Metallurgical testwork: Gold processing options, physical ...
Jan 01, 2005· 1. Background. For the past 100 years the key element in the processing of gold ore has been the cyanidation process. Over the years steady improvements have occurred in equipment design; milling has evolved from stamp mills, through tube mills and ball mills to the large semiautogenous grinding (SAG) and fullyautogenous grinding (FAG) circuits in modern gold plants.