Preg robbing gold ores ScienceDirect
Preg robbing is an important phenomenon that inhibits gold recovery due to the presence of naturally occurring carbonaceous matter In case of certain ores gold recovery by cyanidation is limited by the presence of naturally occurring carbonaceous material that adsorbs gold from alkaline cyanide solution unless steps are taken to prevent this adsorption reaction
A two stage bacterial pretreatment process for double refractory gold ores
Refractoriness in gold ores may be caused by several factors including the presence of sulfides tellurides cyanicides and carbonaceous matter Boyle 1979; Guay 1981 When it is due to the presence of both sulfides and carbonaceous matter CM the ore is said to be double refractory Nyavor and Egiebor 1992 In such ores gold particles may