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Removal method of gold from refractory ores by heap leaching

EFFECT: improving a degree of gold removal at cyanide leaching of refractory ores; reducing consumption of cyanide. 8 cl, 6 tbl, 6 ex The invention relates to the field of hydrometallurgy of precious metals and can be used in particular for the extraction of gold by heap leaching of refractory sulphide gold ores cyanide solutions.

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HEAP BIOLOGICAL LEACHING LEAN REFRACTORY MINERAL …

FIELD: metallurgy.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to non-ferrous metallurgy, namely, biobreaking and bioleaching of non-ferrous and noble metals from refractory sulfide ores and spent heap leaching stacks, and can be used in the mining, chemical, metallurgical industries, including at facilities in cryolithic zones. Method includes layer-by-layer formation of a stack of refractory sulfide ore ...

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Precious Metal Heap Leach Design and Practice

Precious Metal Heap Leach Design and Practice Daniel W. Kappes1 ABSTRACT Heap leaching of gold and silver ores is conducted at approximately 120 mines worldwide. Heap leaching is one of several alternative process methods for treating precious metal ores, and is selected primarily to take advantage of its low capital cost relative to other methods.

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Bacterial heap leaching of refractory gold/sulphide ores ...

01-05-1994· The results are presented in Figure 4, which shows that for the selected consumption, bacterial heap leaching can be more economic than BIOX The choice of process obviously depends on individual ore characteristics, but for refractory sulphide ores, where flotation recovery of gold is below 90 %, the bacterial heap leach process should be considered as an alternative to BIOX GOLD …

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Processing Refractory Gold - Hydrometallurgy: Leaching in ...

May be increasing gold recovery from refractory gold ore (with grade 2-3 g/t) to 90-95%?Actual data of top refractory gold ore mines show, that gold recovery is 70% and less. ... Hydrometallurgy: Leaching in Heap, Vat, CIL, CIP, Merrill–Crowe, SX Solvent Extraction.

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refractory gold ore heap leaching - immooase.ch

leaching tank for gold heap leaching plant. Precious Metal Heap Leach Design and Practice Ore Max. Heap leaching of gold and silver ores is conducted at approximately 120 mines . in a processing plant gravity separation followed by leaching in stirred tanks. Get Price And Support Online. Bacterial heap leaching of refractory gold/sulphide ores .

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Heap leaching of refractory gold ore by integrating ...

Heap leaching of refractory gold ore by integrating enhanced bio-oxidation of pyrite and chloride-based gold leaching Extracting this gold requires pretreatment, such as pressure oxidation or roasting, to remove carbonaceous materials and sulphides, followed by the application of alkali cyanide or thiosulphate solution to leach gold.

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heap leaching refractory in spain - afj-hofgeismar.de

heap leaching refractory in spain. May 01 1994 · Keywords Heap leaching bacteria modelling cyanide refractory gold ores BIOX economics TRODUCTION Heap and dump leaching are perhaps the oldest hydrometallurgical processes and were used more than 300 years ago for the recovery of copper at Rio Tinto in Spain 1 Although the terms heap leaching and dump leaching are used somewhat ...

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Chlorination Leaching of Refractory Ores - Hydrometallurgy ...

Chlorination leaching of floatation concentrate could be a route for treatment of refractory ores instead of roasting, BIOB or POX - some companies are also testing fine grinding and oxygen injection using shear reactors in alkaline cyanide systems. Direct leaching of ores becomes very expensive using chlorine systems.

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Bacterial heap leaching of refractory gold/sulphide ores ...

Bacterial heap leaching of refractory gold/sulphide ores. ... pre-leach of crushed material to release the encapsulated gold and make it amenable to a standard alkaline cyanide heap-leaching process or to a heap-leaching process using alternative gold lixiviants.

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Thermal pre-treatment of refractory limonite ores to ...

01-02-2013· Thus roasting of selected ores prior to heap leaching is a pre-treatment that could be applied to the vast WA resource of refractory goethitic ores which are currently not economic to process. The economics, however, would need to be assessed on a case by case basis with the additional processing costs needing to be at least off-set by the value of the recovered value metals.

