Alkaline Oxidative Leaching of GoldBearing Arsenopyrite Ores
2,4 h, and 2M NaOH solution in a 2L autoclave. Cyanidation of the leach residues resulted in 90 to 93 pct Au and 60 to 80 pct Ag extractions, compared with only 5 and 15 pct, respectively, without the pretreatment. The procedure was further tested by leaching a lowgrade gold ore and a bulk sulfide flotation concentrate prepared from it.