摘要 |
A method of recovering minerals from hydrocarbonaceous materials includes forming a constructed permeability control infrastructure (100), defining a substantially encapsulated volume. A comminuted hydrocarbonaceous material can be introduced into the control infrastructure to form a permeable body (120) of hydrocarbonaceous material. The permeable body (120) can be contacted with an agent sufficient to remove minerals therefrom. The agent is typically a solution containing a solvent, leachant, chelating agent and the like, via which minerals can be removed having value, toxic minerals, radioactive minerals and the like. |