#18A - From Smelting to Scaling – Recovering Precious Metals
In this episode of Michael’s Green World, we meet Don Weatherbee (CEO) and Kara Wood from Regenx Tech Corp. – a Canadian cleantech startup that’s rethinking how platinum group metals are recovered from diesel catalytic converters, helping reduce our dependency on mining and the environmental and social damage caused by smelting.
We explore how Regenx evolved from mining on the Iberian Peninsula to hydrometallurgical metal recovery in Tennessee, USA. Together, we unpack the challenges, the emissions claims, operational risks, and the future of circular metals recovery.
What follows is a candid conversation about resilience, regulation, and whether hydrometallurgical approaches can...