Gold Panning
Do you remember when you first learned about gold panning? Was it during a western movie, in a history or geology class, or at a gold panner’ stand at a theme park? For me it was when I was about 8 years old watching the classic western movie “Brighty of the Grand Canyon”, a story […]
Gravity Gold Recovery, Flotation & Carbon-in-Leach Cyanidation
To further evaluate the process of Gold Recovery by Gravity, Flotation and Carbon-in-Leach Cyanidation, some cleaner tests with regrind of the bulk rougher concentrate, were conducted. Rougher flotation concentrates were reground to improve leach kinetics. The regrind sizes for these range of tests were not optimized. Regrind discharge sizes of between 24 to 64µm P80 were obtained. […]
Merrill Crowe Flowsheet
Here is a common and classic merrill crowe process flowsheet with a simple zinc precipitation chemistry. Some of the flows in this design: Too much dilution water is used Zinc dust is added after the pump No mechanical seal is present on the pump to prevent O2 entry. Learn more about the Merrill Crowe Flowsheet.
Processing Pregnant Solution from Gold Leaching via Merrill Crowe
In processing gold, once it is completely dissolved the solution that is formed by that dissolved gold is called the ‘PREG’ or short for PREGNANT SOLUTION. In other words solution that is full of gold and is accordingly yellow in shade/colour. The solids are now considered the waste and the liquid is the concentrate. To […]
Gold Cyanidation Process
The Cyanidation Process or CYANIDE LEACHING is ‘most notably used in the recovery of gold. Safety and environmental concerns are of prime importance in the operation of a cyanidation plant. As we get farther into this type of recovery you will see why. The preparation of the ore for processing is similar to flotation. The […]
Chemical Reaction of Copper Minerals and Cyanide
In discussing the Reaction Products from Copper Minerals and Cyanide you will find that when an excess of copper mineral is acted upon by cyanide solution, dissolution of copper continues at a decreasing rate until equilibrium is established and no more copper goes into solution. The rate will vary with the particular mineral used as […]
Cyanide Free Gold Leaching Alternative
What is cyanide and why do we need cyanide-free gold leaching process? Cyanide (CN–) has been used since 1889 to recover gold from hard rock. As sodium cyanide (NaCN), it reacts with gold, oxygen (O), and water (H2O) to form a gold cyanide complex (Na [Au(CN)2] ) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH). The chemical reaction dubbed […]
CIL Gold Mill Flowsheet -Carbon In Leach
How to SIZE a Sluice Box
This week I went and asked “how to SIZE a sluice box” to the crew on a large gold prospector forum and other sluice or gravity gold recovery ‘experts’ and gathered the list of emails and forum posts here below. As you will see, in summary, most can optimize or troubleshoot a sluice box but […]
Low Sulphidation Epithermal Gold Deposits
Although they are a product of the same igneous system, low sulfidation epithermals gold deposits are very different from high sulfidation. In low sulfidation the main control for Gold deposition, is fluid boiling – caused by a drop in the confining pressures the fluid approaches the surface. This below is an image of a simple […]