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Thiocyanate Leach of a Twins Creek Ore
Taylor Flotre and Matthew Huey
Abstract
A proposal to study the capability of a thiocyanate gold leach on an ore body provided by Newmont Mining Co. The ore was classified as a low sulphide, low carbonate ore. Both, heap and agitation leaches will be utilized and compared. These tests will focus on developing an environmentally and economically sound leach circuit. Cyanide and ATS leach alternatives will then be compared with these results.
Acknowledgements
Thanks are extended to the Undergraduate Research Program at Montana Tech as well as Newmont Mining Company for their financial support.
Biography
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Taylor is currently a junior at Montana Tech. He is seeking a double major in Metallurgical and Civil Engineering. This is his second year in the Undergraduate Research Program. He would like to thank department head Courtney Young for giving him this opportunity and the rest of the department faculty that assisted him in his research.
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Matt Huey is currently a junior in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Montana Tech, and pursuing a minor in chemistry. He has a background in mechanics and machining, and a previous undergraduate research project exploring the solution chemistry of arsenic containing minerals in cyanide leach solutions.
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