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Gold Science and Technology ›› 2023, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1): 113-122.doi: 10.11872/j.issn.1005-2518.2023.01.154

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Experimental Study on Gold Recovery from a High-Sulfur Gold Tailings by Beneficiation-Metallurgy Combination

Wei YANG1,2,3(),Jinqiu YE1,2,3(),Tao LONG1,2,3,Sha DENG1,2,3,Wentao WANG1,2,3   

  1. 1.School of Resources Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, Shaanxi, China
    2.Key Laboratory of Gold and Resources in Shaanxi Province, Xi’an 710055, Shaanxi, China
    3.Technology & Equipment Institute of Green Beneficiation-Metallurgy, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, Shaanxi, China
  • Received:2022-10-24 Revised:2022-11-22 Online:2023-02-28 Published:2023-03-27
  • Contact: Jinqiu YE E-mail:ywmsco@126.com;yejinqiu@xauat.edu.cn

Abstract:

In order to realize the high-efficiency recovery of gold from gold tailings,an experimental study was carried out on gold tailings in Shaanxi Province.The chemical analysis shows that 11.60% S,1.5 g/t Au and 84.77% wrapped gold is contained in the raw material,which belongs to high-sulfur wrapped refractory gold ore.Due to the difficulty to separate gold from sulfur by a single flotation process,and obtaining qualified concentrate products,the combined process of pretreatment-flotation preconcentration-flotation middling regrinding-leaching was applied in the experimental research to improve the gold recovery.The results show that with mechanical agitation,ultrasonic,and pretreatment with H2SO4 and Na2S,the surface properties of gold minerals can be improved and the flotation recovery increase,among which H2SO4 is the best pretreatment.With 100×10-6 of sulfuric acid,110×10-6 of copper sulfate,80×10-6 of butane yellow,40×10-6 of butane black and 30×10-6 of 2 # oil,and after two roughing operations,the mixed coarse concentrate product with an gold grade of 6.94×10-6 and a recovery rate of 87.22% are obtained.The flotation recovery rate is 10.52% higher than that without pretreatment,realizing the preconcentration of bare gold and sulfide-coated gold.As the gold in the coarse concentrate is mostly in sulfide wrapped state,it is difficult to achieve full productization.Therefore,under the conditions that the amount of sodium silicate,sodium hexametaphosphate,and NaCN is 500×10-6,200×10-6,and 50×10-6 respectively,the sulfur suppression concentration process is adopted to obtain a gold concentrate with an gold grade of 21.65×10-6 and a part of qualified gold concentrate products are obtained.The beneficiated middlings was leached for 48 h under the conditions of -400 mesh gold concentrate,accounting for 95%,and NaCN concentration of 0.16%,the direct leaching rate is 91.48%,and the final combined recovery rate of gold is 80.45%,showing the realization of the efficient recovery of gold from the high sulfur wrapped refractory gold tailings resources.

Key words: beneficiation-metallurgy combination, gold tailings, high-sulfur gold ore, wrapped gold, pretreatment, sulfur suppression beneficiation

CLC Number: 

  • TD953

Table 1

Chemical composition of gold tailings(%)"

成分含量成分含量
Au1.50CaO8.77
SiO235.51Al2O34.42
SO320.74S11.60
Fe2O316.67MgO1.29

Table 2

Chemical phases of gold in gold tailings(%)"

金物相含量分布率
合计1.50100.00
裸露及半裸露金0.2315.23
碳酸盐包裹金0.085.08
硅酸盐包裹金0.096.07
硫化物包裹金1.1073.62

Fig.1

Test flow of gold tailings beneficiation and smelting"

Fig.2

Conditional test indicators of pretreatment mode"

Table 3

Test results of sulfuric acid dosage"

H2SO4用量

/(×10-6

产品名称产率/%

金品位

/(×10-6

金回收率/%
0粗精矿14.037.9164.54
粗选尾矿85.970.7135.46
原矿100.001.72100.00
60粗精矿16.927.2472.92
粗选尾矿83.080.5527.08
原矿100.001.68100.00
80粗精矿17.866.8474.04
粗选尾矿82.140.5225.96
原矿100.001.65100.00
100粗精矿18.616.4575.06
粗选尾矿81.390.4924.94
原矿100.001.60100.00
200粗精矿18.176.4573.40
粗选尾矿81.830.5226.60
原矿100.001.60100.00

Table 4

Test results of copper sulfate dosage"

CuSO4用量

/(×10-6

产品名称产率/%

金品位

/(×10-6

金回收率

/%

20粗精矿18.126.6074.50
粗选尾矿81.880.5025.50
原矿100.001.61100.00
50粗精矿18.616.4575.06
粗选尾矿81.390.4924.94
原矿100.001.60100.00
80粗精矿19.646.7275.98
粗选尾矿80.360.5224.02
原矿100.001.74100.00
110粗精矿20.246.7479.82
粗选尾矿79.760.4320.18
原矿100.001.71100.00
140粗精矿20.506.6878.96
粗选尾矿79.500.4621.04
原矿100.001.73100.00

Table 5

Test results of collector dosage"

捕收剂用量

/(×10-6

产品名称产率/%

金品位

/(×10-6

金回收率/%
30粗精矿17.896.4072.84
粗选尾矿82.110.5227.16
原矿100.001.57100.00
60粗精矿17.946.5276.04
粗选尾矿82.060.4523.96
原矿100.001.54100.00
90粗精矿20.246.7479.82
粗选尾矿79.760.4320.18
原矿100.001.71100.00
120粗精矿23.026.9487.22
粗选尾矿76.980.3012.78
原矿100.001.83100.00
150粗精矿24.006.5187.64
粗选尾矿76.000.2912.36
原矿100.001.78100.00

Fig.3

XRD analysis results of coarse concentrate"

Table 6

Test results of NaCN dosage"

NaCN用量

/(×10-6

产品名称产率/%

金品位

/(×10-6

金回收率/%
10.00精矿16.506.1367.11
中矿6.534.4119.11
粗选尾矿76.970.2713.79
原矿100.001.70100.00
30.00精矿15.027.0266.29
中矿8.004.2021.12
粗选尾矿76.980.2612.58
原矿100.001.59100.00
50.00精矿1.6421.3921.26
中矿21.355.2267.54
粗选尾矿77.010.2411.20
原矿100.001.65100.00
70.00精矿0.1622.158.34
中矿22.195.7278.32
粗选尾矿77.200.2813.34
原矿100.001.62100.00
90.00精矿0.2830.004.71
中矿22.586.4082.51
粗选尾矿77.150.2912.78
原矿100.001.87100.00

Fig.4

Test results of leaching fineness conditions"

Fig.5

Test results of leaching agent concentration"

Fig.6

Test results of leaching time conditions"

Table 7

Comprehensive condition test results of beneficiation-metallurgy dombination"

产品名称产率/%金品位/(×10-6金回收率/%
原矿100.001.68100.00
粗选尾矿77.540.2813.22
金精矿1.6421.6521.62
浸渣20.820.506.34
浸液-3.2058.83
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