The deportment of mercury during thiosulfate leaching and resin-in-pulp recovery of gold from ores

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 184-189

  Oraby, E A ^a,b   Jeffrey, M I ^a   Browner, R E ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gold; Gold leaching; Mercury; Thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CYANIDES; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; GOLD ORE TREATMENT; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; LEACHING; MERCURY (METAL); RECOVERY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ANION EXCHANGE RESINS; COMPLEX LOADS; GOLD LEACHING; THIOSULFATE; THIOSULFATE LEACHING; THIOSULFATE SOLUTION;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78649250237     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03402441     Document Type: Article

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