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The present document related to the processing of mining materials, such as ores, rocks, minerals, and aggregate materials to separate valuable components. There is provided a process and system for extracting a valuable component from a mining feedstock comprising geological materials. The process can comprise subjecting the mining feedstock to a kinetic pulverization stage wherein the mining feedstock is subjected to self-collisions created by vortices within the kinetic pulverizer to produce a pulverized material; admixing the mining feedstock or the pulverized material with a chemical additive configured to selectively liberate the valuable component from the geological material; and subjecting the pulverized material to an extraction stage to produce a valuable component-rich stream and a valuable component-depleted stream. There is also provided processes for producing a homogenous mixture of a geological material derived from a mining feedstock and an additive, as well as processes for mechanochemically processing a raw material.

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