Nowadays,the prices of gold rises with the tide.The direct impact of this situation is that the importance of gold tailings resources is gradually becoming more prominent.

一、Current Situation of Gold Mining Resources Exploitation

Like many other ores,gold mines are also facing the dilemma of depletion of high-grade ore resources and the accumulation of low-grade tailings like mountains.But now,the low-grade gold tailings facing the huge chance because of the increasing price of the gold.

In the past,the exploitation grade of gold must attain 1g/ton at least.But accompanying the increasing price of gold since 2020,it means the gold ore can be exploited even it's ore grade just attain 0.3g/ton.After 2020, the gold price soared completely - the international gold price climbed from $1200/oz to a high of $2400, opening a value crack for the development of low-grade resources.

二、Technological Poverty Alleviation: AI sorting technology turns gold tailings into treasure

The associated environment of gold mines determines the complexity of sorting technology.Currently,there are three types of gold deposits,including quartz vein type gold deposit,iron sulphide mixed gold deposit and altered rock type gold deposit.

The "indiscriminate attack" mode of traditional mineral processing technology is often inefficient and a high cost in these complex scenes.But AI sorting tech can handle this well,even more revolutionary is that when the ore grade further drops to 0.3 grams per ton, traditional physical sorting techniques are no longer able to meet the challenges of mineral identification at the microscale.

At this point, artificial intelligence sorting technology is beginning to demonstrate its disruptive value - by integrating hyperspectral imaging, multi-dimensional feature modeling, and deep learning algorithms, a recognition system for the associated state and surface features of gold mines is constructed to achieve pre selection, waste disposal, and enrichment of gold mines.

三、Future Vision: Insights for Sustainable Mining

The development of AI sorting technology has given birth to a more efficient, cleaner, and smarter development model for gold ore beneficiation technology.

When 0.3 grams of gold per ton of ore can generate value, and when every tailings pond becomes the starting point for resource regeneration, technological breakthroughs have submitted an economically rational and ecologically intelligent answer to the sustainable development of mining.