Hydrometallurgy: Leaching in Heap, Vat, CIL, CIP, Merrill–Crowe, SX Solvent Extraction

Hydrometallurgy: Leaching in Heap, Vat, CIL, CIP, Merrill–Crowe, SX Solvent Extraction

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Gold VAT leaching (4 replies and 4 comments)

kahonde
7 years ago
kahonde 7 years ago

hello i have been trying to vat leach a sulfidic gold ore using cyanide at 0.2% and a pH of 10.5-11 but gold of about 3g/t is still reporting in tails after 40 hours of leaching from a head of 5.88 g/t. HELP...vat leaching is the only method i can use because of limited resources. thank you

 

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Cyanide
7 years ago
Cyanide 7 years ago
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Are you SURE your gold is liberated?

kahonde
7 years ago

not sure but its 300um and im intending to reduce the size and try again

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ThabisoKwenane
7 years ago
ThabisoKwenane 7 years ago
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Ensure your gold is liberated. Normally if gold is not in nuggets but locked in small particles, it is milled to 80% passing 75 microns. But since you doing vat leaching, try to have a wide distribution that consist of liberated gold in it. It does't have to be fully liberated, even partially liberated will do.

kahonde
7 years ago

wide distribution meaning particle size analysis and try to leach different sizes?.can you explain

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Cyanide
7 years ago
Cyanide 7 years ago
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Grind everything to P80 under 75 microns and leach away. Let us know.

kahonde
7 years ago

ok thank you im on it now.

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max skinner
7 years ago
max skinner 7 years ago
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Yes, the above answers are good. Always when doing any type of extractive metallurgy on a sulfide gold ore  you must find out if the gold is in the sulfides or with the sulfides, a big difference. If with the sulfide you should not have many problems getting good recovery, if the gold is in the sulfide then you must grind to where you have liberation in order to get an acceptable result, and this grind my be fine enough that a gravity vat leach my not be impossible.

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Joeram
6 years ago

Max, Hello. I hope you can help. Ok assay's and lab yes gold arsenic and gold locked in sulfides with micro. I have tried roast and smelt, nope a matte. Lab said a assay flux with lead, it worked but not cost effective. So I was told go with sod. cyanide. The guy gave vague procedure. Can you give me a step by step from pulp fine ground to button. If you would rather email migrey1@aol.com. Thanks


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