Neutral and alkaline bio-heap oxidation of refractory gold ores with adaptive moderate-thermophilic and mesophilic microorganisms

The project has been defined to address the growing concerns of the mining industry towards sustainable copper production with low cost and environmentally friendly process option. The current processes for copper extraction are either expensive or have detrimental impact on the environment. This proposed project pertains to the development of a technology that applied green energy (electricity) as well as ultrasonic technology to recover copper from the main copper minerals (chalcopyrite and enargite) with minimum cost and highest efficiency.

Faculty Supervisor:

Ahmad Ghahreman

Student:

James McNeice

Partner:

COREM

Discipline:

Visual arts

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

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