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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
James A. King, West Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
Placer Dome, Inc., , CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 3/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 3/06 ;
Abstract
The process of the present invention recovers precious metals from refractory carbonaceous precious metal ores by floating a portion of the ground ore, blending the concentrate with an unfloated portion of the ore, autogenously autoclaving the blended material, cooling the oxidized slurry by dilution, leaching the oxidized slurry after dilution in the presence of a thiosulfate lixiviant, and recovering the precious metal by suitable techniques.