In Gold CIL (carbon in leach) Processing Plant, activated carbon acts like a sponge to aurocyanide and other complex ions in solution. Hard carbon particles (much larger than the ore particle sizes) can be mixed with the ore and cyanide solution mixture.
The gold cyanide complex is adsorbed onto the carbon until it comes to an equilibrium with the gold in solution. Because the carbon particles are much larger than the ore particles, the coarse carbon can then be separated from the slurry by screening using a wire mesh.
Working Principle of gold leaching equipment:
CIL is cyanide gold extraction process:
* Firstly, raw material is crushed into less than 10mm by different types of crushers;
* Secondly, crushed material will be ground and classified into 90% of 200 mesh, then fine powder will get into thickner, after concentration, add chemical and leach in the leaching tank.
* After leaching, we can use activated carbon to adsorb gold, then get
gold loaded carbon.
* Finally we can use electrolysis equipment or fire to get gold bar.
* Raw material from powder silo will be sent to first ball mill by feeder and belt conveyor, ball mill discharges to spiral classifier, bigger size will be returned back for
re-grinding.
* Overflow will be pumped to hydro cyclone by slurry pump for second classifier: bigger size will go to second ball mill, and the discharges are returned to the second classifier. It is named two steps two closed circle grinding flow chart.
Overflow from hydro cyclone will be sent to trash screen and thickener.