Description: Material processing, namely, refining of metals and minerals; processing of ores; material treatment and remediation of ores; material treatment of ores by biological means, and bioremediation of ores; Microbes being preparations of microorganisms, other than for medical and veterinary use, for use in the extraction of metals and minerals from environmental and waste deposits; microbial preparations being preparations of microorganisms, other than for medical and veterinary use, namely, biolixiviants for the extraction of minerals and metals; Scientific and technological services, namely, research, development, engineering and design in the fields of biomining and the microbiological or microbial processing and extraction of metals and minerals