Case Study
How Votorantim Used Leapfrog To Model A Complex Nickel Deposit
LEAPFROG GEO HOW VOTORANTIM USED LEAPFROG TO MODEL A COMPLEX NICKEL DEPOSIT Company: Votorantim Metais (a multinational Brazilian company which works with base metals). Project: A lateritic, mafic-ultramafic nickel deposit located in Niquelândia, 300Km north of Brasilia in Brazil. The open pit mine produces nickel carbonate using a hybrid pyro-hydrometallurgical process. The deposit is 26 km (N-S) by 6 km (W-E) drilled at a 25x25m space.