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    Smelting We smelt by converting gold from its solid state or particles to liquid. Our Company accomplishes this by heating the gold with a mixture of chemical called flux which bonds with the contaminants and floats on top of the liquified gold. The flux-contaminant mixture (slag) is hauled away, leaving a gold precipitate. Once the … Continue reading Smelting

    Smelting

    We smelt by converting gold from its solid state or particles to liquid. Our Company accomplishes this by heating the gold with a mixture of chemical called flux which bonds with the contaminants and floats on top of the liquified gold. The flux-contaminant mixture (slag) is hauled away, leaving a gold precipitate. Once the process is complete, the smelter is left with a remarkably pure (AU) material. Smelting is primarily done to rid gold dore bars, ingots/nuggets off impurities and any foreign matter.
     

    The first step of the smelting process involves processing the raw ore. The gold material is pulverized into fine particles. These particles are then placed into a furnace that has reached a temperature above gold’s melting point. This burns off many of the impurities found in gold but not all.

    The second step involves the introduction of chemicals to separate the pure gold from other minerals and metals. The Chemical causes the melted gold to coagulate and form pure nuggets.

    Once the gold ore and scrap gold have been refined, the gold is placed back into the furnace to be melted one more time. This pure gold is melted then poured into a mould to form ingots. Ingots are essentially gold bars and come in a variety of shapes and sizes. This pure gold can be used to make a variety of electrical components, jewellery or it can simply be used as a store of value.