I am a Mineral Processing Eng. Specialized in Gold Ores AMA
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Do you know it all?
Welcome to us.
If we are lucky this may end up as a two way street.
There are some ore/sand/mud questions from time to time.
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Well put. Look forwards to hearing from you. Always happy to learn something new.
Jon
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I thumbs up the good reply also. Perhaps a little bit of an introduction would be helpful. Subjects as to how you produce ( lode or placer ), how you got to where you are, things which are of interest to me and other members of the forum. Welcome by the way.
One member is at the time struggeling with a Thio Sulfate leach of ore.
Can you take the time and read this thread?
https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/thiosulfate-leach.35183/post-379897
Maybe you have some tips for him?
Welcome Kelibern. I feel the learning experience will be Mutual. Where do you Hail From?
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Hi, I am the owner of a small mining company in Oceania (PNG) and I would like to ask you some questions
Welcome to us.
Paul, welcome to the forum. Typically you should pose your question in your post so either Kelibern or any other member can respond. There is a large body of refining knowledge here on the forum if you simply state your question and ask.
Paul_everest
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Thanks for reply, Actually I would like to know more on new techniques for minerals extraction and refining which are environment friendly
Thanks for your attention
Thanks for your attention
That is a rather broad request. Possibly more specifics about your operation, what the assays say about the type of ore, is it crushed, do you have concentrates. You wouldn't walk into a car dealership and just say I want a car, you would give some specifics about what you want in your car. Here at the forum we are just like the car dealership, we need specifics to give you a meaningful response.
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It is funny how everybody wants to find a "environmentally friendly solution". The mere act of a human living in todays world, is very environmentally unfriendly. Even when the person is consciencely trying to leave a friendly footprint. I am not being judgmental, as I admit I am a consumer of non planet friendly goods ( whatever that means ). What cracks me up the most though, are the "Greenies " jumping up and down, screaming and yelling about how miners are messing up, and killing the planet. After their rants, they drive off in their Tesla, or other EV, feeling good about themselves because they just did their part to " Save the planet ".
Hmm.
Many lack the ability to see the big picture I guess.
Surprisingly many believes that the milk or beef just magically apear in the store.
how to seperate lead from value in bigger portions than cupellation allows?
Only option with fire is Cupel.
You can maybe slag off some of the Lead/base metals with the correct flux.
Do you need to add Lead in the first place?
I live in an area that was dredged commercially during the gold rush. Tons of dredge tailings piles. This area also has a lot of Pt in the tailings as the primary method of gold recovery was mercury and Pt is not attracted to mercury like gold is, so the dredge operators didn't try to save the Pt and it was allowed to wash back into the discharge tailings.
In your opinion, what is the best way to try and recover the Pt from the existing tailings? Would another wash plant (designed for heavy metals) be the only answer?
Welcome aboard,
James
