Invention Application
- Patent Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING MULTI-CIRCUIT SOLUTION EXTRACTION FOR RECOVERY OF METAL VALUES FROM METAL-BEARING MATERIALS
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Application No.: US18090725Application Date: 2022-12-29
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Publication No.: US20230134310A1Publication Date: 2023-05-04
- Inventor: Jason M. Morgan , Barbara J. Savage , David G. Meadows , Wayne W. Hazen
- Applicant: FREEPORT MINERALS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: FREEPORT MINERALS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: FREEPORT MINERALS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Main IPC: C22B3/02
- IPC: C22B3/02 ; B01D11/02 ; B01D11/04 ; C22B3/26 ; C22B3/20 ; C22B3/44 ; C25C7/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a metal recovery process comprising a solvent extraction process. In an exemplary embodiment, the solution extraction system comprises a plant with a first and second circuit. A high-grade pregnant leach solution (“HGPLS”) is provided to the first and second circuit, and a low-grade pregnant leach solution (“LGPLS”) is provided to the second circuit. The first circuit produces a rich electrolyte, which can be forwarded to a primary metal recovery, and a low-grade raffinate, which can be forwarded to a secondary metal recovery process. The second circuit produces a rich electrolyte, which can also be forwarded to the primary metal recovery process. The first and second circuits are in fluid communication with each other.
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