Silver and manganese recovery using acidified thiourea

Chemistry of inorganic compounds – Treating mixture to obtain metal containing compound – Group ib metal

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423 34, 423 42, 423 49, 423 50, 423DIG4, 75101R, 75108, 75118R, 75121, C01G 500, C01G 4500

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ABSTRACT:
A method for obtaining silver and manganese metal from a silver-manganese ore includes the step of leaching the ore with acidified thiourea. More specifically, the method includes the step of leaching the ore with an acidic thiourea solution to form a leach liquor containing compounds of silver and manganese and an insoluble ore residue. The leach liquor is contacted with a quantity of activated carbon to adsorb the silver thiourea complexes on the carbon and to form an extract solution containing the manganese compounds. Next, the carbon which contains adsorbed silver thiourea complexes is contacted with an eluant to desorb the silver complexes from the carbon. The silver metal is recovered from the silver complexes obtained from desorbing the carbon. The manganese metal is recovered from the extract solution. The ore subjected to acidic thiourea leaching is selected from the group consisting of in situ ore, mined ore, comminuted ore, and ore concentrate. Conventional leaching techniques can be employed such as heap or dump leaching and agitation leaching.

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