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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 17, 2017
Applicant:

Li-technology Pty Ltd., Belmont, AU;

Inventors:

Gary Donald Johnson, Belmont, AU;

Mark Daniel Urbani, Wattle Grove, AU;

Nicholas John Vines, High Wycombe, AU;

Assignee:

LI-Technology Pty Ltd., Belmont, AU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 26/12 (2006.01); C22B 3/08 (2006.01); C22B 3/44 (2006.01); C22B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 26/12 (2013.01); C22B 1/00 (2013.01); C22B 3/08 (2013.01); C22B 3/44 (2013.01); Y02P 10/20 (2015.11);
Abstract

A process for the recovery of lithium from minerals rich in lithium and phosphate, the process comprising passing an ore containing one or more minerals rich in lithium and phosphate to an acid leach step thereby producing a pregnant leach solution, subjecting the pregnant leach solution to a series of process steps by which one or more impurity elements are removed, and recovering lithium as a lithium containing salt product, wherein the series of process steps by which one or more impurity elements are removed includes a low pH impurity removal step conducted at an elevated temperature for the precipitation of one or more impurities.


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