ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,063, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Southwest Leaching Technologies LLC (Pearce, Ariz.).

"Leaching fluid control systems for mining operations" was invented by Kyle Lincoln (Wilcox, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a leaching fluid control system for mining operations that includes controllable valve circuitry in fluid communication with a leaching fluid source, the controllable valve circuitry to provide a controlled flow rate of the leaching fluid; flow rate sensor circuitry in fluid communication with the controllable valve circuitry and with one or more leaching fluid lines to generate a ...