An investigation of cyanide-based heap leaching for extracting precious metals from Platreef ore

Cyanide heap leaching had been proposed as an alternative to the classic crush-mill-loatsmelt-refine route for processing platinum group metals (PGMs) from the Platreef ore body. Overall the process includes two stages of leaching. The first stage involves the thermophile bioleaching of the base met...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mwase, James Malumbo
Other Authors: Petersen, Jochen
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28335