Ross Orr: Turning Mining Tailings into Valuable Products with BacTech Bioleaching Technology

Podcast: The Prospector News Podcast · Michael Fox

Opublikowano: 2026-09-14

In this episode of The Prospector Podcast, Michael Fox speaks with Ross Orr, President and CEO of BacTech Environmental (CSE:BAC) (OTCQB:BCCEF), about the company’s commercial bioleaching technology and its potential to transform mining waste into valuable products. Ross discusses BacTech’s Kazakhstan opportunity, the planned Ecuador facility, potential projects in Peru, and the Zero Tailings process being piloted in Sudbury, Ontario. The conversation explores how bacterial oxidation can recover gold, silver, copper, nickel and cobalt while converting iron and sulfur from legacy tailings into marketable products such as magnetite, sulfuric acid and fertilizer. They also discuss envi...