Conference paper
Application of alternative lixiviants for secondary heap leaching of gold
7th Mill Operators Conference (Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 12/10/2000–14/10/2000)
2000
Abstract
Some preliminary results on the secondary leaching of previously heap leached gold ore are presented. Alternative lixiviants for gold comprising chlorine, thiourea and thiosulphate were compared with cyanide using bottle roll tests. Chlorine was subsequently selected for column leaching tests. Column tests at 1.0, 0.1 and 0.01 gL-1 Cl2 at pH 2 were conducted. The results indicated that about 23 per cent of the gold was leached over 45 days using 1 gL-1 Cl2 at pH 2. The experiments conducted proved that the chlorine/chloride system has good potential for further extraction of gold and silver from the existing cyanide heap leach residues and a process for secondary leaching of gold has been proposed. Further testwork is recommended to extend conditions, sample types, and the duration of leaching period.
Details
- Title
- Application of alternative lixiviants for secondary heap leaching of gold
- Authors/Creators
- A. Nikoloski (Author/Creator)B. Stockton (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- 7th Mill Operators Conference (Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 12/10/2000–14/10/2000)
- Identifiers
- 991005542600307891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Parker Cooperative Research Centre for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
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