O le mea fou o le xanthate ua matua faʻalauiloaina le alualu i luma o tekinolosi faʻamanuiaina.
O ituaiga uma o xanthate e mafai ona faʻaaogaina e pei o le aoina mo le faʻafefeteina, ma le aofaʻi o loʻo faʻaaogaina i totonu
o le fanua lenei e sili ona telē.O le Ethyl xanthate e masani ona fa'aaogaina i oa sulfide fa'afefete.
Le fa'afefeteina sili;le fa'aogaina fa'atasi o le ethyl xanthate ma le butyl (po'o le isobutyl)
xanthate e masani ona faʻaaogaina mo le faʻafefe o polymetallic sulfide ore.