Rademan, L.Groot, D.R.2012-10-252012-10-252012-04Rademen, L & Groot, DR 2012, 'Cyanidation of reef and surface gold ores', Journal of The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, vol. 112, no. 4, pp. 295-300.0038-223Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/20291Paper written on project work carried out in partial fulfilment of B. Eng (Metallurgical Engineering)The kinetic leaching behaviour of a low-grade surface gold ore and a high-grade reef ore were evaluated to determine the achievable gold recovery from these ores and particularly mixtures of these ores. The reef ore material has a head grade of 13.40 g/t with a relative standard deviation of 3%, and the unprocessed surface ore material a head grade of 0.43 g/t with a relative standard deviation of 15.6%. It is concluded that the kinetic leaching behaviour of these free milling gold ores during cyanidation, is not influenced by mixing of reef and surface ore material. No statistically significant relationship exists between the achievable recovery by direct cyanidation and the head grade of the material fed. No ideal ratio of surface ore to reef ore could be established. It is recommended that these materials should be processed simultaneously to minimize the costs, security risks, and losses incurred in transportation.en© The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2012Leaching kineticsCyanidationWitwatersrand gold oresCyanide processGold oresOre-dressingGold mines and mining -- MethodologyGold mines and mining -- South Africa -- MethodologyArticle