Leaching kinetics and mechanisms of surface reactions during cyanidation of gold in the presence of pyrite or stibnite

2004 SME Annual Meeting Preprints

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 471-478

  Guo, H ^a   Deschenes G ^a   Pratt, A ^a   Fulton, M ^a   Lastra, R ^a  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; HYDROLYSIS; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; NITRATES; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; PASSIVATION; PH EFFECTS; PYRITES; SURFACE REACTIONS;

CYNIDATION; LEACHING KINETICS; METALLURGICAL CONTROL; SURFACE COATINGS;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 2942579171     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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