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Spisak, 1986, Biotechnology and the extractive metallurgical industries: perspectives for success, 331

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Brierley, 1994, Selection of BacTech's thermophilic biooxidation process for Youanmi Mine

van Aswegen, 1993, Bio-oxidation of refractory gold ores—the GENMIN experience

Brierley, 1994, Biooxidation-heap technology for pretreatment of refractory sulfidic gold ore

Brierley, 1995, Biooxidation-heap pretreatment technology for processing lower grade refractory gold ores, vol. 1, 253

Brierley, 1997, Heap leaching of gold bearing deposits, theory and operational description, 103

Briggs, 1997, Cobalt recovery using bacterial leaching at the Kasese Project, Uganda

d'Hugues, 1999, Bioleaching of a cobaltiferous pyrite at 20% solids: a continuous laboratory-scale study, 167

Rhodes, 1998, Bacterial oxidation of Mt. Lyell concentrates

Pinches, 1997, The Mintek-BacTech bioleach process for copper sulphide concentrates

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Brierley, 1986, Microbial mining using thermophilic microorganisms, 279

Norris, 1997, Thermophiles in bioleaching, 247

Rivera-Santillan, 1999, 149

Gonzalez-Chavez, 1999, 159

Howard, 1999, A kinetic study of the leaching of chalcopyrite with Sulfolobus metallicus, 209

Dew, 1999, Bioleaching of base metal sulphide concentrates: a comparison of mesophilic and thermophile bacterial cultures, 229

Konishi, 1999, Bioleaching of chalcopyrite concentrate by acidophilic thermophile Acidianus brierleyi, 367

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Ellis, 1994, Bacterial copper head leach followed by heap leach recovery of gold at Mt. Leyshon Gold Mine

Whitlock, 1997, Biooxidation of refractory gold ores, 117

Johansson, 1999, Use of the GEOCOAT™ process for the recovery of copper from chalcopyrite, 569

McCready, 1990, Bioleaching of uranium, 107

Ehrlich, 1997, Technical potential for bioleaching and biobeneficiation of ores to recover base metals (other than iron or copper), platinum-group metals and silver, 129

Dew, 1997, The BioNIC process

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