A two-stage bacterial pretreatment process for double refractory gold ores

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-108

  Amankwah, R K ^a   Yen, W T ^a   Ramsay, J A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biooxidation; Cyanidation; Gold ores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DEGRADATION; FLOTATION; FUNGI; LEACHING; PH EFFECTS; REFRACTORY METALS;

BIOOXIDATION; CYANIDATION; GOLD ORES;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 9644279800     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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