C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 22 – B
Patent
C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
22
B
53/168, 53/223
C22B 11/00 (2006.01) C22B 11/02 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1201595
ABSTRACT This invention relates to the recovery of platinum group metals and Au and Ag from high sulphur content base metal sulphide ore residues and also to the separation of Ag from the other precious metals referred to. The process for the recovery of platinum group metals, silver and gold from a base metal sulphide-containing leach residue comprises: (a) smelting the said leach residue with a flux to produce: (i) a slag containing FeO, CaO and SiO2 and (ii) a copper matte phase containing Ni, Fe, S, the platinum group metals, Au, Ag, Se and Te, (b) removing, if necessary, any excess of the elements iron or nickel or compounds thereof from the matte phase produced by step (a) by oxidation thus converting the said elements or compounds thereof to their respective oxides which then report to the slag phase, (c) contacting the matte phase produced by step (a) or the said matte phase after oxidation step (b) with one or more metals selected from the group Cu, Ni and Fe so as to pro- duce a separate immiscible metallic phase containing platinum group metals, silver and gold (d) optionally recirculating the said separate metallic phase produced by step (c) to contact a separately produced matte phase produced by a step (a) or by steps (a) and (b) so as to at least partially redistribute the silver present out of the metallic phase and (e) recovering silver from the matte phase and the platinum group metals, sold and the proportion of silver which remains from the metallic phase.
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Day Joseph G.
Taylor Jeffrey R.
Matthey Rustenburg Refiners (proprietary) Limited
Ridout & Maybee Llp
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