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Development of a Two- Stage Hydrometallurgical Technology for Processing Gold-Antimony Concentrate from the Olimpiadinskoe Deposit

Version 1 : Received: 1 June 2023 / Approved: 1 June 2023 / Online: 1 June 2023 (12:22:40 CEST)

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Rusalev, R.; Rogozhnikov, D.; Dizer, O.; Golovkin, D.; Karimov, K. Development of a Two-Stage Hydrometallurgical Process for Gold–Antimony Concentrate Treatment from the Olimpiadinskoe Deposit. Materials 2023, 16, 4767. Rusalev, R.; Rogozhnikov, D.; Dizer, O.; Golovkin, D.; Karimov, K. Development of a Two-Stage Hydrometallurgical Process for Gold–Antimony Concentrate Treatment from the Olimpiadinskoe Deposit. Materials 2023, 16, 4767.

Abstract

An integrated two-stage metallurgical technology has been developed for processing concentrates from the Olimpiadinskoe deposit with high antimony and arsenic content. The parameters of the alkaline sulphide leaching process of the initial concentrate of the Olimpiadinskoe deposit, providing maximum extraction of antimony in solution at 99% level have been recommended. The L:S ratio = 4,5:1; the concentration of sodium sulphide - 61 g/L; the concentration of sodium-hydroxide – 6,5 g/L; the duration – 3 hours; the temperature – 50 °C. A synergistic effect of alkaline sulphide leach cakes co-processing by sulphuric and nitric acids has been determined. Pre-treatment allows to reduce the composition of nitric acid by converting the carbonates into gypsum and increases the extraction of arsenic by 15 % at the following nitric leaching. Laboratory research of nitric acid leaching of decarbonized cake allowed to set the basic parameters for maximum iron and arsenic extraction in solution (92 and 98 %): the L:S ratio =9:1; the concentration of nitric acid – 6 mol/L; the time – 90 min. The full polynomial equations for iron and arsenic extraction from decarbonised cake have been derived. The model is relevant since the value the determination coefficients for iron and arsenic R2 were 96,7 and 93,2 %. The high value of gold recovery from the cake of two-stage alkaline sulphide and nitric acid leach cake at 95 % has been established. The maximum value of arsenic deposition from the nitrate leach solution in the form of the insoluble deposition As2S3 99,9 %. A basic technological flowsheet diagram for flotation gold-antimony processing for the Olimpiadinskoe deposit has been developed; it includes two redistributions: production of metallic antimony and gold extraction from the nitric leach cake.

Keywords

antimony; arsenic; gold leaching; nitric acid; refractory gold ores; leaching

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Metals, Alloys and Metallurgy

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