A comparison of alkali and acid methods for the extraction of gold from low grade ores

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1033-1047

  Vukcevic, S ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyanidation; Gold ores; Leaching; Process optimisation; Tailings

Indexed keywords

ACID METHOD; ALKALI METHOD; CYANIDATION; GOLD EXTRACTION; LOW GRADE ORES; OPTIMAL REACTANT CONCENTRATION;

AMMONIA; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; CYANIDES; GOLD ORE TREATMENT; LEACHING; MINERALS; ORE TAILINGS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS;

EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY;

EID: 0030269059     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-6875(96)00096-9     Document Type: Article

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