New 'key-hole surgery' technique to extract metals from the Earth

ScienceDaily
May 4, 2021, 11:26 am127 pts
Researchers have developed a new method to extract metals, such as copper, from their parent ore body. The research team have provided a proof of concept for the application of an electric field to control the movement of an acid within a low permeability copper-bearing ore deposit to selectively dissolve and…

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