Modeling the influence of slurry temperature on gold leach and adsorption kinetics at the Fort Knox Mine, Fairbanks, Alaska

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 151-159

  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

Adsorption kinetics; Cyanide leach; Fort Knox Mine; Gold recovery

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL RECOVERY; REACTION KINETICS; SLURRIES;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; DESTRUCTION REACTIONS; GOLD RECOVERY;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 33748251471     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403202     Document Type: Article

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