...

The first phase of laboratory analysis of mine tailing behavior is expected to be finished in April. The second phase to asses the effect of flocculants will start during phase 1 and rounded off in June (indication). Lastly the modeling and finalizing the report in planned in June and July.

Progress

The project was suspended by Chatham Rock Phosphate (CRP) in November 2017. At that time, phase 1 was partly finished and steps 1-3 of phase 2 were done. The prototype guidelines were not drafted yet. The results were reported in an internal memo and steps 2 and 3 of Phase 2 are reported in a technical report of Antea Group, to whom this part of the work was subcontracted. In the results section, only part of phase 1 and part of phase 2 is summarized.