MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, NEW COMPETITIVE AGREEMENT, UNDER FOA NUMBER DE-FOA-0002707 (MINER) WITH CONTROL NUMBER 2707-1510 WITH PROJECT TITLE 'ENERGY REDUCTION AND IMPROVED CRITICAL MINERAL RECOVERY FROM LOW-GRADE DISSEMINATED SULPHIDE DEPOSITS AND MINE TAILINGS' WHICH WILL WORK WITH EXTRACTION OF ENERGY-RELEVANT MINERALS ECONOMICALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY FROM PRIMARY NICKEL AND COBALT RESOURCES IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE CLEAN TECH INDUSTRY, AS THE DEMAND FOR ENERGY-RELEVANT MINERALS IN THE CLEAN TECH SECTORS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY 5X-10X IN THE NEXT 5-10 YEARS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ACHIEVE -10 WT% CO2 EQUIVALENT PER TONNE OF ORE PROCESSED COMPARED WITH EXISTING STATE-OF-THE-ART BY STORING CO2 WITH CO2-REACTIVE MINERALS AND RECOVERING 80% OF ENERGY-RELEVANT MINERALS FROM BOTH SULFIDE AND NICKEL-BEARING SILICATE MINERALS IN MINE TAILINGS. THE AIMS OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDE 1) ACHIEVING AND DEMONSTRATING 20 WT% CO2 STORAGE PER TONNE OF MINE TAILING WITHIN 4 HOURS WITH 10% ENERGY REDUCTION COMPARED TO THE STATE-OF-THE-ART, AND 2) ACHIEVING AND DEMONSTRATING A RECOVERY OF 50-80% YIELD OF NICKEL FROM MINE TAILING GENERATED WITH DOMESTIC LOW-GRADE DISSEMINATED SULFIDE ORES.