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Western Areas has executed a Heads of Agreement to acquire the BioHeap sulphide leaching technology from Pacific Ore. The agreement provides Western Areas with an option period of up to six months to ...

Pacific Ore, the company that developed the patented BioHeap leaching process, has reported that copper recovery rates from its Huogeqi pilot plant, in Inner Mongolia, are exceeding expectations. The ...

Imagine an army of tiny bugs in tiny hard hats chipping away at a pile of Alberta shale. Okay, so the part about the hard hats is a bit far-fetched. But the bugs, or bacteria at least, could be very ...