The novel application of ferricyanide as an oxidant in the cyanidation of gold and silver

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1109-1114

  Xie, Feng ^a   Dreisinger, David ^a   Lu, Jianming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanidation; Ferricyanide; Gold ores

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYANIDES; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GOLD; LEACHING; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; OXIDANTS; OXYGEN; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILVER COMPOUNDS;

CYANIDATION; CYANIDE LEACHING; CYANIDE SOLUTIONS; FERRICYANIDE; GOLD ORES; HEAP LEACHING; METALLIC GOLDS; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; OXYGEN REDUCTIONS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REAGENT REGENERATIONS; SILVER EXTRACTIONS; SILVER SULFIDES;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

EID: 54849432962     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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