Recovery of mining processing product using boronic acid-containing polymers

A method for solid-liquid separation in a mining process, the method comprising:

• mixing a boronic acid-containing polymer with a polysaccharide to form an unreacted mixture,
• adding the unreacted mixture to a fluid stream of a mining process, the fluid stream having a pH of 8 or more, to form a reaction product of the boronic acid-containing polymer and the polysaccharide;
• and
• separating a solid from the fluid stream.

A method for solid-liquid separation in a mining process, the method comprising:

• combining a first composition with a fluid stream of a mining process to form a first combined fluid stream, the first composition comprising a polysaccharide, the fluid stream having a pH of 8 or more;
• combining a second composition with the first combined fluid stream to form a second combined fluid stream, the second composition comprising a boronic acid-containing polymer;
• and
• separating a solid from the second combined fluid stream.