Universal Bio Mining

UBM utilizes biotechnology, synthetic biology, and bioprocess engineering to provide economic biological solutions to the mining industry.

Universal Bio Mining (UBM) is a biotechnology company that utilizes biotechnology, synthetic biology, and bioprocess engineering to provide economic biological solutions to the mining industry. It aims to improve the efficiency of mineral extraction and reduce the impact of mining on the environment. It is focused on gold extraction, copper extraction, speciation and monitoring, extremophile genetics, and toxin remediation. The company is involved in developing an economic bioleaching process for chalcopyrite at mesophilic temperatures. It has built two different metal sequestration systems for water bio-remediation. Universal Bio Mining was founded in 2011 and is based in Tucson, Arizona.