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A method for extracting a high value metal from a mineral substrate comprising: 1) providing a mineral substrate containing a high value metal, 2) contacting the mineral substrate with a leaching medium comprising an abiotic organic acid, and 3) recovering a leachate comprising the high value metal,...

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Hauptverfasser: FLOYD, James G, PERCAK-DENNETT, Elizabeth, COLANGELO-LILLIS, Jesse, CANSU, Floyd
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method for extracting a high value metal from a mineral substrate comprising: 1) providing a mineral substrate containing a high value metal, 2) contacting the mineral substrate with a leaching medium comprising an abiotic organic acid, and 3) recovering a leachate comprising the high value metal, wherein when the high value metal is lithium, the abiotic organic acid is not a dicarboxylic acid.