Endolith is using ‘Olympic caliber’ copper microbes to address the copper shortage
The stealthily operating startup thinks it can narrow the gap by helping miners extract more copper from their mines. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Endolith, a Colorado-based startup, is using microbes to enhance copper recovery rates in mines, which could help meet the growing demand for the metal. The company's technology involves inoculating samples of mine waste with microbes that 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.