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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2007
Liisa Haavanlammi, Espoo, FI;
Olli Hyvärinen, Pori, FI;
Marika Tiihonen, Pori, FI;
Reijo Tontti, Pori, FI;
Liisa Haavanlammi, Espoo, FI;
Olli Hyvärinen, Pori, FI;
Marika Tiihonen, Pori, FI;
Reijo Tontti, Pori, FI;
Outotec Oyj, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for recovering gold in connection with the hydrometallurgical production of copper from a waste or intermediate product containing sulphur and iron that is generated in the leaching of the copper raw material. The recovery of both copper and gold occurs in a chloride environment. The gold contained in the waste or intermediate is leached by means of divalent copper, oxygen and alkali bromide in a solution of copper (II) chloride and alkali chloride, in conditions where the oxygen-reduction potential is a maximum of 650 mV and the pH a minimum of 0.5. The bromide accelerates the dissolution of the gold.