GOLD RECOVERY FROM COPPERRICH ORES EMPLOYING .
Cyanidation is still the most widely used method to leach gold, using sodium or calcium cyanide as lixiviant. An anionic goldcyanide complex is formed that is extractable by basic resins. Other metals present in the ore, such as silver and base metals (copper, nickel, cobalt, zinc, iron, etc.) are also leached in cyanide media.