The invention discloses a method for separating and recycling silver and mercury in mercury removal residues, and belongs to the field of
metal refining. The method comprises the following steps: performing size mixing on mercury-containing
gold ore leaching pregnant solution
xanthate process mercury removal residues, and performing stirring reaction under the conditions that the pH value is 12-13.5, the
cyanide ion concentration is 3-10% and the
reaction temperature is 30-50 DEG C; and after the reaction is finished, filtering the
slurry to obtain mercury
xanthate filter residues and silver-containing filtrate. And returning the silver-containing filtrate to the mercury-containing
gold ore of the production
system, removing mercury, performing
zinc powder replacement treatment on the pregnant solution, and recovering silver
metal. The method comprises the following steps: adding excessive concentrated
nitric acid into
xanthate mercury filter residues for oxidation treatment, adding
ascorbic acid to eliminate the oxidability of the residual concentrated
nitric acid after stirring reaction is completed, then adding water for
dilution, adjusting the pH value to 8-10, then adding
sodium hydrosulfite, and reducing mercury to obtain mercury
metal. The method solves the problem of
hazardous waste treatment of mercury-containing
gold ore leaching pregnant solution xanthate-process mercury removal
slag, and realizes separation and
recovery of silver and mercury metals.