Engineered Bio-Mining · Nickel & Cobalt

Mined once. Recovered again.

Gigatonne Bio is bridging the nickel and cobalt gap with biology. Our engineered microbes recover critical metals from industrial and mine waste, turning stranded material into domestic supply.

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80%+

Nickel and cobalt recovery

24 hrs

Nickel and cobalt extraction

New mines required

The Problem

Nickel and cobalt are critical

And billions of dollars are trapped in waste.

Critical, concentrated supply

Nickel and cobalt underpin batteries, defense, and industry, yet supply and refining are concentrated abroad.

A domestic refining gap

Recyclers and producers have few domestic options for turning metal-bearing material into refinery-ready product.

Metal locked in waste streams

Recycling residues, industrial tailings, mine waste, and legacy tailings sites all hold recoverable nickel and cobalt.

Billions in untapped value

Conventional processes can't economically recover these metals, so the value stays stranded as waste and liability.

Technology

Biology that unlocks the metal in waste.

Competitive advantage

80%+

High recovery

Nickel and cobalt recovery from material conventional processes leave behind.

24 hrs

Fast

Nickel and cobalt extraction in 24 hours.

Any feed

Feedstock flexibility

One platform across industrial and mine waste streams.

Zero

High-energy inputs

No heating, pressurizing, or crushing — biology does the work conventional processing can't skip.

Mission

Recover the critical metals we've already mined.

Demand for nickel and cobalt keeps rising, while large quantities sit in recycling residues, industrial tailings, and mine waste. Gigatonne Bio uses biology to recover that metal and build a domestic supply from material that already exists.