Study on Harmless Treatment of Cyanide Tailings in Xiadian Gold Mine

According to the characteristics of cyanine tailings in Xiajiadian gold ore, hydrogen peroxide oxidation method and sodium percarbonate (solid hydrogen peroxide solution) oxidation method were carried out to test and study the effect of cyanogen-breaking tailings, aiming to make the cyanogen-breaking tailings meet the backfilling and utilization requirements of HJ 943-2018 《Technical Specification for The Control of Cyanide Residue pollution in the Gold Industry》. The results showed that the cyanide breaking effect of sodium percarbonate (solid hydrogen peroxide) oxidation method was not as good as that of hydrogen peroxide, but the pH value of cyanogen-containing tailings slurry was adjusted to 9, and 2 g/L hydrogen peroxide was used to break the cyanide for 1 h without adding the catalyst CuSO₄. The total cyanide content of tailings could be reduced to less than 0.9 mg/kg, and the leaching toxicity index of tailings could meet the requirements of standard backfill utilization.