Provisional Schedule
Instruction will take place from 9:00AM to 5:00PM each day, with a lunch break from noon to 1:00PM and 15 minute snack breaks in mid-morning and mid-afternoon.
The course includes following topics:
- Nature of Precious Metal Ores - Geology and Mineralogy
- Sampling and Analyses
- Mineral Processing
- Placer Technologies
- Gravity Concentration
- Flotation
- Leaching Processes
- Gold Lixiviants
- Cyanidation
- Merril Crowe – Cementation
- Carbon Adsorption
- Activated Carbon Properties
- Carbon in Leach (CIL)
- Carbon in Pulp (CIP)
- Carbon Columns (Heap Leaching)
- Gold Recovery
- Refractory Gold
- Roasting
- Pressure Oxidation
- Bio-oxidation
- Environmental Protection
- Fate of Cyanide in the Environment
- Cyanide Management
- Destruction
- Regeneration