USA Process for leaching precious metals with ...
A process for leaching gold and silver from ores and ore concentrates is disclosed using a cyanide leaching solution and hydrogen peroxide and maintaining an oxygen concentration of 2 to 20 Mg of O 2 /liter. In the invention, leaching takes place in the presence of decomposition catalysts and preferably the formed cyanocomplexes are separated during leaching from the leach solution.