2020-12-1 · 1. Introduction. Gold is a noble metal which shows relative inertia to most chemical reactions (Fu et al., 2018, Gasparrini, 1983, Ilankoon et al., 2018).The majority of gold is extracted from gold ores by cyanide (NaCN) leaching (Aylmore, 2016, Haque, 1987, Liu et al., 2017, Wu et al., 2016) of which heap leaching has been shown to be a very utilitarian and inexpensive …