Financing

R&D period: years 2007–2012. Budget financing and extra-budgetary resources attraction.

Brief description

Suffosion processes intensification as a result of the technogene placer, which is being developed, polygon object preliminary preparation and natural seismic activity impact.

The technology undergone laboratory tests in FEB RAS Mining Institute.

Protection documents:

• Patent RU 2147684 dated 21.09.1998. A method of enriched near-bedrock layer formation in technogene placer / Litvintsev V. S., Mamaev Yu.A., Saksin B. G., Puliaevski A. M., Ponomarchuk G. P., Krupskaya L. T., Boiko V. F.

Known analogues: Processes of low-frequency action on liquid hydrocarbon deposits for oil afterextraction.

Competitive advantages

Marketing studies were not conducted.

Technology competitive advantages:

• it may be used for deposits development of technogene raw materials that have low valuable components content;
• is contributing to tiny fractions effective concentration.

Guaranteed economic effect is achieved by:

• reduction of capital expenses,
• reduction of operational costs,
• exclusion of tiny gold operational and technologic wastes.

Scientific significance

A method is scientifically substantiated for raising the effectiveness of technogene auriferous deposits development by securing the heavy fractions suffosion process continuity and stability. Optimal conditions are defined that lead to suffosion process high intenseness.

The scientific background level is academic.

There is a possibility to further enhance the product and secure its additional applications.

“Know-how” is present and rights for it may be transferred.

Examples of practical application

The technology can be used in gold mining and processing industry

Use in production: The technology undergone laboratory testing

Cost and timing of commercial conditioning: The Institute has brought the project to prototype and pilot-scale production

Degree of readiness to industrial application: There is a need for additional scientific research and experimental testing.

Availability of actual or potential buyers of technologies or licenses: Gold mining and processing enterprises in the Russian Far East region.

Sales market geography

Main market segments are enterprises of the Russian Siberian and Far Eastern regions.

Sales market size

Is determined by demands for technogene auriferous placer raw materials processing.

Sales promotion period

Implementation commencing date is year 2012.

Developer

Russian Academy of Science Far Eastern Branch Mining Institute
(RAS FEB MI (IGD DVO RAN))