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The most common refractory ores are pyrite and arsenopyrite, which are sulfide ores that trap the gold within them. Refractory ores require pre-treatment before the gold can be adequately extracted. [1] The pressure oxidation process is used to prepare such ores for conventional gold extraction processes such as cyanidation. It is performed in ...
Generally, ores of 5 parts per million (g/t) or greater grade will be extracted using underground mining and aim follow the gold bearing structure. [50] A gold mine can expect to extract ores of 1–2 parts per million (g/t) in an open pit mine due to the relatively lower operating costs of an open pit mine. [51]
The expansion of gold mining in the Rand of South Africa began to slow down in the 1880s, as the new deposits being found tended to be pyritic ore. The gold was difficult to extract from such ores. A process known as chlorination was once used to treat pyritic gold ore. Typically, the ore was roasted and then treated with chlorine gas. The ...
The Newbery-Vautin chlorination process is a method for extracting gold from its ore through the use of chlorination. This process was jointly developed by James Cosmo Newbery and Claude Vautin. Background
Roasted gold ore from Cripple Creek, Colorado. Roasting has driven off the tellurium from the original calaverite, leaving behind vesicular blebs of native gold. Roasting is a process of heating a sulfide ore to a high temperature in the presence of air. It is a step in the processing of certain ores.
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Mercury forms an amalgam, an alloy, with gold particles to allow for the efficient capture of gold from the ore. The gold is concentrated by boiling away the mercury from the amalgam. This process is called retorting. [63] This is effective in extracting very small gold particles, but the process is hazardous due to the toxicity of mercury vapour.