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A BACTERIAL HEAP LEACHING APPROACH FOR THE TREATMENT …

Heap leaching is currently employed for copper oxides and secondary sulphides, e.g. Quebrada Blanca (Chile)(2) and Girilambone (Australia)(1). The application of heap leaching to more refractory chalcopyrite material is still under development. Figure 1 – Relationship between ore grade and method of …

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Advances in high-temperature heap leaching of refractory ...

and refractory ores, as well as smaller deposits. As a result, the level of sophistication that needs to be built into the design and operation of the heap leaching process also increases. The heap leaching of copper ores is an example of such a trend, where heap leaching was initially applied only to the acid leaching of oxide ores.

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Heap Leaching Of Refractory Gold Ores

Bacterial heap leaching of refractory gold/sulphide ores The results are presented in Figure 4, which shows that for the selected consumption, bacterial heap leaching can be more economic than BIOX The choice of process obviously depends on individual ore characteristics, but for refractory sulphide ores, where flotation recovery of gold is below 90 %, the bacterial heap leach process should be

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A HEAP LEACH FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR MIMBULA REFRACTORY ...

leaching and treatment of refractory ore (TORCO) process. However these methods attracted significantly high capital investment leaving heap leaching as a more economically attractive method to be investigated. This research was aimed at assessing the amenability of Mimbula refractory ore to heap leaching

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A Brief Note on the Heap Leaching Technologies for the ...

Originally, heap leaching was practiced 500 years ago. Georgius Agricola published a book De Re Metallica in 1557 and reported that the heap leaching process was finished in a 40-day cycle [1]. Since the middle of the 16th century, heap leaching was practiced in Hungary for copper extraction.

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Bacterial Heap Leaching Of Refractory Gold

Refractory Gold Ore Heap Leaching. Bacterial heap leaching of refractory gold/sulphide ores . Gold recovery in alkaline cyanide heap leaching after bacterial leaching was 74 % (compared with 24 % without bacterial heap leaching), but the acid consumption to achieve this …

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bacterial heap leaching of refractory gold sulphide ores

Bacterial heap leaching of refractory gold/sulphide ores. May 01, 1994 The results are presented in Figure 4, which shows that for the selected consumption, bacterial heap leaching can be more economic than BIOX The choice of process obviously depends on individual ore characteristics, but for refractory sulphide ores, where flotation recovery of gold is below 90 %, the bacterial heap leach ...

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heap leaching of refractory gold ores

Bacterial heap leaching of refractory gold/sulphide ores . Keywords Heap leaching; bacteria; modelling; cyanide; refractory gold ores; BIOX~; economics ~TRODUCTION Heap and dump leaching are perhaps the oldest hydrometallurgical processes and were used more than 300 years ago for the recovery of copper at Rio Tinto in Spain Although the terms heap leaching and dump leaching are …

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refractory gold ore heap leaching consulting - ME Mining ...

refractory gold ore heap leaching consulting Diagnostic Leaching For Refractory Gold Ores | Heap Leach Pads Tailings Storage Facilities Diagnostic Leaching For Refractory Gold Ores; A diagnostic leach test can be very useful to qualitatively assess how gold occurs within the ore and the extent to which it may be refractory.

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refractory gold ore heap leaching consulting

Heap Leaching, Heap Leaching Consulting, Heap Leaching of. Heap leaching (HL) is a flexible and economic mineral processing method, commonly used to extract gold from low-grade gold ores. In this process, ore is firstly crushed to fine particles. By spraying leaching solution to the large piles, the gold-containing solution is leached.

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Improvements on heap leaching process for a refractory ...

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heap leaching refractory - rachunkowosc-slask.pl

Heap leaching of refractory gold ore by integrating enhanced bio-oxidation of pyrite and chloride-based gold leaching. Gold occurs in association with pyrite and arsenopyrite in the Carlin-type gold deposit, with little gold being contained in carbonaceous materials.

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Heap Leaching of Gold-Bearing Deposits: Theory and ...

Groudev SN, Sasova II, Groudeva VI et al. Pilot scale microbial heap leaching of gold from a refractory ore at the Zlata Mine, Bulgaria. In: Vargas T, Jerez CA, Wiertz JV et al, eds. Biohydrometallurgical Processing. Vol I. Santiago: University of Chile, 1995: 425–435. Google Scholar

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GLOBAL EXPLOITATION OF HEAP LEACHABLE GOLD DEPOSITS: II ...

Bioheap pretreatment of sulfidic refractory gold ore prior to cyanide leaching is a promising new technology, especially for low-grade ores that cannot be oxidized by pressure leaching or roasting. Ores containing both refractory and amenable gold require economic decisions whether, or not, to pretreat before cyanide leaching.

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