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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2019
Freeport Minerals Corporation, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Jason M Morgan, Morenci, AZ (US);
Barbara J Savage, Silver City, NM (US);
David G Meadows, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Wayne W Hazen, Lakewood, CO (US);
FREEPORT MINERALS CORPORATION, Phoenix, AZ (US);
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.