How can hydrogen be used to recover cobalt from arsenide ores?

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To recover cobalt from arsenide ores, the concentrates can be processed through a leaching method. In this process, the ore is leached into a solution, from which the cobalt is then precipitated using hydrogen. This technique is similar to the method used for recovering cobalt from nickel sulfide concentrates.1