Minera Yanacocha Gold Mine, Peru

Since the Carachugo ore is porous, run-of-mine ore can be heap-leached without crushing. The initial heap was cyanide leached at a rate of 10 litres/h/m² into a 16,000m³ pond and the solution treated in a Merrill Crowe plant.


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