REXPro Project
at Third National Scientific and Technical Conference TAILING MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY
The Third National Scientific and Technical Conference TAILING MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY was held from 11.06. to 13.06.2025 in Koprivshtitsa, organized by the Scientific and Technical Union of Mining, Geology and Metallurgy. REXPro Project: Resilient and Effective Exploration, Extraction and Processing of Critical and Strategic Raw Materials in Copper-Gold and Polymetallic Deposits in Bulgaria: From the Ore to the Tailings (Contract No. PVU-11 of 29.05.2024/BG-RRP-2.011-0040-C01), funded by the European Union through NextGenerationEU, was presented with by the contribution "Investigation of the Potential of Ore Deposits Tailings as Sources of Critical and Strategic Raw Materials: Preliminary Results", authors Dimitrina Dimitrova, Rumyana Vatseva, Diana Yordanova, Irena Peytcheva.
The conference provided an opportunity to discuss innovations in the management of tailings, as well as their possible use as raw materials for composite materials and future sources of critical and strategic raw materials, and to exchange experience between academic teams and representatives of the mining industry in Bulgaria. The team of GI-BAS was represented by Prof. Irena Peycheva, Prof. Rumyana Vatseva and Assoc. Prof. Atanas Hikov. They actively participated in the discussions of the conference presentations, in the visit to the Flotation Complex of «Elatsite Med» AD at Mirkovo and to the tailings Benkovski 1 and 2.