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The Helmholtz Institute Freiberg –

Resource Technology „Made in Germany“

PDAC 2012

Jens Gutzmer, Andreas Klossek

Toronto, 07.March 2012

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Innovation and technology is an increasingly effective

way to find new resources in a sustainable way.

Tom Albanese, CEO Rio Tinto

November, 2010

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Technological quantum leap needed

• Increasing global demand for mineral resources

• Decreasing discovery rate

• Deposits in challenging environments

• Decreasing grades

• Complex and fine-grained ores

• Demand for ‘new’ metals

• Environmental impact and public acceptance –

Sustainability

• Long project development pipeline

Key Challenges for the Resource Industry

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Background Vision

The institute will become the national (European)

centre for researching and developing

technologies designed to assure and safeguard

the steady supply of mineral and metalliferous

raw materials for the German (and European)

economy.

Goals

• Development of new technologies

• Contribution to environmental protection and

sustainability

• Establishing meaningful economic relations

between European industry and resource-

rich countries

• Training of a new generation of resource

industry professionals for industry and

academia

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Building Research Competence

• Founded August 2011 as a Helmholtz Institute being part of the Helmholtz Society

• Funded by national government (90%) and Free State of Saxony (10 %)

• Currently 16 staff members – aimed to expand to 100 by 2015

• Analytical and technical infrastructure currently shared with TU Bergakademie

Freiberg and HZDR – own infrastructure available by end of 2013

Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg

The Resources University. Since 1765.

Geosciences

Resource Technology

Material Sciences

Energy

Environment

Research on

resource technologies

Material Sciences

Metal Geochemistry

Fluid Dynamics

Analytics

Helmholtz-Centre Dresden-Rossendorf

Resource Ecology

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Focus on Critical Metal and Mineral Resources

Analytics

Modelling

& Valuation

Metallurgy

& Recycling

Processing

Mining Exploration

Recycling of rare earth magnets

Processing of complex domestic resources

Distribution of high technology metals (Ge, Ga, In) in conventional and unconventional raw materials

Biosorption, Bioleaching

REE resources from exploration over processing and metallurgy to analytics

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Fe Al

Mg

Ti

Sn

Ni

Cu

Pb

Zn

Cr

Mn

Ag

Au

PGM

Ga

Ge

In

Cd

Co

As

Bi Pd

Ni Rh Ir

Os

Co

Ru

Bi As

Pt

Se

Te

Ag

Au Pb

Mo

Zn

Fe

Ca/Si Hg

Sb

Mg

Mn

Fe

Cu

Hg

Sb

Ti

Ca/Si

Ca/Si

V

Al

Fe

Mg

Mg

Pb

Ca/Si

Al Cu Co Fe

Ni As

Pb Zn

Al V

Sn Mg

Mn Cu Cr Ti

As

V Ga

Li

Mn

Cu Fe

Zn

Cr

Ti

Cl

B

Mn

Br

Fe

Ni

Al

V

Nb Cr

Fe

Sn

Al

Mg

Mn

Zr

Ta

Ag In

Au Cu

Ag

Pt

Ru Te

Os

Ir

Co

Se

Rh

W

Bi Sb

Cu

Zn

As

Nb Pb

Ta Mg

Fe

Hg

Ca/Si

Cr

Sb

As

Sulfide+ Oxide

ores Sulfide ores

Oxidic ores

Major metal

By-products

Strategies for Utilization of ‘New’ Metals (Ge, Ga, In) as By-

products in Different Mineral Resource Types

Sources: Reuter et al., Verhoef et al.

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Selective Bond

Bioleaching at Talvivaara Mine, Finland:

• Prod./a.: 33 kt Ni, 1,2 kt Co, 10 kt Cu,

60 kt Zn

• Duration: 5 years

• Recovery: 98%

Potentials of Biosorption:

• High selectivity

• Environmental friendly

• Coupled with bioleaching ?

Bioleaching and Biosorption: Energy and Resource Efficient

Source: www.mining-technology.com

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Opportunities for Collaboration

For research institutions and universities

• Large research projects (funded by public research grants or by industry)

• Exchange of academic staff and students (funded by HGF, DAAD)

• Use of unique infrastructure (funded by HIF, HGF, or DAAD)

For industry

• Research projects of fundamental character, capitalizing on unique

expertise and infrastructure

• Development of innovative technologies

• Strategic technology advice

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