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tests more thoroughly. These insights could then be used as
inputs for decision-making during scale-up to heap leach-
ing operation, potentially having economic and environ-
mental implications.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Gonzalo Larrabure would like to acknowledge the
President’s PhD Scholarships at Imperial College London
and the SCI Scholarships scheme for funding this research.
Gonzalo Larrabure would also like to acknowledge the sup-
port received from IOM3s Grants to Support Knowledge
Exchange to fund his participation in the conference.
REFERENCES
Ai, C., Sun, P., Yin, S., Chen, X., &Zhong, J. (2022).
Influence of surfactant on the permeability at differ-
ent positions of a leaching column. PLOS ONE, 17(9).
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274073
Calderón-Rodarte, J., Lopez-Valdivieso, A., Aragón-Pina,
A., Reyes-Bahena, J., Gallegos-García, M., Zapata-
Velásquez, A., &Robledo-Cabrera, A. (2017).
Mineralogy and silver distribution in argentiferous
manganese ores from La Encantada mines in Mexico.
Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing, 53(1),
591–600. doi: 10.5277/ppmp170146
Ghasemzadeh, H., Sanaye Pasand, M., &Mollanouri
Shamsi, M. M. (2018). Experimental study of sulfuric
acid effects on hydro-mechanical properties of oxide
copper heap soils. Minerals Engineering, 117, 100–107.
doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2017.12.010
Ilankoon, I. M. S. K., &Neethling, S. J. (2013). The effect
of particle porosity on liquid holdup in heap leach-
ing. Minerals Engineering, 45, 73–80. doi: 10.1016
/j.mineng.2013.01.016
Larrabure, G., Silva-Quiñones, D., Teplyakov, A., &
Rodriguez-Reyes, J. C. F. (2023). Alkaline pretreat-
ment of a polymetallic sulfide (Fe-Pb-Mn) ore con-
taining silver increases the efficiency of cyanidation by
decreasing elemental sulfur content and by exposing
sulfide surfaces. Minerals Engineering, 203, 108325.
doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2023.108325
Marsden, J. O., &Botz, M. M. (2017). Heap leach model-
ing -A review of approaches to metal production fore-
casting. Minerals and Metallurgical Processing, 34(2),
53–64. doi: 10.19150/mmp.7505
Metrohm -Titration Application Note H-128. (n.d.).
Determination of ferrous ion in acidic solutions with per-
manganate titrant.
Nikkhou, F., Xia, F., &Deditius, A. P. (2019). Variable
surface passivation during direct leaching of sphalerite
by ferric sulfate, ferric chloride, and ferric nitrate in
a citrate medium. Hydrometallurgy, 188(June), 201–
215. doi: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2019.06.017
Nosrati, A., Quast, K., Xu, D., Skinner, W., Robinson,
D. J., &Addai-Mensah, J. (2014). Agglomeration
and column leaching behaviour of nickel laterite
ores: Effect of ore mineralogy and particle size distri-
bution. Hydrometallurgy, 146, 29–39. doi: 10.1016
/j.hydromet.2014.03.004
Phyo, H. A., Jia, Y., Tan, Q., Zhao, S., Liang, X., Ruan,
R., &Niu, X. (2020). Effect of particle size on chal-
cocite dissolution kinetics in column leaching under
controlled Eh and its implications. Physicochemical
Problems of Mineral Processing, 56(4), 676–692. doi:
10.37190/PPMP/124399
Reyes, F., Lin, Q., Udoudo, O., Dodds, C., Lee, P.
D., &Neethling, S. J. (2017). Calibrated X-ray
micro-tomography for mineral ore quantification.
Minerals Engineering, 110, 122–130. doi: 10.1016
/j.mineng.2017.04.015
Salinas-Farran, L., Batchelor, A., &Neethling, S. J. (2022).
Multimodal assessment of the curing of agglomerated
ores in the presence of chloride ions. Hydrometallurgy,
207. doi: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2021.105776
Thenepalli, T., Chilakala, R., Habte, L., Tuan, L. Q., &
Kim, C. S. (2019). A Brief Note on the Heap Leaching
Technologies for the Recovery of Valuable Metals.
Sustainability, 11(3347). doi: 10.3390/su10023347
van Staden, P. J., &Petersen, J. (2021). Towards fun-
damentally based heap leaching scale-up. Minerals
Engineering, 168(June 2020), 106915. doi: 10.1016
/j.mineng.2021.106915
Winarko, R., Dreisinger, D. B., Miura, A., Fukano, Y., &
Liu, W. (2023). Modelling the scale-up of the iodine-
assisted chalcopyrite leaching in ferric sulfate media
from reactors to columns and simulating heap opera-
tions. Hydrometallurgy, 222(September), 106203. doi:
10.1016/j.hydromet.2023.106203
Yu, S., &Gao, P. (2020). MRI Characterization of the Pore
Structure Evolution by Forced Aeration during Heap
Leaching. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1649(1).
doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1649/1/012003
tests more thoroughly. These insights could then be used as
inputs for decision-making during scale-up to heap leach-
ing operation, potentially having economic and environ-
mental implications.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Gonzalo Larrabure would like to acknowledge the
President’s PhD Scholarships at Imperial College London
and the SCI Scholarships scheme for funding this research.
