A method for recycling gold and
copper from gold-bearing waste specifically comprises the steps that after the gold-bearing waste of a gold
smelting plant is finely ground, the gold-bearing waste and flotation
sulfur gold
tailings or cyanidation
tailings are mixed according to the proportion of 1: (20-600) for ore blending, and a mixed ingredient is obtained; the mixed ingredients are mixed into ore pulp, the gold grade and the S content are controlled, hot-pressing pre-oxidation is conducted under the conditions of certain temperature,
oxygen partial pressure, time and stirring linear speed, and oxidized ore pulp is obtained; the oxidized ore pulp is subjected to dense washing, and gold-rich underflow oxidizing
slag and
copper-rich overflow acid liquor are obtained; in one path, the underflow oxidizing
slag is subjected to subsequent conventional cyanidation leaching,
activated carbon adsorption,
desorption electrodeposition and gold mud purification, and a gold
ingot is obtained; in the other path, after the pH value of overflow acid liquor rich in
copper is adjusted, the overflow acid liquor is thickened after being subjected to sulfuration and
copper deposition under the conditions of certain reaction time, pH and oxidation-
reduction potential, overflow liquid and underflow are obtained, the underflow is subjected to filter pressing and packaging to obtain copper concentrate, and the overflow liquid and flotation
tailings are neutralized and then stacked to a tailings pond. And the method has the advantages of low cost, high efficiency and the like, and is particularly suitable for gold
smelting plants.