Bullet points of Endolith is using ‘Olympic caliber’ copper microbes to address the copper shortage
- Endolith uses microbes to boost copper recovery rates in mines
- The company's technology involves inoculating samples of mine waste with microbes
- The microbes can liberate more copper from the rock, potentially increasing recovery rates by 10% or more
- Endolith has raised an oversubscribed $5.13 million seed round to fund its efforts