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Copper, Silver and Gold
Oxide ores are reduced with carbon. The blister copper is then dissolved in H 2 SO 4, which can be made from the gases evolved in roasting and reduction, and the solution electrolyzed to produce cathodes of pure electrolytic copper. Gold and silver are usually recovered from the electrolysis sludge, and help the economics of the process.