Method of processing a pyrite-containing slurry

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A method of processing a pyrite-containing slurry including removing pyrite from the pyrite-containing slurry and forming (i) an inert stream and (ii) a pyrite-containing material. Using the pyrite-containing material in a downstream leach step in which pyrite in the pyrite-containing material generates acid and heat that facilitates leaching a metal, such as copper or nickel or zinc or cobalt, from a metal-containing material.

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RIO TINTO TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES INC4700 DAYBREAK PARKWAY SOUTH JORDAN UT 84009

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Alcayaga, Zuñiga Javiera del Pilar Santiago, CL 2 4
Burley, Adam James London, GB 4 4
Mladinic, Muñoz Yure Anton Santiago, CL 4 4

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