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AU2006312965B2
AU2006312965B2 AU2006312965A AU2006312965A AU2006312965B2 AU 2006312965 B2 AU2006312965 B2 AU 2006312965B2 AU 2006312965 A AU2006312965 A AU 2006312965A AU 2006312965 A AU2006312965 A AU 2006312965A AU 2006312965 B2 AU2006312965 B2 AU 2006312965B2
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Mark Aylmore
Yeonuk Choi
Peter Kondos
Jacques Mcmullen
Gus Van Weert
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    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
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    • C22B3/00—Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes
    • C22B3/20—Treatment or purification of solutions, e.g. obtained by leaching
    • C22B3/42—Treatment or purification of solutions, e.g. obtained by leaching by ion-exchange extraction
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    • C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B11/00—Obtaining noble metals
    • C22B11/04—Obtaining noble metals by wet processes
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    • C01B—NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C
    • C01B17/00—Sulfur; Compounds thereof
    • C01B17/64—Thiosulfates; Dithionites; Polythionates
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    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B3/00—Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes
    • C22B3/04—Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes by leaching
    • C22B3/06—Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes by leaching in inorganic acid solutions, e.g. with acids generated in situ; in inorganic salt solutions other than ammonium salt solutions
    • C22B3/08—Sulfuric acid, other sulfurated acids or salts thereof
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B3/00—Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes
    • C22B3/04—Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes by leaching
    • C22B3/12—Extraction of metal compounds from ores or concentrates by wet processes by leaching in inorganic alkaline solutions
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P10/00—Technologies related to metal processing
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PCT/CA2006/001841 WO2007053947A1 (fr) 2005-11-10 2006-11-10 Generation de thiosulfate in situ pour la recuperation de metaux precieux

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AR (1) AR057171A1 (fr)
AU (1) AU2006312965B2 (fr)
CA (1) CA2629093C (fr)
DO (1) DOP2006000250A (fr)
PE (1) PE20070877A1 (fr)
WO (1) WO2007053947A1 (fr)
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WO2016168933A1 (fr) 2015-04-21 2016-10-27 University Of Saskatchewan Procédés de lixiviation et d'extraction sélectives de métaux précieux dans des solvants organiques
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WO2004005556A1 (fr) * 2002-07-02 2004-01-15 Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation Procede servant a lixivier des metaux precieux
US20040115108A1 (en) * 2002-11-15 2004-06-17 Hackl Ralph Peter Method for thiosulfate leaching of precious metal-containing materials

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Aylmore, M.G. "Treatment of a Refractory Gold-Copper Sulphide Concentrate By Copper Ammoniacal Thiosulphate Leaching", Minerals Engineering, 14 March 2001, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 615-637 *
Zhang, S., Michael J. Nicol, "The Simultaneous Oxidation of Sulfide Minerals and the Dissolution of Gold", Arsenic Metallurgy, Proceedings of a symposium held during the TMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 13-17 February, 2005, pp. 265-281 *

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PE20070877A1 (es) 2007-08-27
AP2578A (en) 2013-01-29
CA2629093C (fr) 2014-04-08
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WO2007053947A1 (fr) 2007-05-18
ZA200804351B (en) 2010-02-24

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