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PCT No. PCT/AU96/00794 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 10, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 10, 1998 PCT Filed Dec. 6, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/21878 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 19, 1997A mobile pumping station includes a mobile base frame designed to be moved across the ground and a slurry vessel mounted on the mobile base frame and connected to a liquid supply. A primary feed hopper also mounted on the mobile base frame receives a mineral and transfers the mineral to the slurry vessel. The primary feed hopper can be adjusted to achieve a predetermined flow of the mineral to the slurry vessel so that the ratio of the mineral to the liquid can be controlled. The mobile pumping station can be moved into a position adjacent a mineral deposit such that a portion of the mineral deposit can be loaded into the slurry vessel. The mineral is formed into a flowable slurry by combining liquid from the liquid supply with the mineral, and thereafter the flowable slurry is discharged from the vessel via a slurry pump.
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