The invention discloses a method for
smelting and extracting gold from low-gold
pyrite, which comprises the following steps of: independently oxidizing and
smelting low-grade gold-containing
pyrite by utilizing the
metalloid property of molten
ferrous sulfide, enriching valuable elements such as gold in the ore in a molten
ferrous sulfide phase through selective slagging, and realizing the enrichment and
recovery of valuable metals such as gold in the ore. The method is not limited by other auxiliary materials such as
copper, lead and
antimony and can be singly smelted on a large scale, so that the problem that low-grade gold-containing
pyrite in remote areas is difficult to dispose is solved; through dual regulation and control of gold-rich
ferrous sulfide phase acid leaching and acid leaching residue pulp mixing, the concentration of iron ions in acid leaching residue
biological oxidation ore pulp is controlled to be smaller than 45 g / L, the
biological oxidation effect of gold-rich acid leaching residues is guaranteed, meanwhile, a byproduct ferrous
sulfate is produced, and the comprehensive
economic benefits of the process are improved. After the gold-rich ferrous sulfide phase is subjected to'acid leaching +
biological oxidation-
gold leaching 'treatment,
gold leaching residues mainly contain
iron oxide, the iron grade is higher than 65%, the
gold leaching residues can be fed into an iron and steel
plant to be treated, and comprehensive
recovery of the iron element in the gold-containing pyrite is achieved.