Concentration of gold, sulphide minerals and uranium oxide minerals by flotation from ores and metallurgical plant products

摘要

A process for the concentration by flotation of gold, gold bearing minerals and uranium oxide minerals from ores and metallurgical plant products whereby a pulp of a ground ore is agitation conditioned in at least two agitation conditioning stages wherein in at least one stage the pH of the pulp is lowered with an acid agent to within the pH range of about 1.5 to 5.0, and wherein in at least one additional agitation conditioning stage the pH of the pulp is raised to within the pH range of about 6.0 to 11.0 and wherein in at least the last stage prior to flotation at least one collector selected from the group of sulfhydryl anionic collectors is present, and subsequently, the at least two stage agitation conditoned pulp is subjected to flotation to produce a flotation concentrate enriched in at least one of the mineral values from the group consisting of gold, gold bearing minerals and uranium minerals.