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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
May. 16, 2023
Freeport Minerals Corporation, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Paddy Craig, Pima, AZ (US);
Jarid W. Gardner, Pima, AZ (US);
Paola G. Barraza, Morenci, AZ (US);
William Duane Sanders, Morenci, AZ (US);
Etienne Gagne-Marchildon, Tucson, AZ (US);
FREEPORT MINERALS CORPORATION, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
A device and method for recovering a metal-bearing solution from a leaching system is provided. The method includes collecting, using the collector of a solution sampling device, a metal-bearing solution from a leaching system, storing, using the storage reservoir of the solution sampling device, the metal-bearing solution, pressurizing, using an air pressure line of the solution sampling device, the storage reservoir, and discharging, using a solution sampling line of the solution sampling device, the metal-bearing solution from the storage reservoir.