Metallurgical testwork: Gold processing options, physical ...
2005-1-1 · 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 semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) and fullyautogenous grinding (FAG) circuits in modern gold plants.