Thiosulfate leach

[budzag]

What did you do to try and make it cement out to have residue in the pictures?

Hi there, I just put a piece of aluminum and left it over night.. In the morning I got all that sludge stuff floating around and on the bottom. I managed to gather it all together in the corner. Can anyone tell if this looks like gold as it still floats around with the liquid a bit would be thinking it should be more heavy. But maybe it is sponge gold so might just be really light?

 

[budzag]

Hi there, I just put a piece of aluminum and left it over night.. In the morning I got all that sludge stuff floating around and on the bottom. I managed to gather it all together in the corner. Can anyone tell if this looks like gold as it still floats around with the liquid a bit would be thinking it should be more heavy. But maybe it is sponge gold so might just be really light?

Ha, I tried sucking it with that little liquid and squirt onto a small cupel but the liquid just sucked straight into the cupel and the sponge stuff seems to have sucked in as well maybe I shouldn't have been so impatient and just let it completely dry. I would think if it was gold powder it would not suck into the cupel with the water. But maybe the powder was so fine? Not sure i will try again with a bigger batch an let it dry. Then post results

 

[Yggdrasil]

Ha, I tried sucking it with that little liquid and squirt onto a small cupel but the liquid just sucked straight into the cupel and the sponge stuff seems to have sucked in as well maybe I shouldn't have been so impatient and just let it completely dry. I would think if it was gold powder it would not suck into the cupel with the water. But maybe the powder was so fine? Not sure i will try again with a bigger batch an let it dry. Then post results

If it is floaty it is not Gold.
Have you tried to acidify it and test it with Stannous?

 

[budzag]

If it is floaty it is not Gold.
Have you tried to acidify it and test it with Stannous?

Hi there,
No I haven't tried to add any acid or done any Stannous test at any part of this process. So yea I guess there is no evidence until a proper procedure has been done. Do they sell Stannous solution or does it need to be made?
Thanks

 

[Yggdrasil]

Hi there,
No I haven't tried to add any acid or done any Stannous test at any part of this process. So yea I guess there is no evidence until a proper procedure has been done. Do they sell Stannous solution or does it need to be made?
Thanks

Dissolve some Tin in HCl.
Stannous is our eyes in refining.

 

[budzag]

Dissolve some Tin in HCl.
Stannous is our eyes in refining.

Ok thanks, will give it a shot how much acid to tin ratio? Would think the tin would dissolve instantly into the acid solution so would be pretty much done instant. Thanks

 

[budzag]

Ok thanks, will give it a shot how much acid to tin ratio? Would think the tin would dissolve instantly into the acid solution so would be pretty much done instant. Thanks

Thanks i will have a search for the correct ratio

 

[4metals]

Have you considered using the electrolytic recovery systems made for CLS leaches and sold by Action Mining Services in Montana? Check their website and download a catalog for details on their leaches (one of which I believe is a thiosulfate leach) and their recovery systems.

 

[budzag]

Have you considered using the electrolytic recovery systems made for CLS leaches and sold by Action Mining Services in Montana? Check their website and download a catalog for details on their leaches (one of which I believe is a thiosulfate leach) and their recovery systems.

Thanks, will have a look

 

[budzag]

You should be able to cement the gold out of solution using a piece of copper and ion exchange. I have done this with thiosulphate and it worked. Just add some generic cleaning ammonia to raise the ph to around 10 hang a copper sheet in the solution, stir or aerate. Or electrowinn.

Hi mate, instead of using Ammonia. Could I not just desovle more thiosulfate crystals into the concentrate and not dilute the mixture that should make the solution more acidic would it not?
This is just a thought