Alexander Mining PLC Patent Granted in Peru (0942X)
February 16 2017 - 7:11AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 0942X
Alexander Mining PLC
16 February 2017
16 February 2017
Alexander Mining plc
("Alexander" or "the Company")
HyperLeach Patent Granted in Peru for a Method of Oxidative
Leaching of Sulfide Ores and/or Concentrates
Alexander is pleased to report that it has received notification
that its MetaLeach Limited ("MetaLeach") subsidiary has been
granted a patent for a Method of Oxidative Leaching of Sulfide Ores
and/or Concentrates in Peru, patent number 8105. This is the core
patent for MetaLeach's HyperLeach(R) technology and has a standard
term of 20 years from the effective date of 26 May 2010 (being the
date of original filing).
Martin Rosser, CEO, said: "we are pleased that a HyperLeach(R)
patent has been granted in Peru, a country with a major base metals
mining industry."
The patent describes a method for leaching one or more target
metals from a sulphide ore and/or concentrate containing such, the
method comprising of:
(a) Exposing the ore and/or concentrate to an aqueous solution
of chlorine-based oxidising species in which the hypochlorous acid
comprises at least 10 mol % of the chlorine-based oxidising
species;
(b) Oxidizing the target metals by the hypochlorous acid,
thereby decreasing the pH to below 1.0 such that the predominant
chlorine-based oxidising species becomes chlorine;
(c) Oxidizing the target metals with the chlorine;
(d) Dissolving the target metals formed during the oxidation by
hypochlorous acid and the chlorine; and
(e) Recovering metals from the pregnant solution produced thereby.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.
Enquiries:
Alexander Mining plc
Martin Rosser Matt Sutcliffe
Chief Executive Officer Executive Chairman
Mobile: +44 (0) 7770 865 Mobile: +44 (0) 7887 930
341 758
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7078 9566
Email: mail@alexandermining.com
Website: www.alexandermining.com
Northland Capital Partners
Limited
Matthew Johnson / Gerry
Beaney
+44 (0) 20 3861 6625
(Corporate Finance)
John Howes
(Corporate Broking)
Turner Pope Investments
(TPI) Ltd
James Pope / Ben Turner
+44 (0) 20 3621 4120
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