Abstract:To get copper concentrate qualified at arsenic content ,branch flotation technology was applied in mineral processing of a refractory copper ore including tennantite and enargite .The first step was to recy‐cle the low arsenic copper mainly existing in the form of chalcopyrite with collector Z‐200 of good selectivi‐ty ,and then butyl xanthate and PQ were used as collector to recycle the arsenic copper mainly consisting of enargite and tennantite .Two copper concentrate products differing in arsenic content were obtained from crude ore with the Cu grade of 0 .65, :copper concentrate 1 (Cu grade 22 .44, ,recovery of Cu 36 .47, );copper concentrate 2 (Cu grade 18 .45, ,recovery of Cu 46 .45, ) .The total recovery of Cu was 82 .93, . Arsenic content was 0 .28, in copper concentrate1 and 1 .35, in copper concentrate 2 .The latter is with‐in the arsenic content range of the first‐class copper concentrate .