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<journal-id>0012-7353</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[DYNA]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Dyna rev.fac.nac.minas]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0012-7353</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0012-73532020000400180</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/dyna.v87n215.84282</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Treatment for gold ores with high content of carbonaceous matter]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Tratamiento para menas auríferas con alto contenido de materia carbonosa]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Valdivieso-Bermeo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Paulo]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Peñaloza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Isabel]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moreno-Chávez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Laboratorio Geológico Minero Ambiental Grupo Minero Bonanza ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guayaquil ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Facultad de Ingeniería en Ciencias de la Tierra Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guayaquil ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>87</volume>
<numero>215</numero>
<fpage>180</fpage>
<lpage>185</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0012-73532020000400180&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0012-73532020000400180&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0012-73532020000400180&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Gold ores associated with carbonaceous matter present several difficulties in their extraction due to the ability of this matter to adsorb the aurocyanide complex from gold pregnant solutions, resulting in low extractions by direct cyanidation. This phenomenon is known as preg-robbing. In the present work, a process to effectively recover Au from a highly carbonaceous ore from Colombia is proposed, combining froth flotation using the organic polymer maltodextrin as a depressant of the carbonaceous matter and a pretreatment with a cationic surfactant (benzalkonium chloride) prior cyanidation in conjunction with activated carbon (CIL). The preg-robbing % (PR%) was reduced from the initial 39.5 % to 3.96 % in the flotation concentrates and a maximum of 87.26 % extraction of Au was achieved during cyanidation.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Las menas de oro asociadas con materia carbonosa presentan varias dificultades en su extracción debido a la capacidad de esta materia para adsorber el complejo aurocianuro de las soluciones ricas en oro, lo que resulta en bajas extracciones de oro por cianuración directa. Este fenómeno se conoce como preg-robbing. En el presente estudio, se propone un proceso para recuperar efectivamente oro de un mineral altamente carbonoso de Colombia, combinando la flotación mineral usando el polímero orgánico maltodextrina como un depresor de la materia carbonosa y un pretratamiento con un surfactante catiónico (cloruro de benzalconio) previa cianuración en conjunto con un proceso de carbón activado en lixiviación (CIL). El porcentaje de preg-robbing (% PR) se redujo del 39.5% inicial al 3.96% en los concentrados de flotación y se logró un máximo de 87.26% de extracción de Au durante la cianuración.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Preg-robbing]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cyanidation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[surfactant]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[flotation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[carbonaceous matter]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[activated carbon]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Preg-robbing]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cianuración]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[surfactante]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[flotación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[materia carbonosa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[carbón activado]]></kwd>
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