The leaching and adsorption behaviour of gold ores
factor in the enhanced gold extraction in the presence of activated carbon for the ores. Kinetic models were developed for the leaching of gold from the ore, adsorption onto activated carbon and pregrobbing at the ore surface. A variable order empirical model of the Mintek form was used to describe leaching, while adsorption was modelled using the filmtransfer model. A model of this form was