Laboratory flotation tests were done with all samples after 7 and 11 minutes of grinding. Tail products from the laboratory flotation tests were leached for Au using cyanide. Different ore types could be distinguished from their particle size distribution after grinding. Similar mineralogical structures could be tied to samples with a lower than expected Cu-recovery and mineralogical explanations for high and low Au recoveries are given in this paper.
Godkänd; 2010; 20100519 (ysko)