Recovery of gold from carbonaceous goldbearing ores ...
Feb 12, 1980· I claim: 1. In the process for the recovery of gold from sedimentary goldbearing ores containing indigenous organic carbonaceous material a component of which is capable of adsorbing aurocyanide complexes from an aqueous solution, wherein an aqueous slurry of the ore is advantageously subjected to a preliminary oxidation treatment to oxidize as much of the organic .