oxidation POX of a refractory gold ore Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly doi compression seal with a PTFE insert is used to sustain the high pressure and PTFE Al 2O 3 or ZrO The autoclave was loaded with sulfide minerals pyrite or refractory ore and with ultra pure deionized water Type 1 MΩ cm resistivity L and
Get PriceThis was used to achieve a high degree of oxidation of sulfide minerals and extraction of the associated gold with further sorption extraction of up to 97 98% with a residual gold content of 1 2 g t −1 in the tailings Industrial Development of Technology for Processing Refractory Gold Arsenic Ores Using Bacterial Oxidation
Get PriceThere are over 280 billion metric tonnes of mine tailings on the earth s surface with a contained metal value that exceeds US$ McKinsey Company reports that refractory ore represents 24% of current gold reserves and 22% of all gold resources globally most of which are in jurisdictions with low mining regulatory and political risk
Get PriceThe main methods used in industrial production for the treatment of refractory gold ore or gold concentrate are roasting pressure oxidation and bacterial oxidation All these methods have many years of production experience
Get PriceThis paper presents a case study of the development and engineering of a process including biological oxidation for treatment of refractory gold ore from Perseverance % Mineral Weight Pyrite Arsenopyrite Stibnite High Temperature Pressure oxidation using nitric acid as a catalyst at elevated • Rapid reaction with good S
Get PriceA FUNDAMENTAL STUDY OF THE ACIDIC PRESSURE OXIDATION OF ORPIMENT AND PYRITE AT HIGH ABSTRACT The acidic pressure oxidation of pyrite FeS 2 and orpiment As 2S 3 as a pretreatment of refractory gold ores has been studied by investigating the reaction chemistry and kinetics The effects of retention time temperature particle size oxygen
Get PricePressure Oxidation of a Refractory Sulfide Concentrate and Significant advances have taken place in the treatment of refractory gold ores and concentrates during the past decade In sulfide ores pyrite is the most common host mineral for gold Studies by Gasparrini 1983 showed that gold occurs in pyrite as native gold or electrum in all sizes and forms Arsenopyrite is probably the second
Get PriceOwing to precious metals and hazardous elements contained in high sulfur and high arsenic refractory gold and pressure oxidation oxidation on mineral Read More Pressure oxidation of pyrite arsenopyrite …
Get Priceimplemented by Barrick to treat double refractory gold ore following pressure oxidation at its Goldstrike Mine in Nevada USA The CSIRO reagent system is an alternative to cyanide and has particular application where cyanide cannot be used and to unlock stranded high grade deposits
Get PriceOxidation Of Refractory Gold Concentrates And Simultaneous Jan 01 2004nbsp018332abstractit has been established that gold can be dissolved under conditions typical of those encountered during the pressure oxidation of refractory gold ores provided that the solutions contain chloride ions and that a high ratio of iron iii /iron ii is maintained
Get PricePressure oxidation test work was conducted in North America and in Australia on concentrates containing g/t gold 100 117 g/t silver 24 26% iron and 27 29% sulfur The results of this work and a high level presentation of their impact on engineering outcomes are presented in this paper ALTA 2024 Gold PM Proceedings 1 INTRODUCTION
Get PricePressure oxidation was selected as the most feasible processing technology for double refractory ores It is able to achieve gold recoveries of 96% by utilising high temperatures elevated pressure and oxygen to recover encapsulated gold while conventional cyanidation methods would result in sub optimal recovery rates of 20 40%
Get Price2024 11 20 processing refractory gold ores especially development in the pretreatment of refractory gold minerals by nitric acid These processes include the high pressure and the atmospheric pressure oxidation methods High pressure oxidation processes are difficult to carry out because they require high capital cost autoclaves Contact
Get PriceIn the present study the high pressure high temperature equation of the state of iridium has been determined through a combination of in situ synchrotron X ray diffraction experiments using laser heating diamond anvil cells up to 48 GPa and 3100 K and density functional theory calculations up to 80 GPa and 3000 K The melting temperature of iridium at 40 GPa was also determined
Get PriceRefractory gold and base metal bearing minerals typically present sulfur in oxidation states of −2 and −1 in sulfide minerals Sand et al 1995 It is improbable that the oxidation path of sulfide to sulfate S oxidation state 6 is simple and direct during biooxidation as the microbial facilitated kinetics is slow and biooxidation
