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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
John A. Cole, Winnemucca, NV (US);
Assignee:
Newmont USA Limited, Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 3/02 ; C22B 3/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 3/02 ; C22B 3/22 ;
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed after chemical processing involving agitation and/or mixing of components. In one embodiment, the chemical processing involves pressure oxidation and in another embodiment involves pressure leaching. Agitation during chemical processing is aided by an agitator pump disposed in each compartment or stage of a reactor to draw components into a cavity of the agitator pump. In another embodiment, feed to a multi-stage reactor is split between different compartments of reactor.