The invention belongs to the technical field of gold
smelting, and provides a method for reducing the mercury content in a gold
smelting pregnant solution. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, measuring the mercury content in a gold
smelting pregnant solution to be treated, then sequentially adding
sodium diethyldithiocarbamate and a composite
sulfur slow-
release agent into the pregnant solution, and reacting for 2-4 hours under the conditions that the
reaction temperature is controlled to be 25-35 DEG C and the stirring speed is 150-250
revolutions per minute; the composite
sulfur slow-
release agent is prepared from
calcium sulphoaluminate, modified
silica gel and a carbon nano-tube; and finally filtering and separating the pregnant solution. A novel composite
sulfur slow-
release agent is adopted, the slow-release agent can intelligently regulate and control the release rate of sulfur ions according to the
ion concentration environment in the pregnant solution, meanwhile, a specific
ion selectivity
accelerant is added, the sulfur ions are accurately guided to be preferentially combined with mercury for
precipitation, and therefore the mercury content is efficiently reduced on the basis that the extraction rate of gold and silver in the pregnant solution is not affected.