NOVELTY - Recovering (M1) (100) zinc and manganese from geothermal brine, comprises: (a) providing geothermal brine; (b) removing (110) silica and iron; (c) adjusting pH of resultant silica free brine to pH suitable to form precipitates (120) of zinc and manganese; (d) separating precipitates; (e) dissolving precipitates to produce zinc and manganese containing solution; (f) extracting zinc and manganese containing solution; (g) separating first and second liquid phases; (h) electrochemically recovering zinc; (i) reducing second liquid phase; and (j) supplying manganese to electrochemical cell.    USE - The method is useful for recovering zinc and manganese from a geothermal brine.    ADVANTAGE - The method selectively removes and recovers manganese and zinc from a geothermal brine, without the simultaneous removal of other ions from the brines.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Method (M1) of recovering (100) zinc and manganese from a geothermal brine, comprises: (a) providing a geothermal brine comprising manganese and zinc; (b) selectively removing (110) silica and iron from the geothermal brine to produce a substantially silica free brine that includes manganese and zinc; (c) adjusting the pH of the silica free brine to a pH suitable to form precipitates (120) of zinc and manganese, so that precipitates of zinc and manganese are selectively formed and other metal precipitates are not formed; (d) separating the zinc and manganese precipitates from the brine; (e) dissolving the precipitates of zinc and manganese to produce a zinc and manganese containing solution; (f) extracting the zinc and manganese containing solution with an extraction solvent to produce a first liquid phase that includes the extraction solvent and zinc and a second liquid phase that includes manganese; (g) separating the first and second liquid phases; (h) electrochemically recovering zinc from the first liquid phase; (i) reducing the second liquid phase to form manganese; and (j) supplying manganese to an electrochemical cell and recovering the manganese by electrochemical means. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) a method (M2) for recovering zinc and manganese from a geothermal brine, comprising: steps (a)-(e) as above per se; oxidizing (150) the manganese to form a manganese precipitate and a zinc solution; separating the manganese precipitate from the zinc solution; and recovering (180) the zinc by electrochemical means;    (2) a method (M3) for recovering zinc and manganese from a geothermal brine, comprising: steps (a) and (b) as above per; removing the zinc from substantially silica free brine; extracting manganese from substantially silica free brine; oxidizing manganese to produce a manganese dioxide precipitate; and recovering magnesium dioxide precipitate; and    (3) a method (M4) for recovering zinc and manganese from a geothermal brine, comprising: steps (a) and (b) as above per; extracting manganese and zinc from substantially silica free brine to produce a manganese zinc solution; electrochemically removing manganese from manganese zinc solution to produce a residual solution that includes zinc; and electrochemically removing zinc from the residual solution.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure illustrates a process for the recovery of manganese and zinc from geothermal brine.    Recovering zinc and manganese from geothermal brine (100)    Removing silica and iron from geothermal brine (110)    Precipitates of zinc and manganese (120)    Oxidizing manganese (150)    Recovering zinc by electrochemical means (180)