METHOD OF BATH-WELL LEACHING OF METALS Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC E21B43/28 C22B3/04 

FIELD: mining.

SUBSTANCE: method of bath-well leaching of metals from ores includes treatment of mineral mass by solution of leaching in baths and metal winning from product solution. Baths are formed along leached mass, in the baths bottom a system of injection and extraction wells is built located above the level of bath with depth not less than the lower point of leached layer of mineral mass, and baths are filled with agglomerated mineral mass or pulp prepared in advance from extracted material, mineral mass in baths is treated by solution of leaching, and metal is extracted from product solution. Reusable solution obtained after metal extraction is strengthened or replaced with solution of another composition and is supplied to the system of injection wells for leaching of lower layers of material, then working solution is pumped off with leached metal through the system of extraction wells and metal is extracted from it; for leaching of lower layers of material solutions of environmentally safe chemicals, such as chlorides or thiosulfates, are used.

EFFECT: invention allows improving metal extraction efficiency.