US Patent Issued to FREEPORT MINERALS on Feb. 17 for "Systems and methods for monitoring metal recovery systems" (Arizona, New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,104, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to FREEPORT MINERALS Corp. (Phoenix).

"Systems and methods for monitoring metal recovery systems" was invented by John Warren Dean Jr. (Thatcher, Ariz.), Christopher Wooten (Morenci, Ariz.) and Chase Zenner (Silver City, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments provide a leaching solution monitoring module comprising a first leaching solution distribution system interface, a flow meter in fluid communication with the first leaching solution distribution system interface, the flow meter in fluid communication a 3-way pressure regulator, and a second leaching solution distribution sys...