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• A gold processing plant operates at

1500 DMTPD with 2.7 ore sp.g. It uses


CIP process in adsorption of gold.
Carbon loading is 2 kg C/ton ore. Gold
assay in carbon is 1500 ppm and 0.5
ppm in solution. If %solid in adsorption
process is 45%, what is the adsorption
recovery?
• Given the Elsner Equation:
4 Au + 8 CN- + O2 + 2H2O = 4AuCN2- + 4OH-
Effective Tank height = 16m ; Tank diameter
=15.76m
Sp. g of ore = 2.6 ; % solids = 38% ; ore assay = 1g/t
Au

What should be the minimum CN - conc. in the tank for


leaching?
0.162 ppm
• A 50-L of leach solution containing 50
gpL Cu2+ was subjected to solvent
extraction using 50-L organic solvent
for purification. The raffinate contains
0.08 gpL. How many extraction stages
were done if the distribution ratio is
equal to 4?  n W – initial concentration of metal in aqueous
i

  Wn – concentration of metal retained


1
W n  Wi   Vo – vol of organic phase at each extraction step
  Vo  
1  D
Va – vol of aqueous phase containing W i of metal

  Va   n – extraction stage
• Given: leaching of 2500 DMTPD of gold ore with a
sp. g of 2.75 which is operating at 40% solids.
Feed Assay = 1.5 g Au/tore
Tails Solution Assay = 0.05 ppm Au
Tails Solid Assay = 0.10 g Au
What is the leaching recovery?
a. 85% b. 86%
c. 87% d. 88%
• In a laboratory cyanide bottle-roll test, the
initial charge of cyanide is 2.27 kgs. of
NaCN/tonne of ore. After a 24-hour leach, a
titration of the solution shows a residual free
cyanide (CN-) concentration of 0.0726
kg/tonne of solution. If the test were run at
40% solids on a weight basis, the cyanide
consumption (kg NaCN/tonne of ore) is
approximately:
 
a. 1.73 c. 2.16
b. 2.06 d. 2.20
PRECIPITATION
• 1. Calculate the ionic strength of
A. 1M KCl soln
B. 0.5M MgCl 2 soln
C. Mixed 0.05M Na 2SO 4 and 0.020 KCl soln

• A. 1M c = molar conc. of ion


z = charge number of that ion
• B. 0.2M n = number of moles of that ion

• C. 0.17M
• Consider a leaching of CBNC solution
containing iron(III) ions at an activity of
1x10-5 M at 25°C. Hydroxide ions was
added to induce precipitation. What is
the minimum pH for precipitation to
occur? K = 3.8x10-38

pH = 3.2
• What is the pH of solution with
a)[OH-] = 4 x 10-5 M
b)[H+] = 4 x 10-5 M

c)9.6
d)4.4
A)For a 250 L solution having a pH of 4, how
much 12M HCl must be added to get a pH of
2.5?
For 250 L solution having a pH of 9.6, how much
B) 10M NaOH musts be added to get a pH of 11.5

A = ~0.064L or 64mL
B = ~0.078L or 78 mL
PRECIPITATION
• Two Solutions containing Co +2 only for the first
solution and Co +3 for second solution. Both ions
in 1x10 -5 M. Calculate the pH needed to
precipitate both ions as hydroxides. K s for Co +2
is 1.26x10 -15 and Co +3 is 3.16x10 -45 .If conc. of
both metal ions were increased to 0.01,
calculate the pH needed to precipitate both
ions. If the ion concentrations were 1x10 -6 ,
calculate the pH needed to precipitate Co +2 and
Co +3
• A. pH = 9.05 ; pH = 0.83
• B. pH = 7.55 ; pH = -0.17
• C. pH = 9.55 ; pH = 1.17
•• Given
  the reaction H2 = 2H+ + 2e ; 0V
Which of the following is the correct equation
using Nernst Equation @25C to evaluate the
relation of pH, PH2 and EMF. (E = E - ln k). F
= 96500 J/v
a. E = -0.0296pH – 0.0591 log PH2
b. E = 0.0296pH – 0.0591 log PH2
c. E.= -0.0591pH – 0.0296 log PH2
d. E.= 0.0591pH – 0.0296 log PH2
• In relation to the previous, consider a
solution of 1x10-4 M Nickel Sulfate. Hydrogen
gas is injected to the solution to precipitate
Ni. What is the minimum pH required to
precipitate Ni? Consider PH2 = 1 atm.
Ni2+ + 2e = Ni ; = -0.25V

pH = 6.2
Given: Leaching Tank = 12.0m diameter and 13.5m
height.
2500 DMTPD with ore sp.g of 2.75 at 40% solids
15% of the tank volume is occupied by air
Initial free cyanide ions concentration in the leaching
tank is only 200 ppm which is a bit low. The metallurgist
decided to increase the free cyanide ions to 500ppm to
enhance the efficiency of the reaction. How much NaCN
must be added in order to get the target concentration
of 500 ppm free cyanide? 12 pts for the solution
• a. 314 kg b. 439 kg
• c. 591 kg d. 670 kg

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