Glossary · term
Leaching
Mining & Metallurgy
- Aliases
- leach, leached, heap leach, in-situ leach, cyanidation
- Domain
- Mining & Metallurgy
Definition
Dissolving the wanted metal out of ore with a chemical — cyanide for gold, sulfuric acid for copper oxides and uranium — and recovering it from the solution. Heaps, tanks, or in the ground.
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