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Improved solution interaction with ore surfaces
Reduces channeling and improves leach kinetics
Evaluation alongside existing leach chemistry programs
Heap leach performance depends on consistent solution contact across ore surfaces. Locus Mining’s biosurfactant reagents improve wetting, spreading, and distribution, helping leach solutions reach more material and deliver more consistent heap leach performance and recovery under real operating conditions.
Heap leach systems are highly variable, with uneven solution distribution, channeling, and limited contact across ore surfaces. These challenges reduce recovery efficiency and make results difficult to predict across different ore types, mineralogy (e.g., copper or gold associations), lift heights, and operating conditions.
Locus Mining is evaluating glycolipid-based biosurfactants for heap leach applications. This evaluation-driven work focuses on circuits needing more consistent solution contact, operations seeking leach efficiency gains without equipment changes, and programs that prioritize measured trial outcomes over broad claims. Results remain dependent on ore characteristics, heap design, and operating conditions.
Chemistry designed to enhance solution contact with ore
Evaluation alongside existing leach chemistry programs and solution management systems
Explore how Locus Mining’s biosurfactants can improve solution contact and leach efficiency at your site. Work with our team to design controlled trials and evaluate performance within your heap leach operations.