The effect of Pb(No3)2 addition on the processing of blended Fort Knox and True North ores at the Fort Knox mine, Alaska

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 185-190

  Hollow, J T ^a   Hill, E M ^a   Lin, H K ^b   Walsh, D E ^b  

^a Fairbanks Gold Mining Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanide leaching; Gold extraction; Lead nitrate addition

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BLENDING; CYANIDES; DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; LEAD COMPOUNDS; ORE TAILINGS; PYRITES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

CYANIDATION; CYANIDE LEACHING;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 1342344968     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403174     Document Type: Article

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