Extraction of gold and silver

Specialized metallurgical processes – compositions for use therei – Processes – Free metal or alloy reductant contains magnesium

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75101R, 75106, 75107, 75118R, 204109, 204110, 423 28, 423 29, 423 32, C22B 1108

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041770684

ABSTRACT:
A process for the extraction of gold and silver from their ores in which the ore is reduced to a particle size of 1 mm or less and mixed with a lixiviant, e.g., alkaline sodium or potassium cyanide, in an amount to provide a liquor content of about 8 to 12%, the lixiviant coated particles are allowed to react for a time sufficient for the lixiviant to extract the noble metal and the particles washed with water to obtain a solution of the noble metal salt from which the noble metal is recovered.

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