公开(公告)号：US11654443B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US16834406

申请日：2020-03-30

Applicant: CiDRA Minerals Processing Inc.

Inventor： Warrick James David Allen ,  Simon David Childs ,  Andrea Duffy ,  Nicholas Horrocks ,  Elizabeth Lakin ,  Paul Edward Young Milne ,  James Leonard Rolfe

IPC: B03D1/016 ,  B03D1/012 ,  B03D1/02 ,  B03D1/008 ,  B03D1/014 ,  B03D1/004

CPC classification number: B03D1/016 ,  B03D1/008 ,  B03D1/012 ,  B03D1/023 ,  B03D1/0046 ,  B03D1/014 ,  B03D2201/02 ,  B03D2203/025

Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a method of processing a mixture of minerals including the steps of:



(a) providing a mixture of minerals which includes a metal containing mineral and one or more unwanted gangue minerals;
(b) achieving a contact between the mixture of minerals and polymeric material that includes a mineral binding moiety which selectively binds to the metal containing mineral; and
(c) separating the gangue minerals and the polymeric material which has the metal containing mineral bound thereto.