Gold recovery from a sulphide bearing gold ore by percolation leaching with thiourea

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 225-244

  Tremblay, L ^a   Deschenes G ^b   Ghali, E ^a   McMullen, J ^c   Lanouette, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Natural Resources Canada   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Gold; Leaching; Percolation; Sulphide; Thiourea

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DECOMPOSITION; EXTRACTION; GOLD DEPOSITS; LEACHING; OXIDATION; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); UREA;

GOLD EXTRACTION; GRANULOMETRY; THIOUREA;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 0030381521     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-7516(96)00029-4     Document Type: Article

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