Method for recovering gold

The present invention provides a method of recovering gold, and optionally silver, from gold-bearing, and optionally silver-bearing, double refractory raw material, comprising the steps of (a) leaching the said gold-bearing, and optionally silver-bearing, double refractory raw material in a chloride...

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Main Authors Ahtiainen, Riina, O'Callaghan, John, Lundström, Mari
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.07.2019
Subjects
CHEMISTRY
FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
METALLURGY
PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS
TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
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Summary:The present invention provides a method of recovering gold, and optionally silver, from gold-bearing, and optionally silver-bearing, double refractory raw material, comprising the steps of (a) leaching the said gold-bearing, and optionally silver-bearing, double refractory raw material in a chloride containing leaching solution to dissolve gold and to obtain a leach solution comprising gold, and optionally silver, in solution, whereby the redox of leaching solution in the chloride leaching step is above 550 mV vs. Ag/AgCl; and simultaneously contacting the said leach solution comprising gold, and optionally silver, in solution with a re-sorptive material to obtain a gold-containing, and optionally silver-containing, re-sorptive material; and (b) recovering gold and optionally silver from the said gold-containing, and optionally silver- containing, re-sorptive material.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU20160345548