Gold in Egypt: Does the future get worse or better?

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue , 2015, Pages 189-207

  Botros, N S ^a  

^a Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Extraction metallurgy; Free milling gold; Refractory gold

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; COSTS; CYANIDES; DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; FLOTATION; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; GOLD DEPOSITS; GRINDING (MACHINING); INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LASER ABLATION; LEACHING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALLURGY; MICA; MICROANALYSIS; MILLING (MACHINING); MINERALS; OPERATING COSTS; ORE ROASTING; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; QUARTZ; RECOVERY; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SOLVENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WALL ROCK;

CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS; EGYPT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROSCOPIES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; OXIDATIVE PRETREATMENT; PRETREATMENT TECHNIQUE; REFRACTORY GOLD; VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

CYANIDE; EXTRACTION; FELDSPAR; GOLD MINE; METALLURGY; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; QUARTZ VEIN;

EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84926143808     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.11.018     Document Type: Article

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