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Metallurgist
Published in: Metallurgist 7-8/2020

12-11-2020

Extraction of Gold from Refractory Gold-Bearing Ores by Means of Reducing Pyrometallurgical Selection

Authors: R. S. Seisembayev, S. M. Kozhakhmetov, S. A. Kvyatkovsky, A. S. Semenova

Published in: Metallurgist | Issue 7-8/2020

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Abstract

Problems related to the effective processing of refractory gold ores containing carbon and arsenic are discussed. In the search for technologies for the extraction of gold from such ores, including those obtained from the Sayak-4 gold deposit, pyrometallurgical processing represents a possible direction. The results of an experimental study of the Reducing Pyrometallurgical Selection (RPS) process carried out in relation to this ore are presented. To this end, the ore was smelted with flux additives and a reducing agent leading to the extraction of noble metals in the metallized phase. The experiments were carried out using the following ore composition, wt. %: 3.5 g/ton Au; 1.76 g/ton Ag; 3.95 Fe; 0.01 Cu; 1.93 C; 1.0 S; 3.3 As; 0.05 Co; 38.30 SiO2; 23.6 CaO; 4.56 Al2O3; 0.73 MgO with addition of iron, copper oxides, and coke. The optimal temperature conditions of melting were determined. The possibility of obtaining a metallized phase containing 16.2–16.4 g/ton gold with gold recovery of ∼ 90% was demonstrated. Preliminary calculations show that the economic efficiency of the new process can be achieved with a gold content of more than 5 g/ton in ore. Pyrometallurgical processing is shown to be promising for treating ores obtained from refractory and double-refractory gold deposits.
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Metadata
Title
Extraction of Gold from Refractory Gold-Bearing Ores by Means of Reducing Pyrometallurgical Selection
Authors
R. S. Seisembayev
S. M. Kozhakhmetov
S. A. Kvyatkovsky
A. S. Semenova
Publication date
12-11-2020
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Metallurgist / Issue 7-8/2020
Print ISSN: 0026-0894
Electronic ISSN: 1573-8892
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11015-020-01055-z

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