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RESUMEN
Pierina Mine is the second national producer of Au of the Country and is the first
mine in Peru that uses a system of leach in valley for the existent geographical
limitations in its production unit, uses a leach process with cyanide of sodium and
the Merrill Crowe Process to recover the metals from the rich solution.
The leach pad design force to pass the rich solution through the piles previously
leached producing unknown phenomena, becoming this an incognito for the
metallurgists. With the purpose of having a better vision of this phenomena that
take place inside the leach pad, as well as the phenomena that will occur while
the closure mine, it was simulated the overlapping leach piles through of column
test of 12” of diameter, the objectives of these tests are to simulate and to
quantify:
The dilution grade of the rich solution coming from the leach of fresh material
when pass through the residuals of the previously leached piles.
The loss of metallic values by the formation of the precipitates inside the pile
The effect of the consumption of reagents by the leached mineral
The contribution of Au and Ag from the residuals
The attenuation of the cyanide through the recirculation of solution for the leach
pad with the purpose to determine the cut point to start the detoxification of the
solution
The amount of Au and Ag, which will obtain during the washing of the pad
The generation of acid drainages when the heaped mineral is being oxidized.
Objetivo
1.- Determinar si hay precipitación de valores de Au y Ag al pasar la solución rica
de un nivel a otro .
2.- Evaluar los valores de dilución de la solución rica a través de los distintos
niveles de precolación y su efecto en la cinética de extracción .
Parámetros de Operación
# total de columnas : 08
Granulometría : 80 % - 1 ½”
Periodo de Lixiviación : 65 días
Densidad de Riego : 10 L/ h*m2
pH de operación : 10.5 ( soluciones de riego inicial )
Concentración de CN- : 385 ppm
CARBON S-4
M IN E R AL M IN E R A L M IN E R A L M IN E R A L
C -3 C -2 C -1 C -4
2 3
4 1
S O L. RICA S O L . R IC A S O L . R IC A S O L. RICA
S IS T E M A 4
GRAFICA DE EXTRACCION DE Au y Ag
COLUMNA DE DILUCION 01
100
Au
80
88.86 %
60
40
Ag
20
32.81 %
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Tabla 2. Muestra los valores de Au y Ag que se han obtenido en el sistema 08. Los valores
negativos indican que ha ocurrido una retención de valores de Au en un determinado nivel .
GRAFICA DE EXTRACCION DE Au
SISTEMA 08
100
80
60
40
20
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
P ER COL 1 P ER COL 2 P ER COL 3 P ER COL 4 P ER COL 5 P ER COL 6 P ER COL 7 P ER COL 8
40
20
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
12
10
% EXTRACCION
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
TIEM PO (DIAS)
20
% EXTRACCION
15
10
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
TIEM PO (DIAS)
Tabla 3. Muestra los ratios de consumo de cianuro en cada prueba y por nivel de lixiviación .
Consumo de Cianuro Promedio por Nivel de Lixiviación
Ratio de Cianuro
% Incremento Acumulado
Días Kg / TM
65 0.894
130 1.109 24.09
195 1.296 45.00
260 1.451 62.37
325 1.566 75.21
390 1.655 85.20
455 1.742 94.94
520 1.798 101.21
120
100 101
95
85
80
75
%
60 62
45
40 40.37 40.49 40.49