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Describe the role of NaCN in the extraction of gold from its ore.

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Gold ore is leached with dilute solution of NaCN in the presence of air from which the metal is obtained later by displacement.
4Au+8NaCN+O2+2H2O4Na[Au(CN)2]+4NaOH.

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