TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OPPORTUNITY: Bioengineered Peptide Platform for Low-Water Critical Mineral Recovery

existing bioleach operations. As demand for critical minerals accelerates across clean energy, electronics and defense sectors, mining operators need more efficient and sustainable enrichment methods. This platform offers a biologically enabled preconcentration step that can unlock value from low-g

rade ores and complex streams while reducing environmental impact. The Challenge: Critical mineral recovery from bioleach and hydrometallurgical circuits faces persistent bottlenecks: High reagent consumption in solvent extraction (SX), ion