“…Nowadays, it is commonly accepted that lead dixanthate is the hydrophobic entity on the galena surface, ensuring xanthate-facilitated flotation. As a semiconductor, galena allows electron transfer in the solid phase [138,140,169]. Thus, formation of lead dixanthate is possible via reaction (29) [19,70,114,117,173,174] or via oxidation of the mineral, followed by ion exchange with the collector [19] (Equation ( 43 Other reactions, namely the ones described by Equations ( 28) and (30), are also possible [70].…”