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Flotation behavior of native gold and gold-bearing sulfide minerals in a polymetallic gold ore

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dc.creator Tuzci, Gozde
dc.creator ÇİLEK, Emin Cafer
dc.date 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-01-09T12:00:19Z
dc.date.available 2023-01-09T12:00:19Z
dc.identifier 1ab575cc-c1b8-47cd-9011-7de25351f089
dc.identifier 10.1080/02726351.2021.1975334
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/1ab575cc-c1b8-47cd-9011-7de25351f089/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/97613
dc.description © 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.In this study, the flotation behaviors of gold and gold-associated sulfide minerals (pyrite and sphalerite) in a polymetallic sulfide gold ore were investigated using flotation kinetics parameters. It was found that high gold recovery (>90%) can be achieved by the selective flotation of pyrite and sphalerite. However, the sphalerite flotation results showed that sphalerite could not be separated from pyrite with a high selectivity (selectivity index∼1), because of insufficient depression of pyrite (with high alkaline medium and/or using a depressant). Even if more selective separation was achieved from the pyrite flotation (selectivity index∼5), 40% of sphalerite in the ore was transferred into the pyrite concentrate. In addition, the results of the collectorless tests indicated that more than 80% of the gold can be recovered, and higher selectivity indexes (up to 10) are achievable. Analysis of the particle size distribution of the collectorless flotation concentrate showed that the amount of −40 μm in the concentrate was 90%. In conclusion, a gold concentrate containing low sulfur (10.8%) with a gold recovery of greater than 95% is achievable from a two-stage flow sheet (collectorless flotation as the rougher stage and pyrite flotation as the scavenger stage).
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title Flotation behavior of native gold and gold-bearing sulfide minerals in a polymetallic gold ore
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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