Flotation of Gold and GoldBearing Ores ScienceDirect
#0183;#32;1. Background. The application of flotation on a reasonable scale within the goldmining industry commenced in the early 1930s following the introduction of watersoluble flotation collectors (specifically xanthates and dithiophosphate collectors) that allowed differential flotation of sulfide minerals (Weinig and Carpenter, 1937, Rabone, 1939, Richards and Locke, 1940, Taggart, 1945).