RECOVER Program Critical Minerals Extraction Technology

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Phoenix Tailings is developing specialized chemical compounds to extract critical minerals such as rare earths from wastewater streams from the oil, gas, and mining industries. This project aims to establish a secure domestic supply chain for critical minerals by capturing valuable minerals from dilute brine streams using temperature-stable, volatile complexes. The initiative supports building a stable, circular rare earths supply chain from tailings to finished metal, advancing domestic critical metals supply.