Gold Extraction

Where there is not too great a proportion of base metals on which the solvent will act, and when the material is rich enough in gold to pay for the extra cost of treatment, chlorination or cyanisation are the best modes of extraction yet …

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Decomposition of Cyanide from Gold Leaching Tailingsby …

1. Introduction. Cyanide leaching (cyanidation), which converts the gold into a cyanide complex (Au(CN) 2 −) that is soluble in water, is currently the most prevailing and effective process to extract gold from ores [1, 2].This process requires excess cyanide to improve gold recovery and produces exceptionally large quantities of cyanide-bearing wastes in the …

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Alternative Lixiviants to Cyanide for Leaching Gold Ores

The recent development of a thiosulfate leaching plant at Barrick Gold's Goldstrike operation has alluded to the complex and unstable nature of leaching gold using this system and the significant process design difference of using thiosulfate over conventional cyanide (Braul, 2013, Choi et al., 2013, La Brooy and Smith, 2013).

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Application Note Cyanide Leach Process

Cyanide Leach Process - pH Mining: Gold Processing While there are many different processes to remove gold from its encapsulating ore, cyanide leaching (cyanidation) is perhaps the most common and well known. A cyanide solution (NaCN or KCN) is elevated to a high pH level (>10.5pH) so that free cyanide (CN-) will dissolve the gold in the ore.

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A review of gold extraction using noncyanide lixiviants: …

Alkaline sulfur-containing lixiviants, including thiosulfate, polysulfides, and alkaline sulfide solutions, stand out as a promising class of alternatives to cyanide because of their low toxicity, high efficiency, and strong adaptability. In this paper, we summarized the research progress and remaining challenges in gold extraction using these noncyanide reagents. After a …

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Gold Extraction

Where there is not too great a proportion of base metals on which the solvent will act, and when the material is rich enough in gold to pay for the extra cost of treatment, chlorination or cyanisation are the best modes of extraction yet practically adopted.

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Cyanide Use in Gold Mining

Kyrgyzstan, Kumtor Gold Mine, 1998: A truck carrying 2 tons of sodium cyanide crashed into the Barskoon river, resulting in more than 2,000 people seeking medical care. Romania, Aural Gold, 2000 : A tailings dam ruptured, spilling 3.5 million cubic feet of cyanide-contaminated waste into the Tisza and Danube Rivers, killing fish and poisoning ...

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The Ultimate Guide of Gold Cyanidation

The main reason is likely to be that banning cyanide gold extraction in Europe would be bad for jobs, according to people familiar with the matter. 5. The Czech Republic. In 2002, the Czech parliament decided to ban gold cyanide leaching. 6. Germany. In 2006, Germany gradually reduced the amount of cyanide allowed in mining. 7. Hungary

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A review of environmentally friendly gold lixiviants: …

More than 83 per cent of the world's gold is extracted via cyanidation because of its convenient operation, low cost, and high leaching rate. However, cyanide has a high biological toxicity and poor leaching performance in refractory gold ores (containing copper and carbon) (Nunan et al., 2017, Nwaila et al., 2019).Hence, extensive studies have been conducted on …

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Alternative lixiviants to cyanide for leaching gold ores

Despite the research interest in non-cyanide gold lixiviants, alternative gold processes are still at the early developmental stages. ... (for Eh control) make the overall cost of the process between 1.5 and 2 times the cost of cyanidation for the same material. ... On the chemistry of gold lixiviation by thiourea. Min. Proc. Extr. Metall. Rev ...

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