Method for leaching gold from a gold-bearing substrate
AssigneesUniversite Libre de Bruxelles, Université Norbert Zongo
InventorsThomas Doneux, Moussa Bougouma, Fousseni Soma, Claudine Herman
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AssigneesUniversite Libre de Bruxelles, Université Norbert Zongo
InventorsThomas Doneux, Moussa Bougouma, Fousseni Soma, Claudine Herman
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The present disclosure relates to a method for leaching gold from a gold-bearing substrate. The method includes a step of treating the gold-bearing substrate with at least one leaching liquid substance thereby generating at least one pregnant leaching liquid substance containing leached gold. The at least one leaching liquid substance comprises at least one chloride salt and auric ions, with the proviso that when the leaching liquid substance is a non-aqueous leaching liquid substance, the non-aqueous leaching liquid substance further comprises at least one hydrogen bond donor comprising at least one hydroxyl group.
A method for leaching gold from a gold-bearing substrate, the method including a step (a) of treating the gold-bearing substrate with at least one leaching liquid substance thereby generating at least one pregnant leaching liquid substance containing leached gold, the at least one leaching liquid substance comprising:
A leaching liquid substance comprising:
A use of a leaching liquid substance for leaching gold, wherein the leaching liquid substance comprises:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.