Collection and characterization of free gold particles from low grade copper concentrator streams and methods to improve their recovery

Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-269

  Brook, C ^a   Small, G ^a   Michelmore, A ^a   Skinner, W ^a   Grano, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD; HYDROPHOBICITY; LEACHING; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; TAILINGS;

FLOATATION TESTS;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 0042698422     PISSN: 00084433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/cmq.2003.42.3.261     Document Type: Article

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