The natural gas brine sample contained natural gas and high concentrations of iodide, i.e., about 120 ppm. The gold leaching was performed in a liquid culture medium that contained sulfide ore with a gold content of 0.26 wt%, the marine broth, and potassium iodide. The test was conducted in a pulp density of 3.3 w/v% for 30 days at 30 °C.

However, the process is ineffective for refractory gold ores – which are made up of sulfide minerals that block the cyanide solution from leaching the gold out of the ore. Luckily, the gold contained in refractory ores is not unsalvageable. Gold's resistance to oxidation is a critical point of most refining and extraction methods, and the ...

The indicator elements (fixers) that form natural compounds with gold and indicate the possible presence of gold minerals in sulfide ores include 13 elements: 7 …

P. Pristas. Scientific Reports (2020) Gold leaching from ore using iodide-iodine mixtures is an alternative to gold cyanidation. This study evaluated the ability of iodide-oxidising bacteria to ...

sulphide ores, gold may occur in several of the above forms, which affects flotation recovery. During flotation of gold-bearing massive sulphide ores, the emphasis is generally placed on the production of base metal concentrates and gold recovery becomes a secondary ... copper ore, gold antimony ores, etc.), because the flotation methods used ...

Most gold deposits occur associated with sulphides like pyrite and arsenopyrite; thus, precious metal dissolution is possible by oxidizing auriferous sulfide concentrate using simultaneous pressure …

The nature of gold (Au) ore deposits plays an essential role in determining the best gold recovery method as an alternative to cyanidation, considering environmental concerns. Thiourea (Tu) leaching of gold is an alternative lixiviant for treating sulfide gold ores and concentrates. The present study investigated the leaching behavior of Au from …

A key factor in this enhanced recovery has been the shift from processing old stockpile ore to using newly mined sulphide ore. The total processing costs for the first quarter FY2024 were $1.61 ...

High-pressure oxidation comprises the oxidisation of sulphide/carbonaceous gold ore at high pressure and temperature. Temperatures exceeding 200 °C and oxygen pressures above 2200 kPa are used to attain complete oxidation of the gold-bearing ore. Reaction rates can be very fast, and the technology is widely-accepted.

Successful concentration of gold in refractory sulphide ores [6,7,81 is almost exclusively dependent on the association of the gold with the sulphides. Gold can be found as metal or alloy (silver, copper, bismuth), as a distinct mineral in combination with tellurium, or it can be contained in carbonaceous material, pyrite, marcasite ...

of refractory gold minerals and locking of submicroscopic gold in sulfide mineral structure etc. Gold process mineralogy helps address issues and problems related to gold ore processing. It provides useful information on process selection, flowsheet development, recovery improvement and reagent consumption optimization.

Besides, gold may be present in ores of that mineragenic type as bi-element clusters of Au-C type as well which is reluctant to cyanation. Formation of AuSx is indicated at the gold surface of double refractory gold ore (sulphide with …

Flotation test work on high throughput Ore B indicated that gold can also be concentrated to an extent by concentrating the sulphide component in the ore to mass pulls of 15 to 30 wt%, with gold recovery of 60 to 70%. Maximum Au, Ag and sulphide recoveries of 70%, 45% and 89% respectively were obtained at a grind size of P 80 of 70µm at a ...

Hypochlorite leaching system is a strong oxidizing solution for metal sulfides, which are naturally associated with gold extraction. This study evaluated the hypochlorite leaching of refractory gold ore by using the response surface method–central composite design (RSM-CCD) as a statistical approach in determining the optimum condition of …

A geologist said that the fire assay may not have extracted the gold from the ore, because of the various gold-silver-copper sulfur refractory compounds within due to a limited process that was used. ... More commonly in a sulphide ore you would need to float the sulphide minerals, assuming the gold is associated with them, which it often is ...

