Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for recovery of metals and components
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Application No.: US14733864Application Date: 2015-06-08
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Publication No.: US09752207B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Thomas Joseph Seal
- Applicant: DIFFERENTIAL ENGINEERING INC.
- Applicant Address: US NV Spring Creek
- Assignee: DIFFERENTIAL ENGINEERING INC.
- Current Assignee: DIFFERENTIAL ENGINEERING INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Spring Creek
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Main IPC: C22B3/04
- IPC: C22B3/04 ; C22B7/00 ; B01F1/00 ; B01F3/04 ; B01D11/02

Abstract:
In embodiments, an aqueous solution containing lixiviants and/or other chemicals and/or reagents may be delivered into the well through one or more conduits or pipes. The chemicals in the aqueous solution may further be mixed together and/or with other ingredients. The solution may thereafter be screened and delivered by being pumped to pressures required for delivery of the solution from a perforated well, deep into a heap leach pad to leach, re-leach, and/or rinse extracted components of interest, such as metals for recovery. The delivery method may open or stimulate new fluid pathways or channels by lifting and mobilizing materials in the heap, thereby creating new channels, and allowing fluid to travel substantially horizontally through the heap to interface with inventory metal for recovery. The system may include a mobile platform assembled near or at the vicinity of the injection well.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150275327A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOVERY OF METALS AND COMPONENTS Public/Granted day:2015-10-01
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