Get PriceGeneral process options for pretreating refractory gold ores 2 Roasting Oxidation Pretreatment So far the application of roasting oxidation pretreatment has a history of 70 years The principle is to destroy the ores tissue to make gold exposed by the means of roasting the flotation concentrate 4 The main chemical reactions are
Get PricePressure Oxidation POX is a process used to extract gold copper zinc molybdenum and uranium from refractory ore bodies The POX process utilizes elevated temperatures roughly 230 degrees Celsius elevated pressures roughly 35 bar or 510 psi and oxygen to liberate the minerals from refractory ores
Get PriceThere are over 280 billion metric tonnes of mine tailings on the earth s surface with a contained metal value that exceeds US$ McKinsey Company reports that refractory ore represents 24% of current gold reserves and 22% of all gold resources globally most of which are in jurisdictions with low mining regulatory and political risk
Get PriceProcessing of refractory gold ores ScienceDirect 1991 1 1 · Processing of refractory gold ores 1037 The oxidation tanks themselves are often configured in four stages with additional tanks employed in the first stage to accommodate the increased oxidation rates and aeration requirements in the initial phases of the reaction
Get PriceAs of June 1987 Mercur had about 570 000 tons of refractory ore stockpiled and million tons of proven and probable reserves grading oz/t including approximately million tons of tailings from the previous operation grading oz/t In 1986 Barrick decided to build a 750 ton per day pressure oxidation plant to process these ores
Get PriceTreatment of refractory gold ore whole ore and flotation concentrates has become more prominent since the 1980s with many gold discoveries often including ores that are wholly or partially refractory Refractory pre treatment processes include pressure oxidation biological oxidation and various forms of roasting
Get PricePressure oxidation POX remains a further option for the oxidation of refractory sulfides Several projects have been recently constructed the Killita Project in Finland the Amursk Project in Russia the Pueblo Viejo Project in the Dominican Republic and the MOPU expansion at Lihir
Get PricePressure oxidation was selected as the most feasible processing technology for double refractory ores It is able to achieve gold recoveries of 96% by utilising high temperatures elevated pressure and oxygen to recover encapsulated gold while conventional cyanidation methods would result in sub optimal recovery rates of 20 40%
Get PriceOxidation Abstract Refractory gold ore is usually affected by the associated carbonaceous matter through the preg robbing effect which is eliminated by oxidation roasting followed by leaching to achieve a satisfactory gold leaching efficiency
Get PriceThe high pressure nitric acid oxidation process is shown in Figure 1 LI D X Developments on the pretreatment of refractory gold minerals by nitric acid World Gold Conference 2024 The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 2024 Developments in the pretreatment of refractory gold minerals by nitric acid D X LI
Get PriceThe Campbell Mine pressure oxidation plant uses the following pro cess steps • Pretreatment of concentrate with recycled acidic slurry • Oxidation of sulphides in the autoclave • Flashing of autoclave discharge slurry •ashing of oxidation residue to remove acid and cyanicides W Gold recovery by conventional cyanidation
Get PriceAdvantages of Finex Economic benefits The unique characteristics of the Finex process and its ability to use low cost raw materials fine ore and low cost coal mean that both capital investment and production costs are considerably lower compared with the blast furnace route
Get PriceHigh pressure oxidation of refractory ores and concentrates seems to be the preferred method of pretreatment today [6 7] It effectively releases the locked gold by decomposing the host sulphide particles In most cases gold recoveries in cyanidation have been 92% to 99% after pressure oxidation treatment [8]
Get Priceminerals gypsum and jarosite which encapsulated gold and limited gold cyanidation rate and yield up to 40 wt % Au Asamoah et al 2019c Asamoah et al 2019d Process variables at
Get PriceFor refractory gold ores the processing cost is relatively high because of the expensive pre treatment required to liberate the ultra fine gold particles from sulphide ores these include pressure oxidation POX bio oxidation roasting or ultrafine grinding
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