Who is Alexander Beckmann?....
He has 20 years' experience in applied mineralogy, mining, extraction/mineral processing, processing of non-iron metals, process engineering and optimization, cost reduction of existing processes and material science. He has had project involvements in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America, and has been a consultant for major mining and smelting companies in Asia and South America. Beckmann founded Agricola in 2001, having invented and been granted patents for new processes for copper, precious metals and PGEs at the end of the '90s. He also invented new processes for the dearsenification of non iron concentrates (i.e. copper). He joined the Faculty of Applied Mineralogy at the University of Cologne in 2000, using this time to develop the technology further. Prior to this, he spent several years as a prospector in Southern Africa. During this time he also worked on selective inductive microwave heating of minerals in order to change physical properties of minerals and elements for new process designs i.e. as a potential separation method. Following the completion of his Masters Degrees in Applied and Specific Mineralogy, Physical Metallurgy, Geology and Ore Mineralogy, Alexander joined the Deutsche Luft-und Raumfahrt (DLR, German Aerospace and Aviation Centre) in the department of material science, before moving into a role as assistant to the Vice CEO, responsible for the areas of aviation, satellites, personnel, controlling & law. Beckmann also has undergraduate degrees in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.
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The iCON SB Enhanced Gravity Concentrator (Approx. cost $15,000US)is used prior to feeding the concentrate to the table for finishing. The iCON Concentrator is designed to capture all heavy minerals including Gold, Silver REE's and PGMs . It uses a centrifugal field to concentrate very fine, free minerals that are not recoverable using the traditional techniques of small scale and artisanal miners. The technology is based on the batch-type Falcon Concentrator and designed by the same Falcon engineers that design concentrators for the largest mines in the world. In operation, material is fed as a slurry of minerals and water into a rotating bowl that includes special fluidized grooves or riffles to capture the heavies at a rate of up to 2 tons/hour. Periodically, a rich concentrate is rinsed out and requires further upgrading (tabling) to be turned into a final gold product.
