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Selected ventures & projects

Proof, not promises.

Every card states the industrial problem, the technology, the maturity stage, our role, the country and the status, from evaluation to proof of concept to commercial deployment.

Type
Status
Sector
Aerial view of a wastewater treatment plant with green-roofed buildings and circular tanksCommercial Deployment
GhanaMining · Water

Dr. Ronny Banker's project record

600 m³/h sulfide ore gold mine wastewater treatment plant

Industrial problem
Wastewater from a gold mine processing sulfide ore.
Technology / solution
A 600 m³/h wastewater treatment plant for the mine.
Maturity stage
Full-scale plant
Role
10 years of operation and maintenance (O&M)
Completed water treatment plant with blue filter vessels under a green roofCommercial Deployment
GhanaMining · Water

Dr. Ronny Banker's project record

300 m³/h sulfide ore gold mine wastewater treatment plant

Industrial problem
Wastewater from a gold mine processing sulfide ore.
Technology / solution
A 300 m³/h wastewater treatment plant for the mine.
Maturity stage
Full-scale plant
Role
10 years of operation and maintenance (O&M)
Filter vessels and blue process piping at a treatment plantCommercial Deployment
GhanaMining · Water

Dr. Ronny Banker's project record

450 m³/h oxide ore gold mine wastewater treatment plant

Industrial problem
Wastewater from a gold mine processing oxide ore.
Technology / solution
A 450 m³/h wastewater treatment plant for the mine.
Maturity stage
Full-scale plant
Role
5 years of operation and maintenance (O&M)
Steel tanks and frames during plant constructionCommercial Deployment
GhanaMining · Water

Dr. Ronny Banker's project record

1500 m³/h gold mine wastewater treatment plant

Industrial problem
Wastewater from a gold mine.
Technology / solution
A 1500 m³/h wastewater treatment plant for the mine.
Maturity stage
Full-scale plant
Role
Design, construction and commissioning
Large steel tank with an access staircaseCommercial Deployment
GhanaMining · Water

Dr. Ronny Banker's project record

1000 m³/h gold mine wastewater treatment plant

Industrial problem
Wastewater from a gold mine.
Technology / solution
A 1000 m³/h wastewater treatment plant for the mine.
Maturity stage
Full-scale plant
Role
Design, construction and commissioning
Pilot
South AfricaMining · Water

Dr. Ronny Banker's project record

Sulphate and uranium reduction pilot

Industrial problem
Water carrying elevated sulphate and uranium that had to be treated.
Technology / solution
A treatment process for sulphate and uranium reduction, run as a one-year pilot operation.
Maturity stage
One-year pilot operation
Role
Pilot operation
Pilot
Cleveland, United StatesWater · Municipal

Dr. Ronny Banker's project record

Sewage water recycling with a mobile plant

Industrial problem
Recycling sewage water with a mobile plant rather than a fixed installation.
Technology / solution
A mobile water-recycling plant, operated on site.
Maturity stage
Mobile plant operation
Role
Plant operation
Evaluation
BrazilMining & metals · Water

Dr. Ronny Banker's project record

Water recycling for a zinc smelter

Industrial problem
Recycling water in a zinc smelter's operations.
Technology / solution
Design of a water recycling project for the smelter's circuits.
Maturity stage
Engineering design
Role
Process and project design
Evaluation
PeruMining & metals · Water

Dr. Ronny Banker's project record

Zero-liquid-discharge water recycling for a zinc smelter

Industrial problem
Eliminating liquid discharge from a zinc smelter.
Technology / solution
Water recycling design in a zero-liquid-discharge configuration.
Maturity stage
Engineering design
Role
Process and project design
Evaluation
Juba, South SudanWater · Infrastructure

Dr. Ronny Banker's project record

Drinking water and sewage for Juba

Industrial problem
Drinking water and sewage infrastructure for a rapidly growing capital city.
Technology / solution
Evaluation of drinking water and sewage projects for the city.
Maturity stage
Project evaluation
Role
Technical evaluation
POC
Israel · target market: BrazilCritical minerals

Corterra 770: critical metals from waste streams

Industrial problem
Critical metals locked in tailings, black mass, phosphogypsum and industrial by-products.
Technology / solution
AI-planned, physics-screened, robot-validated recovery routes, priced under risk.
Maturity stage
POC · TRL 3
Banker Group role
Venture builder and commercial partner
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TRL 5
Israel · target market: BrazilIndustrial AI · Mining

PreAur: agentic AI across the whole plant

Industrial problem
Circuits optimised in isolation, late alerts and costly unplanned downtime.
Technology / solution
Ten domain agents on a deterministic engine floor, one supervisor, one control room.
Maturity stage
Pilot · TRL 5
Banker Group role
Venture builder and deployment partner
See the venture
POC
Israel · target market: BrazilWater · Industrial AI

HydroQ: AI water and process engineering

Industrial problem
Treatment designed around one supplier's equipment instead of the water itself.
Technology / solution
Agentic AI synthesises complete treatment trains; more than 50 engines validate every route.
Maturity stage
Process commercial-ready · AI TRL 3
Banker Group role
Venture builder and engineering partner
See the venture
Commercial-ready
Israel · international engagementsCybersecurity

OreKeep Cyber: defence for critical operations

Industrial problem
Exposed control systems and uncontrolled remote access across water and mineral operations.
Technology / solution
One team across IT, OT and AI: assess, protect, monitor and hunt, respond.
Maturity stage
Commercial-ready · TRL 8
Banker Group role
Venture builder and delivery partner
See the venture
TRL 4
Israel · target markets: Brazil and internationalCritical minerals

NanoLit: lithium refined at the source

Industrial problem
Evaporation ponds and centralised refining: slow, water-intensive and concentrated abroad.
Technology / solution
Magnetic nano-robots for selective direct lithium extraction and refining, in modular units.
Maturity stage
POC · TRL 4
Banker Group role
Strategic venture partner
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TRL 4
Israel · target markets: Brazil and internationalCritical minerals

NanoREE: selective rare-earth recovery

Industrial problem
Rare-earth separation capacity concentrated in a single country.
Technology / solution
Magnetic nano-robots extract rare-earth ions from brines, leachates and process waters.
Maturity stage
POC · TRL 4
Banker Group role
Strategic venture partner
See the venture
Evaluation
Israel · InternationalCross-industry

Technology scouting for investors

Industrial problem
Investors need vetted deep-tech deal flow that is matched to real industrial demand.
Technology / solution
Structured scouting, technical due diligence and market-fit assessment.
Maturity stage
Ongoing programme
Banker Group role
Scout and technical adviser
Evaluation

Studies, feasibility and design work, or a technology being screened against a client need.

POC

A proof of concept: completed, or in validation at the stated TRL.

Pilot

A pilot or mobile plant operated on site, on the real water.

Commercial-ready

Ready for commercial engagement, at the stated TRL.

Commercial Deployment

Delivered and operating at full scale.

Containerised pilot unit installed on an industrial site

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