Living definition
What is Endolith (AI-powered microbial bioleaching)?
Mining, Critical Minerals & Recycling Energy, Climate, Space & Materials
- As of
- 2026-07-23
- Revision
- 2026-07-23.1
- Method
- v1.3.0
Definition
The term, in context
AI-assisted draft · approved dataset
Endolith is a biotechnology platform that combines engineered microbes with machine learning to recover copper and other metals from ore that conventional processing leaves behind. Algorithms model the genetics and metabolism of thousands of microbial strains to select and tune biological communities for a specific ore site, which are then introduced into heap-leach systems to convert more of the metal locked in the rock into a recoverable, dissolved form.
Live readiness status
Status as of the current dateline
AI-assisted assembly · derived results
As of 2026-07-23, verified readiness is 24 (claimed 42, reported 32, gap 18) — Growing evidence strength; current signals suggest Too early to adopt.
The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for Endolith (AI-powered microbial bioleaching).
Dataset approval
Human editorial release
pragma.vision editorial — standing authorization (operator dev@soft.house, 2026-07-17)
- Dataset
- 2026-07-23.1
- Hash
- sha256:2946693d2bc5cb60960d58d1e68b228b21021ebbdb21122cce1fb0a6793301ce
- Approved
- 2026-07-23