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The aim of this work was to study the efficiency and selectivity of two strong basic anion exchange (DOWTM XZ-91419.00 and PurogoldTM A194) resins to recover Au from a chloride multi-metal solution containing these metals. For both resins, the adsorption kinetic and equilibrium parameters for Au(III), determined at 1.12 mol\/L HCl, Eh = 1.1 V, and 25 \u00b0C, proceeded according to a pseudo-second order and a Langmuir isotherm (qmax was 0.94 and 1.70 mmol\/g for DOWTM XZ-91419.00 and PurogoldTM A194 resins, respectively), respectively. Continuous adsorption experiments of Au (48 \u00b5mol\/L; 2.0%) from a chloride multi-metal solution evidenced high Au retention capacity and selectivity to Au over Al, Cu, Fe, Ni, and Zn but low selectivity to Au over Ag and Sn for both resins. Concentrated (&gt;3.3 mmol\/L) and pure (&gt;94%) Au eluates were obtained for both resins.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/recycling10020064","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,10]],"date-time":"2025-04-10T08:46:20Z","timestamp":1744274780000},"page":"64","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Effective Recovery of Gold from Chloride Multi-Metal Solutions Through Anion Exchange"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Isabel F. F.","family":"Neto","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"REQUIMTE\/LAQV, Departamento de Engenharia Qu\u00edmica, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"M\u00e1rcia A. 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