The extraction of gold from refractory gold ores (RGOs) without side reactions is an extremely promising endeavor. However, most RGOs contain large amounts of sulfide, such as pyrite. Thus, investigation of the influence of sulfide on the gold leaching process is important to maximize the utilization of RGOs. In this work, the effects of pyrite …

Ore samples were collected from a gold mine in Mexico and two metallurgical composites were prepared for the study. Comp #1 contains 2.7 g/t of gold and 15.4 g/t of silver with 0.33% copper and 0.11% arsenic. The total sulfur was 5.7% and the sulfide sulfur was 5.6%. Gold and silver grade of Comp #2 was 1.2 g/t and 8.8 g/t, …

sulphide rich concentrate can result in the economic treatment of an extremely complex ore that may otherwise require a treatment route similar to a truly refractory ore. Fig 2: Gold Ore – Recovery Yield Curve Fig 3: Gold Ore – Grade Yield Curve Gold Grade Yield Curve 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% Yield Grade (ppm)

The pretreatment of refractory gold ore is a complex chemical process. In addition to the oxidation of pyrite, some side reactions also occur. The phase changes of refractory gold ore before and after pretreatment are shown in Fig. 11. The main phases of refractory gold ore include quartz (SiO 2), pyrite (FeS 2), and dolomite (CaMg(CO 3) 2 ...

In the Reference process, chloride leaching and gold recovery are preceded by sulfide breakdown at elevated temperature and pressure (190°C, 100 psi oxygen …

The U.S. Bureau of Mines developed an alkaline oxidative pretreatment to increase the recovery of gold from refractory sulfide ores containing arsenopyrite (FeAsS) and/or pyrite (FeS2). Pretreatment of a low grade ore containing 0.4% FeAsS, 3.5% FeS2, and 2.74g/mt Au with 1.2M NaOH, 40 psig 02, 100° C, and 4 hr in a 2-L autoclave …

Mineralogical ore characterization, such as gold distribution, grain size and mode of occurrence, together with density separation, cyanidation and diagnostic leaching tests, are the key for the appropriate process design of the geometallurgy concept. The present research focuses on the development of a mineralogical characterization of low ...

The production of copper concentrates from copper-gold sulfide minerals by froth flotation generally results in tailings with copper, silver, and gold values. ... Haque, K.E. The Role of Oxygen in Cyanide Leaching of Gold Ore. CIM Bull. 1992, 85, 31–38. [Google Scholar] Anderson, C.G. Alkaline Sulfide Gold Leaching Kinetics. Miner. Eng. 2016 ...

Ammonium thiosulfate is an alternative lixiviant for the hydrometallurgical treatment of sulfide gold ores. The present study is primarily focused on ammonium thiosulfate leaching of gold (Au) and silver (Ag) from the sulfide ore (Sunshin mine in Korea). The main chemical composition of the concentrate was Au (84 ppm), Ag (852 …

2.1. Preparation and Analysis Of Sulfide Ore Concentrate and e-Waste. Sulfidic gold ore concentrate was sourced from a gold mine in Western Australia and had a particle size with a P80 (i.e., 80% of mass passing) of 120 µm. The gold ore concentrate was sterilized by autoclaving before leaching experiments (121 °C for 20 min).

Gold ores are classified "free-milling" and "refractory" based on their response to cyanide dissolution. Bioprocessing can be used to treat refractory gold-bearing sulfide ores as …

Gold ore from Goldstrike, NV, is a typical refractory gold ore containing sulfide and carbonaceous matter. Alkaline pressure oxidation followed by thiosulfate gold leaching results in low gold recovery (59.5%). In this study, mechanical activation was applied to alkaline pressure oxidation discharge by wet grinding in a stirred media mill.

Gold and sulphide minerals in Tertiary quartz pebble conglomerate gold placers, Southland, New Zealand. Author links open overlay panel D.M. Falconer a, ... The Jiaodong gold (Au) province is the largest gold ore cluster in China and is an important world-class Au cluster area. Due to the exploitation of shallow Au deposits, prospecting …

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Such ores are referred to as refractory, and they frequently contain the sulfide minerals pyrite, pyrrhotite, or arsenopyrite. Gold can be freed from these ores or concentrates by treating them with various oxidizing processes. The most common method is to roast gold-bearing minerals at temperatures of 450° to 750° C (840° to 1,380° F) to ...