A process for recovering a first mineral comprising the steps of: (a) providing a pulp comprising solids and water, wherein the solids comprise the first mineral; (b) adding a first depressant to the pulp; (c) subjecting the pulp to a froth flotation process to produce a froth comprising the first mineral; and (d) recovering the froth; wherein the first mineral is a sulfide mineral, and the first depressant consists of one or more dithiocarbamic acids or salts thereof of formula wherein R 1 represents a first substituent having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and comprising at least one functional group selected from alcohols, amines, ethers, ketones, acetals, ketals, aminoacetals, hemiaminal ethers or combinations thereof, preferably selected from alcohols, amines, ethers or combinations thereof, wherein R 1 comprises at most two amine functional groups; and R 2 represents H or a second substituent having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and optionally comprising at least one functional group selected from alcohols, amines, ethers, ketones, acetals, ketals, aminoacetals, hemiaminal ethers or combinations thereof, preferably selected from alcohols, amines, ethers or combinations thereof; or R 1 and R 2 are connected to form a heterocyclic 3 to 7 membered ring comprising at least 2 heteroatoms, which is optionally substituted with one, two or three functional groups selected from -OH, C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 2 -C 4 alkenyl, C 1 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl, -NR a R b and combinations thereof, wherein R a and R b are independently selected from H and C 1 -C 4 alkyl; and R 3 represents hydrogen or a cation; with the provisio that when R 1 comprises no other functional groups than alcohols, the process does not comprise the use of a second depressant selected from polymers comprising an allyl thiourea functional group and a hydrophilic acrylamide group; characterized in that recovering the froth in step (d) provides a second pulp comprising the first mineral which has an increased concentration of the first mineral based on dry weight, compared to the pulp provided in step (a). (a) providing a pulp comprising solids and water, wherein the solids comprise the first mineral; (b) adding a first depressant to the pulp; (c) subjecting the pulp to a froth flotation process to produce a froth comprising the first mineral; and (d) recovering the froth; R 1 represents a first substituent having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and comprising at least one functional group selected from alcohols, amines, ethers, ketones, acetals, ketals, aminoacetals, hemiaminal ethers or combinations thereof, preferably selected from alcohols, amines, ethers or combinations thereof, wherein R 1 comprises at most two amine functional groups; and R 2 represents H or a second substituent having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and optionally comprising at least one functional group selected from alcohols, amines, ethers, ketones, acetals, ketals, aminoacetals, hemiaminal ethers or combinations thereof, preferably selected from alcohols, amines, ethers or combinations thereof; or R 1 and R 2 are connected to form a heterocyclic 3 to 7 membered ring comprising at least 2 heteroatoms, which is optionally substituted with one, two or three functional groups selected from -OH, C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 2 -C 4 alkenyl, C 1 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl, -NR a R b and combinations thereof, wherein R a and R b are independently selected from H and C 1 -C 4 alkyl; and R 3 represents hydrogen or a cation; with the provisio that when R 1 comprises no other functional groups than alcohols, the process does not comprise the use of a second depressant selected from polymers comprising an allyl thiourea functional group and a hydrophilic acrylamide group; characterized in that recovering the froth in step (d) provides a second pulp comprising the first mineral which has an increased concentration of the first mineral based on dry weight, compared to the pulp provided in step (a).