The invention provides a low-
cyanide gold leaching agent
system and a
dump leaching process thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
hydrometallurgy. According to the method, a synergistic process of'interface activation,
cyanide etching and iron
precipitation inhibition 'is constructed by designing a low-
cyanide gold leaching agent
system. The
amino acid auxiliary leaching agent adsorbs the
gold surface to weaken lattice energy, so that the
etching efficiency of trace cyanide ions is improved; mercapto-containing
malic acid is used as a chelating agent, specific mercapto in molecules of the mercapto-containing
malic acid and iron ions form an ultrahigh-stability water-soluble complex, generation of
ferric hydroxide precipitates is thoroughly blocked,
ferrous ions stabilized by the chelating agent are subjected to in-situ oxidation through dissolved
oxygen and efficiently regenerated into
potassium ferricyanide, and accumulation of free cyanogens in a
solution system is eliminated; meanwhile, a chelating agent-
iron complex forms a self-buffering pair, the pH of the
dump leaching solution is accurately controlled, and secondary
precipitation caused by local alkalization is prevented. According to the process, under the synergistic effect that the core chelating agent guarantees
permeation stability and the leaching aid accelerates gold
dissolution, the
heap leaching period is compressed to 45 days.