Pregnant leach solution or pregnant liquor solution (PLS) is acidic metal-laden water generated from stockpile leaching and heap leaching.
Pregnant leach solution is used in the solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX/EW) process.
[1][2] The portion of an original liquid that remains after other components have been dissolved by a solvent is called raffinate.
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