The application discloses a method for selectively recovering gold from
gold leaching solution by
copper-
ammonia catalytic
thiosulfate method and simultaneously removing impurities from the solution, which comprises the following steps: performing constant potential electrodeposition on the
gold leaching solution obtained by leaching gold-containing raw materials by the
copper-
ammonia catalytic
thiosulfate method, and controlling the potential of the
working electrode to be in the range of-0.5V to-0.4V relative to the mercury / mercury
oxide electrode and the pH to be in the range of 9.5 to 10.5. In the potential and
pH range, gold ions are preferentially reduced to elemental gold and deposited on the
cathode, while
copper ions are not deposited, realizing high selective separation and
recovery of gold. More importantly,
thiosulfate will not be oxidized, and the
impurity sulfur oxyanions generated by the oxidation of thiosulfate during the leaching process will be converted into thiosulfate, realizing the removal of impurities from the leaching solution and the regeneration of the
gold leaching agent. The process flow is short, the operation is simple, and the environment is friendly.