A company based in Taiwan is offering high-yielding, non-toxic leaching chemical solution as an alternative to mercury and cyanide, toxic heavy metals, which are commonly used for gold recovery.
The leaching chemical solution, Green Power 860 (GP-860), is a product patented in the United States, Japan and Taiwan. It is an award-winning noncyanide product recognized during the Invention & New Productions Exposition 2014.
Distributed exclusively in the Philippines by Philippines Xe Ye Industry Ltd., a company founded in 2016, GP-860 is a competitively advantageous and responsible gold-recovery chemical.
The chemical gold stripper is created by UWin Nanotech, a Taiwanese eco-friendly metal-stripping solution provider. UWin Nanotech is a subsidiary of Xin Ye International Co. Ltd. Philippinex Xe Ye Industry Ltd. that has a manufacturing plant in Valenzuela City. Philippines Xin Ye Industry Ltd. Inc. said GP-860 is a safe, environment-friendly and a very efficient alternative to the usual gold-leaching cyanide, aqua regia and mercury.
In a news statement, Philippines Xin Ye Industry Ltd. Executive Vice President Yu-Sheng Liao said the product has been tested by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau and passed laboratory testing and analysis by private laboratory company Intertek Philippines.
Using GP-860, mining companies will have a 95-percent gold-recovery rate, higher than the industry standard of 55-percent gold recovery during processing of ores, he added.
“There is a big clamor for responsible mining practices in the Philippines. Even the big mining companies attempt to uphold the proper standards and safety regulations related to the mining industry,” Liao also told reporters during the recent Mining Philippines 2017 International Conference and Exhibition.