CX-036149: Pilot Demonstration of the GAME technology to Boost Critical Mineral Production

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VA Tech) to dev…

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July 24, 2026
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VA Tech) to develop a new solvent extraction technology, gas-assisted microbubble extraction (GAME), for extracting and purifying metals of low concentrations from complex aqueous sources.