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In the cyanide leaching process used for obtaining gold and silver, the metal is subsequently recovered by which method?

1. distillation
2. zone refining
3. displacement using zinc
4. liquation

Correct answer: displacement using zinc

Solution

In the Mac-Arthur Forrest cyanide process the metal-cyanide complex is reduced by adding zinc, which displaces gold/silver as the more reactive metal.

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