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Mineralogical Transformation of Gold-silver Bearing Sulfide Concentrate by Mechanochemical Activation, and their Gold-silver Leaching with Non-cyanide Solution

기계적-화학적 활성화에 따른 금-은-정광의 광물학적 상변화와 비-시안 용매에 의한 금-은 용출 향상

  • Kim, Bong-Ju (Dept. of Energy and Resource Engineering, Chosun University) ;
  • Cho, Kang-Hee (Dept. of Energy and Resource Engineering, Chosun University) ;
  • Oh, Su-Ji (Dept. of Energy and Resource Engineering, Chosun University) ;
  • Choi, Nag-Choul (Dept. of Rural Systems Engineering/Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Cheon-Young (Dept. of Energy and Resource Engineering, Chosun University)
  • 김봉주 (조선대학교 에너지.자원공학과) ;
  • 조강희 (조선대학교 에너지.자원공학과) ;
  • 오스지 (조선대학교 에너지.자원공학과) ;
  • 최낙철 (서울대학교 지역시스템공학과) ;
  • 박천영 (조선대학교 에너지.자원공학과)
  • Received : 2014.08.01
  • Accepted : 2014.09.27
  • Published : 2014.09.30
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Abstract

In order to leach Au and Ag from gold-silver bearing sulfide concentrate, the sulfide concentrate was ground in a ball mill for a dry pre-treatment and a wet pre-treatment process. Mineralogical studies and thiourea leaching experiments were carried out with the pre-treated sulfide concentrate. The results of the pre-treatment with the concentrate samples showed the mean particle size and iso-electrical potential was smaller in the dry pre-treatment sample than in the concentrate sample, and the contents was lower in the wet pre-treatment sample than in the dry pre-treatment sample. In XRD analysis, amorphous properties were only shown in the wet pretreatment sample. The results of the concentrate sample leaching experiments showed that the best Au, Ag leaching parameters were when the addition of thiourea was at a 1.0 g concentration, ferric sulfate was 1.0 M, sulfuric acid was 2.0 M and the leaching temperature was at $60^{\circ}C$. The Au, Ag leaching rate was always much greater and faster with the wet pre-treatment samples than with the dry pre-treatment samples. Accordingly, it is expected that more Au, Ag can be leached in an eco-friendly methodology using wet pre-treatment. The pre-treatment could be improved with an optimized grinding additive reagent and through researching grinding time in future non-cyanide processes.

금-은 함유 황화광물 정광으로부터 Au와 Ag를 용출시키기 위하여 황화광물 정광을 건식과 습식으로 전처리하였다. 전처리한 황화광물에 대하여 광물학적 연구와 티오요소 용출실험을 수행하였다. 평균입도와 등전위는 정광시료에서 보다 건식 전-처리 시료에서 낮게 나타났고, 건식 전-처리 시료 보다 습식 전-처리 시료에서 더 낮게 나타났다. XRD 분석결과, 습식 전-처리 시료에서만 비정질의 특성이 나타났다. 정광시료에서, 최대의 Au, Ag 용출인자는 1.0 g의 티오요소, 1.0 M의 황산제2철, 2.0 M의 황산 농도에서 그리고 $60^{\circ}C$의 용출온도에서였다. Au, Ag용출률은 건식 전-처리 시료에서 보다 습식 전-처리 시료에서 언제나 많이 그리고 빠르게 나타났다. 따라서, 향후 적당한 미분쇄 첨가제와 시간으로 전처리를 수행하고 비-시안 용매를 적용한다면 친환경적으로 Au, Ag를 용출시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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