RECOVERY OF GOLD AND SILVER FROM PRECIOUS METALS-CONTAINING SOLIDS.

摘要

System for, and methods of, recovering precious metals from precious metals-containing solids are described herein. Methods for the recovery of precious metals from precious metals- containing solids heating a salt mixture to form a molten salt mixture, adding a precious metals- containing solid to the molten salt mixture to form a molten salt/precious metals-containing solids mixture, adding an oxidizing agent to the molten salt/precious metals-containing solids mixture, forming a liquid solution from molten salt/precious metals-containing solids mixture, the liquid solution comprising soluble precious metal salts, and subjecting the liquid solution to an electrodeposition process to form purified precious metals. Systems for, and methods of, recovery precious metals from precious metals-containing solids allow for the recovery of salt mixtures and reuse of the salt mixtures in subsequent precious metals recovery operations.