Bioleaching of refractory gold ore （ III ）——Fluid leaching Jinya refractory gold concentrate by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans
摘要
A novel fluidized-bed reactor was designed and installed for bioleaching in a semi-continuous way,by which a process for bioleaching-cyanidation of Jinya refractory gold arsenical concentrate was studied.The arsenic extraction rate reaches 82.5% after 4-day batch biooxidation of the concentrate under the optimized condition of pH 2.0,ferric ion concentration 6.5 g/L and pulp concentration 10%.And leached rate of gold in the following cyanidation is over 90%.The parameters of three series fluidized-bed reactors exhibit stability during the semi-continuous bioleaching of the concentrate.Arsenic in the concentrate can be got rid of 91% after 6-day leaching.Even after 4 days,82% of arsenic extraction rate was still obtained.The recovery rates of gold are 92% and 87.5% respectively in cyaniding the above bioleached residues.The results will provide a base for further commercial production of gold development.