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Gold Science and Technology ›› 2020, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (2): 285-292.doi: 10.11872/j.issn.1005-2518.2020.02.070

• Mining Technology and Mine Management • Previous Articles    

Study on the Gold Recovery from Flotation Tailings of a Refractory Gold Ores in Gansu Province by a Process Combining Mineral Processing and Metallurgy

Bo YANG1,3(),Xiong TONG2,3,Xian XIE2,3,Xiao WANG1,3()   

  1. 1.Kunming University,Kunming 650214,Yunnan,China
    2.Faculty of Land Resource Engineering,Kunming University of Science and Technology,Kunming 650093,Yunnan,China
    3.National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for the Green and Comprehensive Utilization of Metallic Tailings Resource,Kunming 650093,Yunnan,China
  • Received:2019-06-06 Revised:2019-10-29 Online:2020-04-30 Published:2020-05-07
  • Contact: Xiao WANG E-mail:yangbo2018kmu@163.com;664094443@qq.com

Abstract:

There are an abundant gold ores resource in China,and most of gold ores are belong to the refractory ores.The gold in the refractory ores is difficult to recovery by the leaching technology because of the fine dissemination particles in ores.Besides,the natural gold ores usually coexisted with pyrite,arsenopyrite and stibnite and is generally enclosed in these sulfide minerals.The conventional cyanide leaching is difficult to process this gold ore.In this paper,a gold ore from Gansu Province of China contains Au 4.3×10-6,Sb 0.48%,As 0.37% and C 1.84%,which belongs to a refractory gold.The recovery of gold is very low when the ore was directly leached by the cyanide leaching technology.In order to improve the recovery of gold,the gold was recovered in industrial scale by a process combined the gravity separation,froth flotation and cyanide leaching.However,the recovery rate of gold only is 82% due to the gold with a complex dissemination relationship in ores,the gold grade in the final cyanide leaching residue is approximately 0.8×10-6.In order to increase the recovery rate of gold,the occurrence state of gold in flotation tailings was investigated by electron probe microanalysis (EPMA),the flotation tests were conducted in laboratory scale based on the mineralogy results of the flotation tailings.The results indicated that gold in flotation tailings was mainly existed in the formation of lattice gold in arsenopyrite,pyrite and stibnite the or enclosed in these sulfide minerals with the fine dissemination particles size.When the flotation tailings was leached by cyanide solution,the gold enclosed in these sulfide minerals cannot contact effectively with the cyanide solution even if under the very fine grinding fineness.However,the recovery rate of gold was significantly improved when the flotation tailings were firstly sieved before cyanide leaching.After sieving,the coarse particles with the particles size of +0.038 mm was regrinded and increase the liberation degree of pyrite,arsenopyrite and stibnite.After that,the regrinding products was subject to the froth flotation again in order to recovery these sulfide mineral,the tailings after flotation were subjected to the cyanide leaching together with the -0.038 mm fine particles.The recovery rate of gold is obviously increased by 81.3% to 90.21% by using this process,the grade of gold in the final leaching residue is less than 0.3×10-6.The experimental result is helpful for the improvement of industrial production process.

Key words: bearing-Sb gold ores, refractory gold ore, technology combining mineral processing and metal-lurgy, flotation tailings, cyanide leaching residue, EPMA

CLC Number: 

  • TD953

Table 1

Results of chemical multi-element analysis of samples(%)"

元素质量分数元素质量分数
Au2.8As0.39
Fe3.35SiO256.94
S0.29Al2O313.93
MgO2.26CaO6.8

Fig.1

EPMA back-scattered pattern for the important sulfide minerals"

Fig.2

Flowsheets of flotation for the tailings"

Table 2

Effect of regrinding fineness on the recovery of gold"

磨矿细度(-0.048 mm占比)/%产品产率/%金品位/×10-6回收率/%
38.4精矿5.0720.4647.64
尾矿94.931.2052.36
给矿100.002.18100.00
50.0精矿5.7318.5650.67
尾矿94.271.1049.33
给矿100.002.10100.00
60.0精矿5.4619.9650.70
尾矿94.541.1249.30
给矿100.002.15100.00
75.0精矿6.1616.8047.88
尾矿93.841.2052.12
给矿100.002.16100.00

Table 3

Effect of different inhibitors on gold recovery"

抑制剂种类

[用量/(×10-6)]

产品产率/%

金品位

/×10-6

回收率/%
Na2CO3(800)精矿5.7318.5650.67
尾矿94.271.1049.33
给矿100.002.10100.00

(800+800)

Na2CO3+Na2SiO3

精矿6.8216.9955.15
尾矿93.181.0144.85
给矿100.002.10100.00
(NaPO36(800)精矿5.4619.8350.80
尾矿94.541.1149.20
给矿100.002.13100.00
(NaPO36+Na2CO3(800+800)精矿5.1221.7553.04
尾矿94.881.0446.96
给矿100.002.10100.00

Fig.3

Effect of activator on gold recovery"

Table 4

Effect of collector dosages on gold recovery"

捕收剂(丁基黄药+丁铵黑药)用量/(×10-6)产品产率/%

金品位

/(×10-6)

回收率/%
40 + 0精矿6.2419.2054.48
尾矿93.761.0745.52
给矿100.002.09100.00
40 + 30精矿7.1017.2057.33
尾矿92.900.9842.67
给矿100.002.13100.00
60 + 30精矿7.6316.4058.77
尾矿92.370.9541.23
给矿100.002.13100.00
80 + 60精矿7.9615.7058.66
尾矿92.040.9641.34
给矿100.002.10100.00
120 + 60精矿8.4114.8058.47
尾矿91.590.9741.53
给矿100.002.11100.00

Fig.4

Flow of closed-circuit flotation for +0.038 mm particles"

Table 5

Results of closed-circuit flotation test for +0.038 mm particles"

产品产率/%金品位/(×10-6)回收率/%

回收率/%

(对浮选尾矿)

精矿2.4640.6948.2219.34
尾矿97.541.1051.7820.76
给矿100.002.07100.0040.10

Fig.5

Effect of sodium cyanide dosages on gold leaching"

Fig.6

Effect of liquid-solid ration on gold leaching"

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