Biolithica
Technologies
Developing microbe-enabled technologies to improve the separation and recovery of critical and precious metals from primary production, tailings, and low-grade resources.
Research Partnership
Anchoring Biolithica’s technology development in world-class microbe–mineral science.
Biolithica has signed a sponsored research agreement with Cornell University under the Microbe Atlas Initiative, supporting the development of microbial approaches to critical and precious metals recovery.
Unlocking Value from Challenging Resources
Recovery opportunities are shifting as ore grades decline.
As ore grades decrease and regulatory and environmental pressures increase, a growing volume of metal-bearing material remains underutilized or uneconomic to process. Microbial approaches offer the potential to enhance recovery by leveraging biological pathways that influence mineral weathering and metal mobilization.
Microbial Solutions for Metal Recovery
Addressing recovery challenges in low-grade and complex materials.
Biolithica is developing microbial technologies designed to improve metal recovery from primary production streams, tailings, and other challenging feedstocks. The company focuses on materials where conventional processing faces economic, impurity, or environmental constraints.
Partner-Led Commercialization
Technology development without mining operations.
Biolithica is not a mining or processing operator. The company’s strategy is to translate scientific discovery into deployable recovery technologies through partnerships, licensing, and royalty-based models.
From Academic Research to Industrial Application
Accelerating discovery and early validation.
Biolithica collaborates with academic and industry partners to advance microbial metal recovery technologies from discovery through early validation. The sponsored research agreement with Cornell University anchors this work in leading microbe–mineral science.
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