oxidize sulphide minerals to the relevant soluble sulphates (12). Such oxidation is used commercially to leach nonferrous metals and uranium from mineral raw materials (ores and concentrates) and to liberate gold, which is finely disseminated in sulphide minerals (35). The liberated gold is then leached
LEACHING OF GOLD FROM A POLYMETALLIC SULPHIDE ORE Irena Spasova 1, Marina Nicolova, ... The pregnant heap effluents were treated by cementation with metallic zinc to precipitate the precious metals as mixed goldsilver concentrates. ... was determined by .
discoveries are in sulphide ore bodies that yield poor to modest gold recovery by the traditional whole ore cyanide leaching process. The gold in these deposits is inevitably encapsulated as . submicron sized particles within an impervious sulphide mineral matrix, and is termed refractory. The most common refractory gold sulphide hosts are ...
Thus, known methods of extraction of metals from sulfidebearing ores by heap and insitu leaching (EN C1, NGOs, the dominion, 22 B C 3/08, ). Sulfide (sulphide ore) containing carbonate minerals leached underground natural waters with the addition of sulfuric acid.
The native elements contain the most gold, followed by the sulfide minerals. Several gold tellurides are known, but no gold selenides have been reported, and only one sulfide, the telluridesulfide mineral nagyagite, ii:; known. The nonmetallic minerals carry the least gold, and the lightcolored minerals generally contain less gold
Reducers precipitate gold from different solutions in divergent forms. Ferrous chloride and sulphate, arsenious acid, antimonious acid, and stannous chloride throw it down as a brown powder of varying degrees of subdivision, the precipitate with ferrous chloride being more finely divided when the gold solution is poured into the iron solution than that produced by the reverse method.
· Gold is an almost nonreactive metal, but halogens — chlorine, bromine, fluorine and iodine — can dissolve it. Chlorine is the cheapest and lightest product that can achieve this. Bleach is the chemical compound sodium hypochlorite. When combined with hydrochloric acid, the mixture produces chlorine that dissolves gold from gold ore.
· Pressure oxidation of the refractory sulfide/carbonaceous ores has gained worldwide acceptance. Compared with roasting, pressure oxidation yields higher gold extractions from ores or concentrates and enables better handling of environmentally sensitive impurities. Normally, gold is extracted from neutralized autoclave leach residue by cyanidation.
copper sulphide leaching options as alternatives to the more conventional pyrometallurgical processing route of copper sulphides. Three copper sulphide leaching and refining processes are discussed: total pressure oxidation, ferric sulphate leaching and copper chloride leaching. The effect of mineralogy
· It is known that gold can be efficiently leached from gold bearing ores using a mixture of hydrochloric acid, ferric chloride, and manganese The chemical reaction involved during the ...
Gold: A test known as Darton's is believed to be a valuable means of detecting minute quantities of gold in rocks, ore tailings, etc. "Small parts are chipped from all the sides of a mass of rock, amounting in all to about | ounce. This is powdered in a steel mortar and well mixed. About half is placed in a capacious test tube, and then the tube is partly filled with a solution made by ...
Unlike mineral sulfide ores, iron ore does not provide an energy source (, ferrous and sulfur compounds) for the oxidative growth of bioleaching microorganisms; however, ironreducing bacteria, which gain energy by the dissimilatory reduction of ferric .
Having thus described our invention, we claim 1. A process for separating sulfur from a ferrous sulfide ore which comprises reacting said ferrous sulfide in aqueous medium with an amount of a waterinsoluble alkylamino polycarboxylic acid chelating agent sufficient to effect formation of a water soluble ferrous chelate of said agent and hydrogen sulfide.
· An oxide gold ore was subjected to chloride/hypochlorite leaching at room temperature. The effects of three factors, including Ca(OCl) 2 vs. NaOCl, OCl − concentration, and HCl concentration on gold leaching performance were investigated. Due to formation of CaOCl + complex in solution and hence less reactivity, calcium hypochlorite produces a sluggish gold leaching kinetics, taking twice ...
Iron (II) sulfide or ferrous sulfide ( sulphide) is one of a family chemical compounds and minerals with the approximate formula Fe S. Iron sulfides are often irondeficient nonstoichiometric. All are black, waterinsoluble solids.
· Initially, ore parameters, such as ore grade, mineral sulphide reactivity and surface exposure, and bed permeability for both solution and air flows are at their maximum. Not surprisingly, therefore, heap temperatures may pass rapidly through the microbial "operating window" and exceed the temperature at which bacteria are active.
· Biooxidation of gold ores consists of the removal of sulfide minerals from cyanidation feed by oxidative dissolution alyzed by chemolithoautotrophic bacteria . The role of the microorganisms in biooxidation is to oxidize sulfide minerals by utilizing ferrous iron and sulfur compounds [ 12 ].
· For sulfide goldbearing ores, ... cyanide complex in the leaching solution is replaced with a metal to form a cyano complex of the replacement metal to precipitate gold. ... oxidize the ferrous compound into a ferric compound, which can also accelerate the dissolution of gold .