternative. KCA has delivered CIP/CIL plants at scales from 200 TPD pilot (Itos, Bolivia) up to 20,000 TPD industrial (San Martin, Honduras). The Ocampo 1,500 TPD agitated leach (Mexico) is a classic mid-scale CIL reference.

1 t/d pilot (Peru / Bolivia)
Smallest CIP delivered
20,000 TPD (San Martin)
Largest CIL delivered
1,500 TPD (Ocampo)
Mid-scale reference
600 TPD
Itos (silver CIP, KCA-owned)

Comminution

SAG / ball mill or rod mill circuits sized to your bond work index and target grind size. KCA designs around vendor mills and integrates HPGR upstream where the ore competency favors that flowsheet.

Thickening & Pre-Leach

High-rate or paste thickeners to dewater mill discharge before leach. Pre-leach oxidation circuits for slightly-refractory ores.

Agitated Leach

Multi-stage mechanically-agitated leach tanks with optimized residence time (typically 24–48 h depending on ore). Carbon-in-Leach configuration adds activated carbon to the leach tanks for continuous gold adsorption.

Adsorption Train (CIP)

For CIP flowsheets, a separate adsorption train with countercurrent carbon transfer. CIL/CIP carbon loading optimized for the specific leach-solution grade and reagent regime.

Acid Wash & Strip

Hydrochloric acid wash to remove calcium carbonate and base-metal contaminants before stripping. Pressure (AARL) or atmospheric (Zadra) strip configurations.

Cyanide Destruction

INCO SO₂/air or peroxide cyanide destruction. Tailings filtration or paste deposition. Reagent consumption matched to ore-specific testwork results from the KCA laboratory.

Reference Projects

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