Gonzalo Larrabure would also like to acknowledge the sup-
port received from IOM3s Grants to Support Knowledge
Exchange to fund his participation in the conference.
REFERENCES
Ai, C., Sun, P., Yin, S., Chen, X., &Zhong, J. (2022).
Influence of surfactant on the permeability at differ-
ent positions of a leaching column. PLOS ONE, 17(9).
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274073
Calderón-Rodarte, J., Lopez-Valdivieso, A., Aragón-Pina,
A., Reyes-Bahena, J., Gallegos-García, M., Zapata-
Velásquez, A., &Robledo-Cabrera, A. (2017).
Mineralogy and silver distribution in argentiferous
manganese ores from La Encantada mines in Mexico.
Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing, 53(1),
591–600. doi: 10.5277/ppmp170146
Ghasemzadeh, H., Sanaye Pasand, M., &Mollanouri
Shamsi, M. M. (2018). Experimental study of sulfuric
acid effects on hydro-mechanical properties of oxide
copper heap soils. Minerals Engineering, 117, 100–107.
doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2017.12.010
Ilankoon, I. M. S. K., &Neethling, S. J. (2013). The effect
of particle porosity on liquid holdup in heap leach-
ing. Minerals Engineering, 45, 73–80. doi: 10.1016
/j.mineng.2013.01.016
Larrabure, G., Silva-Quiñones, D., Teplyakov, A., &
Rodriguez-Reyes, J. C. F. (2023). Alkaline pretreat-
ment of a polymetallic sulfide (Fe-Pb-Mn) ore con-
taining silver increases the efficiency of cyanidation by
decreasing elemental sulfur content and by exposing
sulfide surfaces. Minerals Engineering, 203, 108325.
doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2023.108325
Marsden, J. O., &Botz, M. M. (2017). Heap leach model-
ing -A review of approaches to metal production fore-
casting. Minerals and Metallurgical Processing, 34(2),
53–64. doi: 10.19150/mmp.7505
Metrohm -Titration Application Note H-128. (n.d.).
Determination of ferrous ion in acidic solutions with per-
manganate titrant.
Nikkhou, F., Xia, F., &Deditius, A. P. (2019). Variable
surface passivation during direct leaching of sphalerite
by ferric sulfate, ferric chloride, and ferric nitrate in
a citrate medium. Hydrometallurgy, 188(June), 201–
215. doi: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2019.06.017
Nosrati, A., Quast, K., Xu, D., Skinner, W., Robinson,
D. J., &Addai-Mensah, J. (2014). Agglomeration
and column leaching behaviour of nickel laterite
ores: Effect of ore mineralogy and particle size distri-
bution. Hydrometallurgy, 146, 29–39. doi: 10.1016
/j.hydromet.2014.03.004
Phyo, H. A., Jia, Y., Tan, Q., Zhao, S., Liang, X., Ruan,
R., &Niu, X. (2020). Effect of particle size on chal-
cocite dissolution kinetics in column leaching under
controlled Eh and its implications. Physicochemical
Problems of Mineral Processing, 56(4), 676–692. doi:
10.37190/PPMP/124399
Reyes, F., Lin, Q., Udoudo, O., Dodds, C., Lee, P.
D., &Neethling, S. J. (2017). Calibrated X-ray
micro-tomography for mineral ore quantification.
Minerals Engineering, 110, 122–130. doi: 10.1016
/j.mineng.2017.04.015
Salinas-Farran, L., Batchelor, A., &Neethling, S. J. (2022).
Multimodal assessment of the curing of agglomerated
ores in the presence of chloride ions. Hydrometallurgy,
207. doi: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2021.105776
Thenepalli, T., Chilakala, R., Habte, L., Tuan, L. Q., &
Kim, C. S. (2019). A Brief Note on the Heap Leaching
Technologies for the Recovery of Valuable Metals.
Sustainability, 11(3347). doi: 10.3390/su10023347
van Staden, P. J., &Petersen, J. (2021). Towards fun-
damentally based heap leaching scale-up. Minerals
Engineering, 168(June 2020), 106915. doi: 10.1016
/j.mineng.2021.106915
Winarko, R., Dreisinger, D. B., Miura, A., Fukano, Y., &
Liu, W. (2023). Modelling the scale-up of the iodine-
assisted chalcopyrite leaching in ferric sulfate media
from reactors to columns and simulating heap opera-
tions. Hydrometallurgy, 222(September), 106203. doi:
10.1016/j.hydromet.2023.106203
Yu, S., &Gao, P. (2020). MRI Characterization of the Pore
Structure Evolution by Forced Aeration during Heap
Leaching. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1649(1).
doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1649/1/012003