The use of FISH and real-time PCR to monitor the biooxidation and cyanidation for gold and silver recovery from a mine tailings concentrate (Ticapampa, Peru)

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 94, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 77-81

  Schippers, Axel ^a   Nagy, Adrian A ^b   Kock, Dagmar ^a   Melcher, Frank ^a   Gock, Eberhard D ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biooxidation; CARD FISH; Cyanidation; FISH; Gold; Real time PCR; Silver; Tailings

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BIOREMEDIATION; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE; EXTRACTION; GOLD; LEAD; METAL RECOVERY; MINES; PLATINUM METALS; PRECIOUS METALS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILVER; SMELTING; ZINC;

BIOOXIDATION; CARD-FISH; CYANIDATION; FISH; REAL-TIME PCR; TAILINGS;

MINING;

EID: 53249124863     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.05.022     Document Type: Article

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