The document discusses using pyrolusite to enhance the bio-oxidation of a refractory arsenopyritic gold ore. It presents results showing that adding pyrolusite to the bioleaching process decreased the time required for bio-oxidation. Pyrolusite increased the redox potential of the solution, accelerating the bioleaching rate of arsenic, manganese, and gold from the ore. Figures and tables show experimental results on the effects of pyrolusite dosage, pH, and inoculation amount on bioleaching efficiency.
The document discusses using pyrolusite to enhance the bio-oxidation of a refractory arsenopyritic gold ore. It presents results showing that adding pyrolusite to the bioleaching process decreased the time required for bio-oxidation. Pyrolusite increased the redox potential of the solution, accelerating the bioleaching rate of arsenic, manganese, and gold from the ore. Figures and tables show experimental results on the effects of pyrolusite dosage, pH, and inoculation amount on bioleaching efficiency.
The document discusses using pyrolusite to enhance the bio-oxidation of a refractory arsenopyritic gold ore. It presents results showing that adding pyrolusite to the bioleaching process decreased the time required for bio-oxidation. Pyrolusite increased the redox potential of the solution, accelerating the bioleaching rate of arsenic, manganese, and gold from the ore. Figures and tables show experimental results on the effects of pyrolusite dosage, pH, and inoculation amount on bioleaching efficiency.
Many sulfide gold ores contain various Effect of innoculation amount on
Table 2. Chemical multi-elemental analysis amounts of arsenic often in the form of of pyrolusite ore (mass fraction, %) bioleaching arsenopyrite, FeAsS. For refractory, lots of the fine disseminated gold is encapsulated in the sulfide matrix of FeAsS. Bio-oxidation of refractory gold is a mature technology and is used to treat a refractory arsenopyritic gold resource in severeal countries. Fig. 3. Leaching rate of manganese Effect of pH on bioleaching Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidan obtain energy Fig. 6. Effect of inoculation amount on by oxidizing ferrous iron and elemental bioleaching sulfur that generate ferric ions and sulfuric Fig. 1. XRD pattern of arsenopyritic gold ore acid. The pyrolusite ore dosage, pH and Pyrolusite is used as an oxidizing agent for Chemical reaction and kinetics in Fig. 7. Reaction modes in bioleaching; inoculation amount of Acidithiobacillus bioleaching (a) Mode I; (b) Mode II the oxidation of sulphide ore in sulfuric acid ferrooxidans were studied in this work and solution. 5 g of the refractory arsenopyritic gold ore was added in every experiment.
AIM Fig. 4. Leaching rate of arsenic CONCLUSIONS
The time of the bio-oxidation process Pyrolusite is added in the bioleaching RESULTS decreased obviously after pyrolusite process to enhance the bio-oxidation of a Effect of pyrolusite ore dosage on bioleaching was added into the bioleaching refractory arsenopyritic gold ore. system. In the bio-oxidation process, EXPERIMENTAL Fig. 7. -pH diagram of As-Fe-Mn-S-H2O pyrolusite increased the redox system at 300C potential of the solution to accelerate Table 1. Chemical multi-elemental analysis the bioleaching rate. of arsenopyritic gold ore (mass fraction, %) Fig. 5. Leaching rate of manganese