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Cyanide Leaching Chemistry & Gold Cyanidation
Occasionally, panning of a cyanidation residue and examination by microscope shows bright metallic particles somewhat lighter in color than clean gold. These particles are usually described as electrum which is a gold-silver alloy containing 15 to 35% silver. Inasmuch as gold-silver alloys of this composition are almost as soluble in cyanide …