Reactions of gold and sulfide minerals in cyanide media

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 169-177

  Deschenes G ^a   Pratt, A ^a   Riveros, P ^a   Fulton, M ^a  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanidation; Effect of sulfides; Gold dissolution; Leaching kinetics

Indexed keywords

CYANIDES; DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; SULFIDE MINERALS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CYANIDATION; GOLD DISSOLUTION; LEACHING KINETICS;

GOLD;

EID: 0036869909     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403265     Document Type: Article

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