Making an Impact
Our Carbonated Tailings Process is designed to achieve the highest possible impact on climate by sequestering large volumes of atmospheric CO₂. We estimate that we will remove 1-3 MTons CO₂/yr at each mining operation. By the mid-2040’s, we expect to have removed over 1.0 Gigaton of atmospheric CO₂ through 25 mining operations.
By 2044, we expect to work with at least 25 mines and remove a gigaton of carbon.
The Carbonated Tailings Process
Blue Skies Minerals is developing the Carbonated Tailings Process. In this process, a carbonated solution produced by a Direct Air Capture system is blended with ground mining wastes (mine tailings) along with additives, and this mixture is disposed together with waste rock. Carbon is converted to carbonate minerals and is permanently retained.
Our process eliminates metal leaching from mining wastes, providing a tangible environmental benefit.
Changing Mining Forever
The Carbonated Tailings Process is designed to eliminate environmental liabilities. Solidified carbonated tailings prevent contaminant leaching, regardless of mine type or ore body. They also eliminate the need for tailings impoundments, which have failed catastrophically in the past.
Our process will be a bolt-on to existing or planned mining operation. We expect the Carbonated Tailings Process to be adopted widely through the industry because it is simple, cost-competitive, and because it eliminates key environmental liabilities. We expect that regulators will love it too. We will change mining forever.
We have secured a Letter of Interest from Agnico-Eagle and are in discussions with other mining partners to develop the Carbonated Tailings Process.
Invest in a Sustainable Future.
Blue Skies Minerals is seeking investment to further develop its Carbonated Tailings Process. Please contact us if you are interested.