Gold dissolution and copper suppression during leaching of copper-gold gravity concentrates in caustic soda-low free cyanide solutions

In the cyanidation process, copper–gold deposits containing significant amounts of cyanide soluble copper can lead to high cyanide consumption with low gold extraction. The significant levels of weak acid dissociable (WAD) cyanide must then be destroyed prior to tailings disposal. This increases the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Oraby, E., Eksteen, Jacques
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30971