Method of pretreating gold ore

The present invention provides a method of pretreating gold ore for hydrometallurgically recovering gold from gold ore containing pyrite that enables to enhance the gold-leaching speed while the generation of sulfur dioxide is suppressed. The method of pretreating gold ore comprises a step of conver...

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Hauptverfasser: HATANO, KAZUHIRO, AOTO, YUKI
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention provides a method of pretreating gold ore for hydrometallurgically recovering gold from gold ore containing pyrite that enables to enhance the gold-leaching speed while the generation of sulfur dioxide is suppressed. The method of pretreating gold ore comprises a step of converting 60% or more of pyrite contained in the gold ore to pyrrhotite represented by a following formula: Fei-.S (where x=0-0.2).