Gold Processing Plant Using

Cyanide-Free Technology
Daut Maranan Martizano Mistio

Outline

Introduction
Objectives
Significance
Scope and Limitation
Process Flow
References

INTRODUCTION

Raw Material
epithermal copper
(+gold)
porphyry copper (+gold)
grades ranging from 1.3
to 193 g/t Au
Source: Victoria Gold Deposit, Lepanto
Consolidated Mining Company

Benguet
~6,227,656 metric tons of primary gold ore
~897,551,435 metric tons of primary copper ore
3 large mining companies
Benguet Corporation
Philex Mining
Lepanto Mining corporation

Account to 98% of provinces export revenue

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (2012)

Market Value

Source: Benguet Corporation

Source: Benguet Corporation

Target Product
Bright yellow
Relatively soft
metal; malleable
In form of chips for
easier transport
Chemically inactive

Current Production Process

Though cyanidation has high yields, the

presence of cyanide in the tailings needs to
be treated due to its toxicity to humans and
the environment.

Presence of toxic substances in the current

process is an aspect that needs
improvement.
The proposed process will only include
physical processing such as grinding,
gravity concentrating and thickening of gold.

Objectives
To develop an eco-friendly method for gold
extraction.
To produce the target product.
To utilize the proposed process.
To produce side products by the same
process (if any).

Process Flow