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GOLD LEACHING [7 records]

Record 1 2026-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
DEF

A solution in hydrometallurgical treatment from which all possible valuable constituents have been removed.

CONT

Heap leaching is often the most cost-effective way to extract value from gold or copper ores. Heap leaching involves placing ore-grade material on an impermeable liner foundation with a solution collection system of drainpipes and irrigating the surface with either cyanide solution(for gold) or acid(for copper). Within the heap, chemical reactions occur which liberate the payable metal from the rock. The resultant solution, called pregnant leach solution(PLS), reaches the liner and the collection pipes, and then reports to a storage facility(pond) for processing where the metal is removed, the solution conditioned, and re-applied to the HLP [heap leach pad] as barren leach solution(BLS).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
DEF

Dans un procédé de lixiviation, solution à partir de laquelle les métaux dissous ont été extraits.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Preparación de los productos mineros
  • Explotación de minerales (Metalurgia)
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Record 2 2018-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Operations
CONT

After crushing and grinding, gold recovery could be completed using a combination of flotation, oxidation, and leaching processes. The optimal process and combination needs to be evaluated with pre-feasibility studies and engineering. The leach circuit could be either carbon-in-pulp(CIP) or carbon-in-leach(CIL) followed by an adsorption-desorption-recovery(ADR) plant to generate a gold bullion product.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
DEF

Vigorous stirring of pulp in a tank by low-pressure air or mechanical means to prevent settlement.

OBS

Also used in the leaching of gold and other minerals from finely ground aqueous suspension in which oxygen is essential to chemical reaction, for example, the cyanide process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
DEF

Agitation d'un ensemble de liquides ou de solides fragmentés, ou d'une pulpe, ayant pour objet, soit de favoriser les contacts entre les constituants, soit de doter l'ensemble d'homogénéité de distribution.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Preparación de los productos mineros
  • Explotación de minerales (Metalurgia)
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Record 4 2011-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
Universal entry(ies)
CH2(CN)2
formula, see observation
C3H2N2
formula, see observation
DEF

A chemical compound which appears under the form of colored crystals and which is used in organic synthesis and as leaching agent for gold.

OBS

malononitrile: part of the Ingredient Disclosure List of the Hazardous Products Act (Registration SOR/88-64, December 31, 1987).

OBS

Also known under the following commercial designations: RCRA waste number U149; UN 2647; USAF A-4600; USAF KF-19.

OBS

Chemical formula: CH2(CN)2 or C3H2N2

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CH2(CN)2
formula, see observation
C3H2N2
formula, see observation
OBS

malononitrile : fait partie de la Liste de divulgation des ingrédients de la Loi sur les produits dangereux (du Canada; enr. DORS s/88-64, 31 déc. 1987).

OBS

Formule chimique : CH2(CN)2 ou C3H2N2

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Processing of Mineral Products
CONT

Leach pads have a foundation of impermeable clay overlaid with a tough plastic liner covered by protective layers of sand and gravel. Large ore heaps are built on these pads.

CONT

Heap leaching is a relatively simple process where low grade ores are stacked on a leach pad and then treated with a solution to recover precious values such as gold, silver, and copper metals.

CONT

The pit will be partially, but not fully, backfilled. Over in Powers Gulch, the leaching pad will contain spent ore that cannot be neutralized.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Préparation des produits miniers
CONT

Remblai de lixiviation profonde par cyanuration de la Goldfields Ghana Ltée [...]

OBS

remblai : Masse de matière rapportée pour élever un terrain ou combler un creux. [...] Les remblais s'exécutent par couches successives.

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Processing of Mineral Products
CONT

This also regards plastic sheets, which are applicable to extensive lixiviation(or leaching) pads(in both, copper and gold mining).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Préparation des produits miniers
CONT

Remblai de lixiviation profonde par cyanuration de la Goldfields Ghana Ltée [...]

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

Most gold and silver mines in Canada prior to 1900 used the mercury amalgam process to separate gold or silver from the ore. An estimated 513 such mines existed in Canada at the turn of the century. Extensive leaching of mercury from tailings from these mines could occur and enter neighbouring water systems producing considerable elevation of the mercury levels in the aquatic ecosystem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Altération et lessivage profond dans la Craie du sud-est du bassin de Paris.

CONT

Remblai de lixiviation profonde par cyanuration de la Goldields Ghana Ltée [...]

Spanish

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