Critical Minerals Desk | Modular processing
Process minerals on site. Reduce upfront investment. Reach production sooner.
We assess and arrange modular processing solutions at the mine site, bringing together technical partners, equipment and potential funding and operating arrangements. For qualifying projects, this can minimise the mine's upfront plant investment.
Delivery is through specialist partners. AquaVolt coordinates and arranges; it does not own the equipment or guarantee outcomes.
Assess your mine for modular processingLeading advantages
Three reasons to look at modular processing
A potential alternative to undertaking a large permanent processing-plant development, where the material and economics support it.
Minimal upfront capital outlay
Potential third-party funding can preserve the mine's capital for mining and operations.
Conditional commercial arrangement. It depends on project qualification and agreed terms. It is not free equipment.
Faster deployment
Pre-engineered modules can shorten the development, installation and commissioning period compared with a comparable bespoke permanent plant.
Depends on process route, permitting, site readiness and equipment availability. No timetable is implied.
Processing at the source
Reduce the need to move unprocessed material to distant facilities, where on-site processing is technically and commercially appropriate.
Scope
What we assess, and what you receive
Scope
- Review assays, ore or tailings characteristics, feedstock volumes and current recovery
- Identify additional mineralogical and metallurgical tests where required
- Work with specialist partners to assess process routes and equipment configurations
- Assess site access, power, water, residue management and operating needs
- Evaluate funding and operating arrangements; define responsibilities and mine economics
- Coordinate a deployment pathway following technical, commercial and permitting assessment
Client outputs
- A proposed process route
- An indicative equipment concept
- Site requirements
- Further testing needs
- A potential commercial structure
Detailed engineering, binding pricing and deployment dates follow the relevant partner work and agreements. Modular deployment does not remove permitting, engineering, environmental controls or commissioning.
How it works
From material to a deployment pathway
Modules move into position, then material flows through a generic treatment sequence. Real configuration follows test results.
Illustrative process. Configuration depends on test results.
Assess material
Review assays, feedstock and current recovery. Identify testing needs.
Define the solution
Select candidate process routes and an indicative equipment concept with specialist partners.
Structure funding and operation
Evaluate funding and operating arrangements, responsibilities and mine economics.
Prepare deployment
Coordinate permitting, installation and commissioning steps with the relevant partners.
Preserve capital → Shorten deployment → Start processing
Explainer
How on-site modular processing works
How on-site modular processing works
Explainer video in productionSuitable enquiries
Who this is for, and what to tell us first
Who this serves
- Mine owners and operators with ore or tailings feedstock
- Project sponsors comparing processing options
- Operators considering added capacity at an existing site
Helpful to include in a first note
- Country and site location
- Mineral and feedstock type
- Existing assays and tests
- Available tonnes and target daily throughput
- Current processing, power and water
- Licence or operating status, and desired timing
Ranges are fine where exact figures are not yet available.
Contact
Assess your mine for modular processing
Tell us about the material and the site. We will say whether a modular route looks worth assessing, and what information would be needed next.
Critical Minerals Desk
desk@aquavoltcapital.com