US4654078A - Method for recovery of precious metals from ...
Precious metals such as gold and silver are recovered from difficult-to-treat ores, especially those containing manganese and/or copper, by lixiviating the ores using copper-ammonium thiosulfate in which the pH of the lixiviating solution is maintained at a minimum level of 9.5 in order to inhibit the action of metallic iron and its ferric salts that are present in the solution and which ...