Gold Extraction from kaymaz gold ore by thiourea leaching

Developments in Mineral Processing

Volumn 13, Issue C, 2000, Pages C6-22-C6-28

  Orgul S ^a   Atalay, U ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ferric sulfate; gold; leaching; thiourea

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957023924     PISSN: 01674528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4528(00)80042-3     Document Type: Article

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