On March 12, Marty Wanner, our Technical Specialist arrived on-site to commission the WipWare SOLO (Online Conveyor Particle Size Analysis) System at the Meliadine gold development project in Nunavut Territory.
The Meliadine mine is located near the western shore of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq District of Nunavut, about 25 km north of Rankin Inlet and 290 km southeast of the Meadowbank mine. Meliadine includes seven gold deposits, six of which are part of the current mine plan. The 98,222-hectare property covers an 80-km-long greenstone belt.
Upon his arrival, Marty was given a brief tour of the facility and then proceeded to review the control room setup. The Solo system was installed prior to Marty’s arrival and the installation was very well done and connectivity was confirmed.
During his visit, Marty calibrated the system, taking a belt cut for sieve analysis. Sieve data was collected and compared to the raw system data; the difference correction between these two results is referred to as the calibration which compensates for unseen fines and other material characteristics. Using this technique, the Solo system was successfully calibrated.
After a successful calibration, a training session was done to demonstrate the function of the WipFrag software for blast fragmentation analysis. Additional information regarding the SOLO system calibration process and additional features of WipFrag were explained.
Thank you to the Meliadine team for their assistance in a successful commissioning of WipWare’s SOLO system.
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