Advances in the application of the BIOX® Process for refractory gold ores

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 61-68

  Van Aswegen, P C ^a   Marais, H J ^a  

^a GFL Mining Services Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

BIOX Process; Leptospirillum ferrooxidans; Oxidation; Refractory gold ores; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans; Thiobacillus thiooxidans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042702624     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403235     Document Type: Article

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