US 12,264,381 B2
Extracting base metals using a wetting agent and a thiocarbonyl functional group reagent
Zihe Ren, Richmond (CA); Nelson Mora Huertas, Boulder, CO (US); David Dixon, Delta (CA); and Edouard Asselin, Richmond (CA)
Assigned to Jetti Resources, LLC, Boulder, CO (US)
Filed by Jetti Resources, LLC, Boulder, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/123,243.
Application 18/123,243 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/CA2021/051262, filed on Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/212,518, filed on Jun. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/080,578, filed on Sep. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0227936 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. C22B 3/08 (2006.01); C22B 3/18 (2006.01); C22B 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC C22B 3/08 (2013.01) [C22B 3/18 (2013.01); C22B 15/0071 (2013.01)] 39 Claims
 
1. A method for extracting a base metal from a material comprising a base metal sulfide, the method comprising contacting the base metal sulfide under acidic conditions with a non-ionic wetting agent and a reagent comprising a thiocarbonyl functional group.