LYOPHILIZED POWDER PRODUCT FOR PROCESSES OF BIO-LIXIVIATION OR BIO-OXIDATION OF MIXED OR PURE MINERALS, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME AND METHOD FOR THE APPLICATION OF SAID PROCESSES

摘要

The invention relates to a lyophilized powder product for processes of bio-lixiviation or bio-oxidation of mixed or pure minerals, which includes a microbial consortium of microorganisms selected from groups of native microorganisms and/or genetically modified microorganisms that lixiviate or oxidize said mixed or pure mineral and/or selected compounds of specific nutrients for said microbial consortium, where the minerals can be copper sulfates, copper oxides, minerals of gold or other precious metals and the native microorganisms can be selected from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans and Leptospirillum (Leptospirillum ferríphilum and Leptospirillum ferrooxidans). The invention likewise relates to a method for preparing said lyophilized powder product and to a method for the application of same in processes of bio-lixiviation or bio-oxidation of minerals.