EENERGY GROUP PLC 16 December 2019
Alexander Mining plc
('Alexander' or the 'Company')
Additional Patent Granted in Australia
Method for Ammoniacal Leaching of Copper from Oxidised Copper Ores
Alexander is pleased to report that it has received notification that its subsidiary, MetaLeach Limited ('MetaLeach'), has been granted a patent for a Method for Ammoniacal Leaching of Copper from Oxidised Copper Ores (Australia patent number 2015268083). This patent forms part of MetaLeach's family of core AmmLeach® technology patents in Australia and has a standard term of 20 years from the effective date of 28 May 2015 (being the date of original filing).
The granted Australia patent describes a method for leaching copper from a oxidised copper ore, wherein at least 5% of the copper present in the oxidised copper ore is an oxidised copper compound, the method comprising the method steps of: applying an aqueous solution of a curing agent to the oxidised copper ore, producing a cured ore; forming a leach solution by applying an ammoniacal solution that has an ammonium carbonate content of less than 5 g/L to the cured ore, producing a pregnant leach solution containing copper; and passing the pregnant leach solution to a means for recovering copper.
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