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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew R Marchbank, Oakville, CA;
Kenneth G Thomas, Mississauga, CA;
David Dreisinger, Delta, CA;
Christopher Fleming, Peterborough, CA;
Assignee:
Barrick Gold Corporation, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75736 ; 75744 ;
Abstract
A process for recovering gold in which an ore slurry of refractory sulfidic and refractory carbonaceous ore having preg-robbing characteristics due to the presence of organic carbon is subjected to pressure oxidation in an autoclave. The oxidized ore slurry is mixed with a thiosulfate salt lixiviant, which mixture is maintained at a pH between 7 and 8.7 while the slurry is agitated in a stirred tank reactor system having agitated leach tanks. Gold is recovered from the gold-bearing leachate by cementation, adsorption on an adsorbent, or cyanidation.