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Patent No.:

US 7537741 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2007

Gold and silver recovery from polymetallic sulfides by treatment with halogens

Applicant:

Jean-marc Lalancette, Sherbrooke, CA;

Inventor:

Jean-Marc Lalancette, Sherbrooke, CA;

Assignee:

Nichromet Extraction Inc., Montreal, Quebec, CA;

Attorney:

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Timothy Vanoy

Assistant Examiner:

James Fiorito

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 3/12 (2006.01); C22B 11/06 (2006.01); C22B 13/00 (2006.01); C22B 15/00 (2006.01); C22B 19/00 (2006.01); C22B 21/00 (2006.01); C22B 23/00 (2006.01); C22B 25/00 (2006.01); C22B 61/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for treating a polymetallic sulfide ore containing gold and/or silver, and further containing base metals selected from the group consisting of iron, aluminum, chromium, titanium, copper, zinc, lead, nickel, cobalt, mercury, tin, and mixtures thereof, is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of grinding the polymetallic sulfide ore to produce granules, oxidizing the granules to produce oxidized granules, and chloride leaching the granules using a brine solution including dissolved halogens, as well as chloride and bromide salts.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Lalancette, Jean-Marc. (2009). Gold and silver recovery from polymetallic sulfides by treatment with halogens (U.S. Patent No. 7537741). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7537741

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