NEWS
April 02, 2020
Making the most of working from home
Like many parts of the world, Mint's home city is currently in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our scientists & engineers are now busy at their new home offices, translating findings from our pre-commercial plant into a commercial design. And as a further fillip, Mint has been nominated as a finalist in this year's NZ Hi-Tech Awards. Now to see how those cocktail dresses and tuxedos look on Zoom!
December 12, 2019
Our first gold!
Mint's team have been busy putting the pre-commercial plant through its paces over the past few months, and we're pleased to announce we've now got something shiny for our efforts - gold! A great way to end the year, and we'll be pushing on in 2020.
September 22, 2019
Pre-commercial plant commissioning complete
Mint has finished installing and testing equipment for our pre-commercial plant, so it's time to see how it all performs. A lot of blood, sweat and tears have gone into getting this build completed, so a moment for our team to savour.
July 02, 2019
Party time!
Before we get into the commissioning phase of our pre-commercial plant, Mint thought it'd be great to celebrate the build progress to date. We're holding an open evening for family, friends & investors to visit our plant and hear more about what we're up to.
May 21, 2019
Pre-commercial plant reactors in place
Mint's new labs are operational, and our pre-commercial plant is starting to take shape. Very excited to have our reactor tanks and agitators installed. The team is working hard to get everything else in place so we can move into the commissioning phase.
March 13, 2019
Breaking new ground... and walls... again!
Mint has begun (de)construction of a pre-commercial facility in Auckland. This plant will function as a proving ground for Mint's world-first electronic waste metal recovery technology at a large scale. Operations will commence once all equipment is commissioned (and our walls are back in one piece...).
December 10, 2018
Series A funding of $5 million to progress e-waste tech
Mint has successfully closed its NZ$5 million Series A capital raise, enabling Mint to further scale its electronic waste metal recovery technology. With an eye to commercial operations in 2020, this investment round was lead by Movac, with existing investors following strongly on their 2017 seed round contributions.
November 04, 2018
Mint highly commended at the IChemE Global Awards 2018
At the recent IChemE Global Awards 2018, Mint was highly commended in the Business Start-Up category, validating the impact of our world-first technology. Mint would like to congratulate all the award winners for their respective achievements.
October 02, 2018
Mint a finalist in not one but two categories of the IChemE Global Awards 2018
Mint is a finalist in both the Biotechnology and Business Start-Up categories in the prestigious IChemE Global Awards 2018. We look forward to the award announcements in November!
July 23, 2018
Mint's pioneering technology in the news
TVNZ One News has showcased Mint's world-first biometallurgy technology. This snippet demonstrates the results of Mint's metal scavenging microbes that selectively concentrate gold from dilute feedstocks. Mint's pioneering process is scalable, environmentally friendly and contributes to the circular economy.
June 07, 2018
Partner mentioned in the New Zealand Honours list
Di Daniels, Social Responsibility Manager at our partner Remarkit, has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for empowering the community through her "Computers in Homes" programme. Remarkit backed this programme for IT literacy by refurbishing donated IT equipment.
June 04, 2018
NZ Government grant for Mint
Mint Innovation has been awarded a grant from the New Zealand government, which will enable an investigation into the use of Mint's biometallurgical technology within a New Zealand context. This grant reflects the search for local solutions to help divert e-waste away from landfill.
April 08, 2018
In the Press
DEMM Engineering & Manufacturing has published an article outlining Mint's cleantech technology. The article details the issues that New Zealand faces with electronic waste, and how Mint will help to alleviate this issue with its biometallurgical solution.
February 08, 2018
Teaming up with Remarkit
Mint have partnered with Remarkit, a leading electronic waste recycler in New Zealand, to build a plant to demonstrate Mint's biometallurgy technology at a practical scale. Valuable metal will be recovered from up to 200 tonnes of scrap printed circuit boards per year.
January 21, 2018
Mint's Australian connection
One of our science advisors, newly-minted Prof Frank Reith at the University of Adelaide, has been making headlines for his recent work in geomicrobiology. We're grateful for his continued advice!
September 07, 2017
Pilot plant undergoing trials
Mint's pilot plant is largely complete, and our biometallurgical process is undergoing its first set of scaled-up trials to recover precious metals from electronic waste.
June 01, 2017
Ground broken on Mint's pilot plant
The Mint team has begun building a pilot plant at their Parnell facility. Their first target feedstock is electronic waste, with precious metals being recovered via Mint's biometallurgical process.
March 16, 2017
Mint closes out its seed round
Mint has recently completed its seed round capital raise. This investment will be used to build and optimise a pilot plant to recover precious metals from electronic waste.
October 31, 2016
Proof-of-concept completed for e-waste to gold
Mint has successfully concluded its proof-of-concept work on recovering gold from electronic waste. Provisional patents have been filed to cover the biometallurgy processes developed.
July 31, 2016
Mint Innovation secures pre-seed funding
Mint Innovation, a biometallurgy solutions company, receives pre-seed funding to conduct proof of concept work in its Auckland laboratories.