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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2023
Freeport Minerals Corporation, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Casey J. Clayton, Ariquipa, PE;
Richard Melecio Sanchez, Central, AZ (US);
Raquel Crossman, Mesa, AZ (US);
Luciano Kiniti Issoe, Sao Paulo, BR;
Tianfang Ni, Boston, MA (US);
Oleksandr Klesov, Lexington, MA (US);
Luke Gerdes, Framingham, MA (US);
Muneeb Alam, Alexandria, VA (US);
Joanna M Robertson, Thatcher, AZ (US);
Chase Zenner, Tucson, AZ (US);
John Warren Dean, Jr., Thatcher, AZ (US);
FREEPORT MINERALS CORPORATION, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method comprising determining an ore map for a heap to identify a location of a recoverable metal value in the heap, delivering a leaching solution from a leaching solution source to a leaching solution regulating system, regulating at least one of a pressure, a mass flow rate, or a volumetric flow rate of the leaching solution to achieve a first target operational condition, wherein the first target operational condition is selected to optimize a set of operational parameters to maximize recovery of the recoverable metal value, delivering the leaching solution at the first target operational condition from the leaching solution regulating system to a subsurface leaching distribution system, and delivering the leaching solution at the first target operational condition from the subsurface leaching distribution system to the location of the recoverable metal value under a surface of the heap to leach and recover at least one metal value.